Registration for the spring 2023 programs in the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) will open on Tuesday, January 10. Advance your professional skills and prepare for your careers by signing up for one or more of these great events:

Research Mentor Training | January 23 @ 1:30 pm–3:00 pm

Work with a community of peers and facilitators to develop and improve your research mentoring skills in this engaging seminar series.

Preparing Your Teaching Demo for a Job Interview | January 25 @ 11:00 am–12:15 pm

Explore ways to go into your teaching demo with preparedness, confidence, and adaptability.

Laying the Foundations for a Successful Teaching Career | January 25 @ 2:00 pm–3:30 pm

A five-session short course that helps you build a foundation of skills and habits to develop teaching approaches that will support a successful teaching career.

Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching | January 30–March 26

This online course is designed to provide you with an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them.

Decode a Troublesome Concept or Skill for Your Learners | February 8 @ 12:00 pm–2:00 pm

The main deliverable of the workshop is to develop an analogy for a particular concept/skill that will make your learners say “Aha! I truly understand what you mean!”

Communicating to Learn: Incorporating Scientific Communication into STEM Courses | March 14 @ 2:00 pm–3:30 pm

This workshop highlights the value of “communicating to learn” and show how communication-based assessments and activities can promote critical thinking and foster deeper learning of technical content.

Mentoring and Advising Relationships: What Skills am I Developing? | March 21 @ 1:30 pm–3:00 pm

Participants of this workshop will identify the roles they play as mentors and advisors and articulate the skills they develop in interpersonal communication, multicultural competence, and active listening.

How CIRTL Has Impacted My Career: Teaching Careers | March 23 @ 2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Hear how CIRTL alumni reflect on their teaching careers: what made them pursue this career path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community.

Building my Networks and Engagement in Communities: What Connections am I Growing and Why? | March 28 @ 1:30 pm–3:00 pm CDT

Workshop participants will identify their peer and mentor networks, identify roles they play in various communities, and make their own mentor network map.

How CIRTL Has Impacted My Career: Non-Faculty Careers in Academia | March 30 @ 2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Hear how CIRTL alumni reflect on how they came into different non-faculty careers: what made them pursue this career path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community.

Graduate Skills and Competencies: How am I the Author and Narrator of my Story? | April 4 @ 1:30 pm–3:00 pm

Participants will identify their graduate skills and competencies and consider how these are developed in their graduate studies and areas to grow.

How CIRTL Has Impacted My Career: Careers Outside of Academia | April 6 @ 2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Hear how CIRTL alumni reflect on how they came into careers outside of academia: what made them pursue this career path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community.

Putting it All Together: How do I Articulate and Implement a Career Development Plan? | April 11 @ 1:30 pm–3:00 pm

Participants will develop strategies and utilize resources for incorporating the concepts of the previous weeks into a cogent, actionable career development plan.

How CIRTL Has Impacted My Career: Careers at Minority-Serving Institutions | April 13 @ 2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Hear how CIRTL alumni reflect on how they came into careers at minority-serving institutions: what made them pursue this career path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community.