"From Teaching to Teaching+Research: Streamlining Your Workload to Create Space for Scholarship" 

A webinar for TWU faculty (Feb 9, 2:30-3:30pm)

Teaching-focused faculty often feel trapped in cycles of course preparation and grading that consume every available hour, making the prospect of adding research to an already overwhelming schedule seem impossible. Many faculty spend 20-30 hours per week on teaching-related tasks, using course preparation as both perfectionism outlet and procrastination strategy, while service obligations fill remaining time with meetings and administrative work. Without systematic approaches to streamlining these existing responsibilities, the idea of conducting meaningful research feels like fantasy rather than achievable goal, leaving teaching-focused faculty feeling professionally stagnant and missing opportunities for career advancement, intellectual growth, and scholarly contribution.

In this webinar,* you'll learn evidence-based strategies for dramatically reducing time spent on course preparation and grading without sacrificing teaching quality, including modular lesson planning systems that cut weekly prep time by 60-70% while actually improving student engagement and learning outcomes. The workshop covers efficient grading techniques that provide better feedback in half the time, strategic service boundary-setting that protects research blocks from administrative creep, and semester planning methods that create realistic pockets of research time within heavy teaching loads. You'll discover how to repurpose existing course materials into research projects, leverage classroom experiences as data sources for scholarship, and establish sustainable research habits that fit into 15-30 minute daily blocks rather than requiring large time commitments.