Northwestern’s “Excellence in Teaching Alliance,” hosted by the Searle Center, brings together new and experienced full-time teaching faculty to promote community building and professional development across and within schools.

FOCI is a week-long program to promote open conversation about learning and teaching across Northwestern. FOCI seeks to make teaching more transparent and public by providing opportunities for faculty across disciplines to open their classrooms and to visit colleagues’ classrooms. Modeled after Yale University’s Faculty Bulldog Days, FOCI offers opportunities for collaboration, learning new ways of teaching, discussing challenges, and sharing experiences.

On October 19, 2017, Northwestern held its fifth annual Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Forum “Sharing Insights into Student Learning.”

The New Faculty Workshop is designed to introduce instructors to several key aspects of learning and teaching, to reflect critically on their own practice as educators, and to apply theory and research to practice.

The program has been designed to (1) integrate with existing faculty teaching demands, (2) draw on the academic experience of faculty in their current research/scholarship, (3) provide academic rigor and stimulation at a high intellectual level, and (4) create a professional experience which will be rich and rewarding for faculty over the course of their careers.

Join colleagues in the upcoming Addressing Evolving Needs with Universal Design for Learning Practicum, a three-week, cohort-based online program designed for instructors of all levels, backgrounds, and teaching contexts to reflect on the evolving needs of students and instructors, with an emphasis on mental health.

We host numerous workshops, roundtables, and other sessions on a wide variety of topics related to learning and teaching.