Since 1990, thousands of faculty members and teaching assistants new to the University of Virginia have had their paths smoothed and their concerns addressed at the August Teaching Workshop. These two half-days, sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Development, engage colleagues from around the University in a range of interactive workshops. These sessions are:

• interdisciplinary
• hands-on and practical
• designed to answer some of your questions about teaching at UVa and to provoke others
• productive for both experienced and less experienced teachers
• structured to introduce you to new colleagues
• geared to the distinct needs of faculty and TAs
• most effective in concert with specific, departmental workshops
• focused on issues relevant to teaching any subject matter:
  • presenting your discipline effectively
  • teaching the first day
  • getting to know your students
  • leading discussions
  • teaching labs
  • avoiding potential problems and pitfalls
  • finding useful resources

We hope that, like us, you see these meetings as not only an opportunity to learn about teaching but also an excellent chance to begin your academic life at UVa. Enriching our intellectual community has been a driving theme of the Faculty Senate, and the Teaching Resource Center has longstanding programs that bring faculty and teaching assistants together across academic disciplines for fruitful exchanges of ideas.

2013 August Teaching Workshop

Faculty sessions will be held on Monday-Wednesday, August 19-21.

Graduate Teaching Assistant sessions will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, August 21-22

Click here to see the 2012 faculty and graduate student teaching assistant programs.