Instructional/Development Workshops
I create and facilitate a variety of workshops on teaching, learning and human development. Among these are:
- Engaging Students: A hands-on guide to increasing student learning
- Assessing and Evaluating Student Learning - It can be painless!
- Planning Sensory-Rich Lessons for Grades K-8
- Why Won’t My Students Talk? Facilitating group discussion and collaboration
- Active Learning with Classes of Any Size
- Assessing Student Performance in Group Work
- Super Syllabi: Designing a useful guide to your course
- How Am I Doing? Collecting, understanding and responding to student mid-term feedback
- Addressing Emotionally-Laden Topics in the Classroom
- The Ethics of Teaching: Responding constructively to complex situations
- Meeting the Office Hour Challenge: Fostering learning outside the classroom
-Promoting Student Ethical Awareness and Action
- Creating an Environment for First Generation College Student Success
- Effective Advising = Better Dissertations: Supervising students writing dissertations
-Improvisation Skills for Instructors
- Promoting Religious Literacy
- When Religion Surfaces in Class: From Conflict to Engagement
- Classroom Peer Observation and Feedback
Community and student workshops include:
- Tools for Tough Decision-Making: Clarifying your personal ethical values
- Creative Ways to Manage Life Transitions
- Friends for Life: The Benefits of Friendships Throughout the Life Span
- Improve Your Success by Raising Your Religion IQ: A workshop on Religious Literacy