Calling all staff educators! Wait, who’s a staff educator? Do you design learning materials and programs, foster productive learning environments, or promote individual growth and…

(SoTL) is, who it’s for — many types of educators — and why it’s a powerful tool for improving teaching, enhancing student learning, and fostering…

Are you teaching a FYS in the fall? We invite you to join this community of practice to talk about challenges we experience throughout the…

As we transition to a student body proficient in Generative AI, our educators are rethinking where and how they should assess learning. In September, CITL…

This interactive training from Mentimeter is designed to help faculty create questions that spark deeper learning, sharper thinking, and more engaged classrooms. Topics covered include:…

Have you been interested in publishing Open Access (OA) but shocked at the publisher fees? Fear not, you have other options, including depositing your work…

Are you teaching a FYS in the fall? We invite you to join this community of practice to talk about challenges we experience throughout the…

Join us this fall for a two-session reading group focused on strategies to foster meaningful student participation in your educational spaces. We’ll read Discussion in…

Calling all staff educators! Wait, who’s a staff educator? Do you design learning materials and programs, foster productive learning environments, or promote individual growth and…

You are juggling a lot as a faculty member in your first few years here at Bates. Join this group to help lessen the load…

Join colleagues to discuss generative AI and student writing. We’ll share what we’re trying in our educational spaces, how we are navigating challenges and opportunities,…

Join us for this special lunch and learn from Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, our 2025 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching awardee. Clarisa will share thoughts and…

Are you teaching a FYS in the fall? We invite you to join this community of practice to talk about challenges we experience throughout the…

Are you thinking about shifting more assessments into class time, through quizzing, testing, or writing assignments? You’re not alone. Join CITL and Joel Copperthite, the…

Throughout the fall 2025 semester (total commitment = 7 hours), CITL matches you with two colleagues to engage in non-evaluative and growth-based class visits, discussion,…

Are you teaching a FYS in the fall? We invite you to join this community of practice to talk about challenges we experience throughout the…

You are juggling a lot as a faculty member in your first few years here at Bates. Join this group to help lessen the load…

Who are Bates students? What do Bates classrooms look like? What are the expectations of a Bates course? How can you keep these in mind, but not assume or stereotype?
In this 3-hour workshop, we discuss patterns of Bates teaching and learning, as well as how to push against these trends and provide inclusive and accessible courses for all students.

What do engagement and participation look like? How might we think creatively about both encouraging and measuring them? And how do we maintain equity in these procedures?
In this 3-hour workshop, we imagine different ways to foster engagement and participation in learning spaces, noting how these can galvanize learning.

How will you know if your students reach those learning objectives? Which assessments demonstrate this? And how might you craft equitable, accessible, and inclusive assessments?
In this 3-hour workshop, we discuss how to align your assignments and assessments to your learning objectives. We will also spend time ideating possible inclusive assignments and assessments.

What does your course do? At the end of your course, what do your students know, what can your students do, and how have your students changed their values or attitudes?
In this 3-hour workshop, we articulate the framing for your courses by answering these questions. We will also spend time writing strong, specific, attainable and measurable learning objectives.

What has teaching and learning looked like on campus this year? Which trends has CITL noticed through our conversations, consultations, and workshops? April’s lunch & learn explores, problematizes, and addresses the Bates-specific patterns of challenge and success. CITL will also place these alongside national trends (spoiler: Bates isn’t as special as we might think it is: What we’ve seen and heard maps onto what we’ve read about in scholarship and heard about from external colleagues). Oh! And there is lunch!

Walk to Dairy Joy with CITL for ice cream on us! Then grade in community! Meet outside Dana Hall (Alumni Walk side). Grade in Community will take place in the CITL lounge (Dana 216) from 12-4.

“Hike” up Mount David with Wells and Lindsey at 3 p.m. Meet outside Dana Hall (Alumni Walk side).