The Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching promotes university teaching that leads to meaningful student learning. Our offerings are available to any members of the Vanderbilt community interested in developing their teaching practices.
Queer Teaching, Queer Thriving
Aug. 31, 2023—The Center for Teaching and the K.C. Potter Center for LGBTQI Life are proud to offer a 2023-2024 learning community about ways campus educators may help LGBTQI students to thrive academically and socially. Open to all faculty, graduate students, and staff of any background, the learning community will discuss a wide variety of issues: the...
Upcoming Educational Technology Workshops
Aug. 2, 2023—The Center for Teaching and the Brightspace and Instructional Technology Support team will be offering a variety of workshops on specific teaching technologies. These workshops cover a variety of topics and are a mixture of virtual and in-person. For more details and up-to-date information, check out the Brightspace workshops page. Some upcoming events include the...
Teaching Assistant Orientation 2023
Jul. 26, 2023—All new graduate student TAs are invited to the Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation held annually by the Center for Teaching. The event offers preparation in effective teaching strategies for the varied teaching duties assumed by TAs, as well as information on campus resources relevant to TA work. Workshops and practice teaching sessions at the event...
Teaching at Vanderbilt New Faculty Orientation 2023
Jul. 24, 2023—At the beginning of every academic year, the Center for Teaching hosts “Teaching at Vanderbilt” (TAV), an orientation for junior and senior faculty new to Vanderbilt. The orientation features an introduction to strategies for launching a successful teaching career at Vanderbilt, with concurrent sessions on a variety of practical topics. Teaching at Vanderbilt is an...
Welcome to Laura Carter-Stone!
Jul. 18, 2023—The CFT is very proud to welcome Laura Carter-Stone as our new Postdoctoral Fellow. Laura Carter-Stone is an alumna of Grinnell College and the University of Kentucky, and received her PhD in Teaching, Learning, and Diversity with a specialization in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Peabody College, Vanderbilt. After teaching in K-12 schools, she developed...
The CFT Thanks Our Graduate Teaching Fellows
Jun. 8, 2023—The CFT wants to express our deepest gratitude to the 2022-2023 Graduate Teaching Fellows for their unwavering commitment to teaching values and for completing their 12 months of fellowship. To further the university’s teaching mission, our outstanding Fellows demonstrated exceptional professionalism, and expertise and provided optimal pedagogical consultations to other graduate students and postdocs, designed...
Course Design Institute on Inclusive Teaching Wrapup and Review
Jun. 7, 2023—This May, the CFT hosted its third annual Course Design Institute on Inclusive Teaching. Instructors and staff from across campus participated in the event, delving into the scholarship on inclusive teaching and applying it via course design work. Over four days, they met with each other in large and small groups, and with resource faculty...