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The framework highlights the teaching philosophy and concepts that shape our educational development programming

Instructors can use the framework to guide their teaching choices about assignments, assessments, and classroom facilitation.  

Active learning is instruction that creates opportunities for students to actively participate in the knowledge-making process. 

This series provides dissertation writers with the structure, resources, and creative outlets to design and maintain a sustainable approach to writing. We will explore effective practices for pacing your dissertation writing while helping you overcome common writing blocks and find balance in your writing life. During each weekly live workshop session, we will engage with a relevant theme, disc…

Using artificial intelligence for research and writing has emerged as a helpful skillset in any scholar’s toolkit. AI tools can find sources, read and summarize articles, write text and code, manage workflows, and identify impactful research questions. In this workshop series, participants will reflect on their own research to identify opportunities for AI to boost their productivity and impact…

Join us for an informal, student-led discussion on navigating Yale while managing a Chronic Illness. Whether you want to share what’s been working for you, talk through daily hurdles, or just hang out with peers who understand, all are welcome!

We continue our Autumn All Writes in November to continue to provide you with a place to write in good company and structure! Join your fellow graduate students to set goals, eliminate distractions, and get some focused writing done. We will provide opportunities for connection, a quiet writing space, and sustenance (beverages, snacks, and dinner). You will help us create community, accountabil…

Designing your own course but don’t know where to start? Whether it’s your first time leading your own course or you’re just interested in improving your teaching, this two-part Advanced Teaching Workshop will walk you through where to start, what to focus on, and how to build an equitable and engaging curriculum. In this workshop, we will write learning objectives, design assessments, and buil…

Join us for an informal, student-led discussion on navigating university with ADHD. Whether you want to share what’s working for you, talk through common challenges, or just hang out with peers who understand, all are welcome.

How can your teaching statement offer a clear and compelling description of you as an instructor to future employers? This hands-on workshop offers strategies and suggestions on how to present your teaching principles and practices on the academic job market. We will review examples of successful teaching statements, explore the expectations of the genre, and discuss how to make the most of thi…

Unwind with us for a campus movie night! Drop in to watch a film, enjoy free snacks, and hang out with fellow students in a relaxed, comfortable environment

Where do you know from? The goal of the workshop is to reframe our understanding of how knowledge is produced and shared in the classroom to consider ‘knowing’ a collective practice. The workshop will utilize pedagogical scholarship to help participants expand their teaching practice beyond traditional models of knowledge transfer. We will begin with a group reflection of our respective discipl…

This series provides dissertation writers with the structure, resources, and creative outlets to design and maintain a sustainable approach to writing. We will explore effective practices for pacing your dissertation writing while helping you overcome common writing blocks and find balance in your writing life. During each weekly live workshop session, we will engage with a relevant theme, disc…

As educators, we have an immense responsibility to cultivate student’s intellectual development, yet our position also offers a profound opportunity to foster care and connectedness. Opening learning spaces to authenticity and vulnerability can enrich the classroom community and establish a lasting practice of care in students and educators. This practice of care in turn promotes resiliency, be…

We continue our Autumn All Writes in November to continue to provide you with a place to write in good company and structure! Join your fellow graduate students to set goals, eliminate distractions, and get some focused writing done. We will provide opportunities for connection, a quiet writing space, and sustenance (beverages, snacks, and dinner). You will help us create community, accountabil…

Writing for law school exams is its own genre of writing, one that diverges sharply from how most law school courses dedicate their time. This workshop will offer practical tips for answering issue-spotter questions on law school exams. Examples will be drawn from Torts, Criminal Law, and Evidence, though the tips and tricks are applicable across doctrinal courses (and no prior experience with …

Generative AI has arrived in our classrooms, but what’s next? How do we have transparent conversations with our students about what these tools are and how or when to use them (or not use them)? In this workshop, we’ll discuss AI policy statements, Yale’s own AI tools and platforms, and how to center equity and accessibility in our conversations about AI for learning. Finally, participants …

Join us for an informal, student-led discussion on navigating Yale as an autistic student. Whether you want to join the conversation, share your experiences, or just listen in, all are welcome.

This workshop will cover the typical components of the teaching portfolio, the evidence of teaching excellence that is often required for academic jobs in the U.S. We will talk about how to gather the components of the portfolio—teaching statement, sample syllabi, course materials, and course evaluations—and how to annotate them so that the reader gets an overall sense of who you are as a teach…

This series provides dissertation writers with the structure, resources, and creative outlets to design and maintain a sustainable approach to writing. We will explore effective practices for pacing your dissertation writing while helping you overcome common writing blocks and find balance in your writing life. During each weekly live workshop session, we will engage with a relevant theme, disc…

As instructors, how do we help students navigate controversial topics and discussions, especially those deeply intertwined with their lived experiences and identities? How do we know when to lean into hard conversations with our students? Please join us for a discussion about teaching across the disciplines with Tisa Wenger (Professor of American Religious History, Yale Divinity School, America…

Join us for a live online session focused on how AI is shaping teaching and learning at Yale. We’ll share the latest AI tools and updates, demo helpful features, and talk through classroom policy considerations. This is also your chance to ask questions, explore use cases, and connect with others thinking about AI in education. Agenda: 30 Mins - AI Tools and Updates 10 Mins - Classroom AI…

Are you feeling stuck in your project? Or just want to infuse more originality into your research? This workshop will explore the central role of creativity in science and draw on the Night Science framework to help you see new connections and directions in your project. Together, we’ll practice experimenting with language—especially in playful ways that are usually discouraged in formal scient…

Wrote an awesome term paper that you want to share at a conference? Found an interesting conference and need help reframing your paper to fit the theme? This workshop will teach you the basics of conference presentations: choosing the right conference, writing the abstract, shaping your paper for your intended audience, navigating funding and registration, presenting engagingly, and sparking a …

How do you respond when a student shares they are struggling with barriers that affect their ability to thrive in your classroom? With anxiety, depression, grief, or other illnesses and hardships? This workshop invites graduate student instructors across the disciplines to develop skills and strategies for supporting students’ mental health. We will learn how to apply principles of accessible d…

This series provides dissertation writers with the structure, resources, and creative outlets to design and maintain a sustainable approach to writing. We will explore effective practices for pacing your dissertation writing while helping you overcome common writing blocks and find balance in your writing life. During each weekly live workshop session, we will engage with a relevant theme, disc…

What makes a constructive conversation? How can curiosity shape classroom interactions and help us learn? This workshop explores theoretical frameworks for thinking through classroom conversations, analyzes how curiosity can foster meaningful dialogue and learning, and empowers participants with practical strategies for facilitating difficult conversations with confidence and care.

Join us for a workshop on writing op-eds and public opinion pieces! Come learn about the pitch process, structure, editing, and why you might want to write an op-ed in the first place. We will discuss how mastering this form of public writing can be a useful tool to have in your professional toolbox, inside and outside of the academy. Intended Audience: All graduate students, professional sc…

How We Write: A Faculty Panel Writing and publishing are the lifeblood of an academic career. In this interactive panel, Yale faculty members will share the writing practices that have sustained their own careers, from maintaining productivity, to balancing teaching and personal commitments, to finding joy and meaning in their writing. This window into the writing lives of Yale faculty can h…

Writing a dissertation prospectus in the humanities? The beginning of this workshop explains how to write the core sections of a prospectus: the introduction, literature review, methodology, chapter summary, timeline, and bibliography. After that, Yale PhD students who have successfully defended their prospectuses will share strategies from their experiences navigating this challenging new genr…

Join us for a live online session focused on how AI is shaping teaching and learning at Yale. We’ll share the latest AI tools and updates, demo helpful features, and talk through classroom policy considerations. This is also your chance to ask questions, explore use cases, and connect with others thinking about AI in education. Agenda: 30 Mins - AI Tools and Updates 10 Mins - Classroom AI…

Join us for a live online session focused on how AI is shaping teaching and learning at Yale. We’ll share the latest AI tools and updates, demo helpful features, and talk through classroom policy considerations. This is also your chance to ask questions, explore use cases, and connect with others thinking about AI in education. Agenda: 30 Mins - AI Tools and Updates 10 Mins - Classroom AI…

Join us for a live online session focused on how AI is shaping teaching and learning at Yale. We’ll share the latest AI tools and updates, demo helpful features, and talk through classroom policy considerations. This is also your chance to ask questions, explore use cases, and connect with others thinking about AI in education. Agenda: 30 Mins - AI Tools and Updates 10 Mins - Classroom AI…