Teaching Resources for Fall 2024

Design and Policies

Preparation and Planning

Originally produced for instructors who were converting in-person classes to virtual formats during the pandemic, this resource provides advice related to learning goals, lesson plans, and more, that remain essential regardless of whether you are teaching in the classroom or online.

Teaching Through Crises: Course Design Principles

This resource (part of a series titled “Teaching Through Crises”) focuses on how to design a course that incorporates the likelihood of upheaval and uncertainty in the world. It focuses on two specific areas of course design—assignments and content—where instructors can practice flexibility without sacrificing structure.

Generative AI and the College Classroom

Instructors who are weighing how to address the emergence of generative AI technologies (like ChatGPT, DALL E, and others) can consult this resource, which provides guidance on how to identify your policies on AI usage and specify them for students in the classroom and on the syllabus.

Working with Course and Teaching Assistants

This resource identifies steps instructors can take before, during, and after classes to work with and support their teaching assistants. In addition to a checklist for instructors to consult, this resource also provides brief reflections on mentoring and graduate student labor.

Engagement and Special Topics

Intro Course Surveys

Instructors who are interested in learning more about their students interests and needs in advance of the semester can consult this resource on developing survey questions and collecting responses.

Election and Post-Election Conversations in the Classroom

If you are seeking guidance on how to facilitate conversations with students about the results of the upcoming presidential election, this resource provides helpful recommendations on how to prepare for, frame, and lead inclusive discussions

Teaching Through Crises: Checking-In with Students

Built on research the CEP has done on trauma-informed pedagogy, this resource (another in our series on “Teaching Through Crises”) identifies strategies for conveying and acting on your support for student wellbeing in moments of crisis.

Dialogue & Difference

A snapshot of a longer, forthcoming website on strategies for cultivating dialogue in the classroom, this resource identifies both processes and frameworks that instructors can draw from as they engage with students on volatile topics of discussion (regardless of whether the topic is anticipated or not).