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Teaching

Inspire student engagement in the classroom and beyond

At the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, we collaboratively work with any Yale instructor or future instructor to support your teaching goals. Whether you’re teaching for the first time, preparing for the academic job market, refreshing your course, looking for a tool to support student learning, or hoping to engage a global audience with your course, we can help you to develop a teaching approach to achieve your goals. 

Teaching Programs and Events

Building community for teaching development.

Our Teaching Development & Initiatives and Educational & Engagement Technology teams offer a range of programs and events to support the teaching development of faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. We strive to build community around teaching and promote reflection throughout our offerings.

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Teaching Consultations and Observations

The Poorvu Center routinely assists members of the Yale community with course design, section planning, effective use of technology, assignment development, classroom observations and feedback, developing and interpreting student evaluations, preparing for the academic job market, and addressing challenges in the classroom.

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Teaching Fellowships and Funding

Yale’s Poorvu Center offers teaching fellowships and funding opportunities to recognize and support effective teaching practices. These programs provide resources for innovative pedagogy, professional development, and community, fostering equitable and effective teaching across the Yale community.

McDougal Graduate Teaching Fellows 2023-24 in a group

We support teaching at Yale with various programs, services, and grants.

  • 4,487

    Poll Everywhere interactive polling activities in courses. Poll Everywhere is managed by the Ed Tech & Media team.

  • 5,720

    Number of participants in our Teaching Development and Initiatives programs in 2023-24.

  • 5,500+

    Canvas course sites managed by the Educational Technology & Engagement team in 2023-24.

  • 12,852,676

    Total enrollment in Coursera courses managed by the Digital Education team.

  • 407,130

    Average views of lectures on YouTube managed by the Teaching Studios team.

  • $576,370

    Teaching grants awarded between 2015-2024

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Teaching with Yale Online

Share your expertise with a global audience. Educate the world.

The Poorvu Center is here to guide your journey in digital education. With our proven track record of success, we make it easy for faculty to engage with a broader audience while maintaining Yale’s high standards of academic excellence. 

 

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Canvas @ Yale

Canvas provides instructors an online space to organize and present their course content, enabling them to create digital learning experiences.

Learn About Canvas@Yale

Instructional Tools

We support a wide variety of external and internal applications that are integrated into Canvas to support, improve, and enhance teaching.

Learn About Instructional Tools

Teaching Resources

Teaching Events

We’re here to help!

Reach out to the Poorvu Center team if you have any questions or to learn more about our programs.

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