Have you thought about your professional development in teaching or continuing your career in academia? The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is offering a series of workshops that will help you start the Professional Development in University Teaching and Learning (PUTL) online modules. Although these modules are self-paced, each workshop will help by leading you through the components of one PUTL module and how you might complete it. Each session will be interactive and offer support to start working on one aspect of the deliverable or module activity. This is also a great chance to meet others and work through the modules together!
Note: Certificates of completion will be granted to individuals that continue to complete the PUTL online modules which can include work generated during this workshop series.
Module 6: Decolonization and Indigenization of Teaching and Learning
Facilitator: Monica Garvie Centre for Teaching and Learning
Date and Time: Tuesday, January 16, 2024; 10:00 - 11:00am
Location: Zoom
Reflecting on and deconstructing the cultural and social impacts of colonialism begins with education. PUTL Module 6: Decolonization and Indigenization of Teaching and Learning aims to help educators build their understanding of Indigenous and decolonizing pedagogies then critically reflect on their understanding to incorporate Indigenous and decolonizing pedagogies at the institutional level through their role as an educator. This workshop will explore how to complete the components of PUTL Module 6 – specifically an introduction to crafting a land acknowledgement.
This workshop will be interactive and include time to work on your PUTL submission! It is helpful to self-enroll in PUTL before the workshop and bring along any materials to help you reflect on your teaching.
Past Sessions
Module 1: Foundations of Teaching and your Teaching Philosophy
Facilitator: Karalyn McRae, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 19, 2023; 1:30 - 2:30pm,
Location: Zoom
Your teaching philosophy statement is a personal reflection of your attitudes, beliefs and practices as an educator, and is an essential component for building a teaching dossier. This workshop will explore how to complete the components of PUTL Module 1: Foundations of Teaching and Learning – specifically an introduction to the process of drafting your teaching philosophy statement.
This workshop will be interactive and include time to work on your PUTL submission! It is helpful to self-enroll in PUTL before the workshop and bring along any materials to help you reflect on your teaching.
Module 3: Understanding Educational Leadership
Facilitator: Clarissa de Leon, Faculty of Education; and Centre for Teaching and Learning
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 18, 2023; 10:00 - 11:00am
Location: Zoom
Higher education is continually adapting and changing to meet the needs of students and society at large. As educators, we are called to take on leadership roles to help foster this growth. This workshop will explore how to complete the components of PUTL Module 3: Educational Leadership—specifically identifying and analyzing a way in which you have acted as an educational leader.
This workshop will be interactive and include time to work on your PUTL submission! It is helpful to self-enroll in PUTL before the workshop and bring along any materials to help you reflect on your teaching.