LITE 350: Teaching with an Equity Lens

Learning and Integrating Technology for Education (LITE) 350: Teaching with an Equity Lens is a semester-long community of practice where participants work their way through the Peralta Equity Rubric. Participants focus on one class they teach and apply elements like technology, Universal Design for Learning, and connection and belonging practices while seeking feedback from colleagues to create an equitable class experience for all students.

Prerequisites: Completion of LITE 101 is required; completion of LITE 201 is recommended.

When:  Registration for the Fall 2024 cohort of LITE 350 is now closed. Stay tuned for details on registration for Spring 2025.

Register for LITE 350

Badges & Compensation

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Participants will earn a digital badge for completing LITE 350 that you can include in your email signature or embed in online portfolios or resumes as evidence of your commitment to professional development!

Full-time instructors may also be eligible for a $250 stipend if they successfully complete the course within the semester.*

*Only full-time instructors for the 2024-25 AY are eligible for compensation. To receive compensation, participants must receive approval from their unit chair. Instructors who have already met their maximum overload payment for the contract period do not qualify for compensation.

Questions?

If you have any questions about LITE 350, please contact CATL (CATL@uwgb.edu). If you have questions about compensation or the payment process, please contact Human Resources at hr@uwgb.edu.

Call for Peer Teaching Mentees for 2024-25 (Due Sept. 3)

Application due Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024

View the Call for Peer Teaching Mentees for 2024–25 as a PDF.

CATL is pleased to announce that the peer teacher mentoring program begun in 2022 based on recommendations from the Teaching Effectiveness Working Group and the University Committee will continue with Provost support for its third year.

The purpose of the program is to provide mentoring and support for professional development related to teaching. Additionally, this program can help build a culture of collegial teaching observations. Although now associated with CATL, as before, Professor David Voelker (Humanities and History) will work with up to eight faculty and teaching professor colleagues throughout the 2024–25 academic year. In addition to serving as a teaching mentor for the past two years, David has co-facilitated the UWGB Teaching Scholars program and the UW System’s Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars program. He has experience teaching in most modalities, including in-person, hybrid, virtual classroom, and asynchronous online.

David will work with each mentee instructor on a course of their choosing, providing feedback about classroom practices. He will meet with each instructor both before and after observing a class session. Mentees will also complete reciprocal peer observations with another participant in the program to benefit from additional feedback and to gain experience in conducting formative teaching observations. Participants are welcome to choose courses in any modality for observation.

At the end of the year, the teaching mentor will provide a written, confidential evaluation of each mentee’s teaching performance. The mentee will have the option of including that evaluation in their file for contract renewal, tenure, or post-tenure review but will not be required to do so. This process is different from typical CATL observations which are instead conducted at any time to address a specific teaching issue or concern, not to provide an overall evaluation of teaching performance.

WHY SHOULD YOU SIGN UP TO BE A MENTEE?

Participation in this program will give you two opportunities to discuss your teaching in depth and to receive detailed feedback from a supportive observer. Participation also demonstrates your commitment to professional development and provides evidence that may be utilized in a contract renewal, tenure, and/or promotion review.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Participation is open to all UWGB faculty and teaching professors. While applications from assistant professors or assistant teaching professors will be prioritized, more senior faculty and teaching professors are encouraged to apply to gain experience with conducting teaching observations.
Up to eight mentees will be chosen for 2024–25. If there are more applicants than available slots, preference will be given to eligible applicants with the least amount of teaching experience at UWGB. Up to two faculty or teaching professors at the associate or full rank may be chosen. Mentees will be selected by the CATL director and the program mentor.

TO APPLY

Please complete this brief Qualtrics survey by Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

QUESTIONS

Contact CATL Director Kris Vespia (vespiak@uwgb.edu) or Professor David Voelker (voelkerd@uwgb.edu).

Call for Teaching Enhancement Grant Proposals (Due Apr. 1, 2024)

The Instructional Development Council (IDC) is accepting applications for Teaching Enhancement Grants (TEGs) through support from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) and the Office of the Provost. TEGs provide funding for professional development activities related to teaching or for projects that lead to the improvement of teaching skills or the development of innovative teaching strategies.

Faculty and instructional academic staff whose primary responsibility is teaching for the academic year in which the proposed project takes place are strongly encouraged to apply! Click the button below for full details.

Spring 2024 Application Info

Applications are due Monday, Apr. 1, 2024. If you have any questions about the application or TEGs, please email the Instructional Development Council at idc@uwgb.edu.

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Co-Writing Community (Fridays 8:15 – 9:15 a.m., Spring 2024)

Tara DaPra, one of CATL’s Instructional Development Consultants, will lead a “Co-Writing Community” this spring.  A Co-Writing Community is a zero-obligation, zero-preparation, zero-outside work activity. Use the time to work on creative or scholarly projects that might otherwise get pushed aside by the demands of teaching. All faculty and staff are welcome!

The Co-Writing Community will meet throughout the spring semester on Fridays from 8:15 – 9:15 a.m. Feel free to join early or late, weekly, or when your schedule allows! All meetings will be held virtually. Simply drop in with this Zoom link which will be reused for each session.

Please email daprat@uwgb.edu with any questions.

Call for Faculty College 2024 (Applications Due Dec. 18, 2023)

Group photo of Faculty College participants from 2023

Each year, faculty, instructors, and lecturers from across the Universities of Wisconsin gather for Faculty College, an institute and retreat led by the Office of Professional & Instructional Development (OPID). The 44th Annual Faculty College will be held at the Osthoff Resort at Elkhart Lake (close to three of our four locations in Sheboygan County) on May 28 – 31, 2024. The theme this year is Rethinking/Redesigning Student Assignments. Our keynote speaker and guest facilitator will be Dr. Ashley Finley, Vice President of Research and Senior Advisor to the President, American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U).

Learn More About Faculty College

Apply

If you are interested in being one of UW-Green Bay’s instructor representatives, please send an email to CATL@uwgb.edu with:

  • Your name and department
  • Your commitment/availability to travel from May 28 – 31, 2024
  • A brief one-paragraph explanation of why you wish to be a part of this team

Applications are due to CATL on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023.

Questions?

Please contact CATL if you have any questions about the application process. Programmatic inquiries may be directed to Fay Akindes, Director of Systemwide Professional and Instructional Development, UW System, fakindes@uwsa.edu.