Events, Groups, Workshops
The CETL hosts an array of events, groups, and workshops for instructors at all levels, domestic and international. They are all designed to help you improve your effectiveness as an instructor. Click on the links below to learn more.
For all faculty members
Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program (FMFP): FMFP provides UC Davis faculty an opportunity to mentor and to learn from other faculty interested in instructional technology and innovative teaching. Participants will learn about tools such as SmartSite, the new suite of web-based course management tools that will improve upon and eventually replace the current tools faculty use to instruct and communicate with their students.
Faculty Teaching Community: The Faculty Teaching Community is a newly formed group of UC Davis instructors interested in improving their teaching and doing research on improved teaching.
Also, remember to check the Resources section of this website!
For all graduate students and postdocs
Graduate Teaching Community (GTC): The GTC is an interdisciplinary community of graduate students interested in improving their teaching skills and knowledge.
Seminar on College Teaching (SCT): SCT provides an intensive, guided introduction to college and university teaching. Cross-disciplinary, interactive sessions focus on questions about learning goals, lesson plans, communication strategies, assessment of learning, course management, and student diversity. One unit of credit is available for EDU 398.
Also, remember to check the Resources section of this website!
Specifically for international faculty, graduate students, and postdocs
SPEAK Tests: The SPEAK test is a test of spoken English for international graduate students. If you come from an institution where English is not spoken as the primary language, you are required by the Office of Graduate Studies to take the SPEAK test before serving as a Teaching Assistant.
ESL Programs: There are a variety of resources designed to help international instructors improve their ability to teach UC Davis students in English.
One-on-one language tutoring: This free service is offered to all UCD instructors (graduate students and faculty members). Contact Barbara Mills in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at bjmills@ucdavis.edu, 752-6050, 1350 Surge III.
For international, non-UCD faculty members
Seminar on University Teaching and Learning: The Seminar on University Teaching and Learning is a course offered for faculty members from non-American institutions who would like to learn more about the US higher educational system, “active learning,” and “best practices” in undergraduate and graduate education.