Tune into Teaching: Setting the Tone for Success: The first day of class and beyond

Facilitators:
Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSI
Cora McCloy, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, CTSI
Jasjit Sangha, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Anti-Racist Pedagogies, CTSI
Emily Hector, Liaison Librarian, Education, UTL

This session will provide strategies for getting your course off to a welcoming and productive start, including:

• what to do in the first week of classes
• how to present the course objectives and syllabus to your students
• how to initiate and sustain excitement about your discipline
• how to motivate and prepare your students for the requirements and responsibilities of the course.

Participants will have the opportunity to generate a plan for their first class and will be provided a Worksheet in advance of the session to use throughout the workshop. Group activities will be integrated throughout to allow opportunities to share ideas and first class strategies that promote a welcoming class environment and can set your students up for success.