Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Teaching Week 2025

Trauma-Informed Approaches Trauma Informed Approaches (TIA) in Higher Education
Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) equip higher education professionals to support student well-being and academic success through a "Regulate, Relate, Reason" framework. Posted September 11, 2025
AI for the Educators AI for the Educators: Module 1: Practical Skills in Crafting Effective Prompts
This interactive workshop equips higher education faculty with essential prompt engineering skills to streamline teaching workflows and enhance productivity. Educators will learn foundational and advanced techniques—including persona definition, chain-of-thought reasoning, and setting temperature parameters—while gaining hands-on practice with tools like Google Gemini, custom Google Gems, and NotebookLM to create study guides and course materials. Posted September 11, 2025
Increasing Student Engagement Increasing engagement and belonging in Statistics 244
To maintain student engagement in Statistics 244, instructor Peter Banwarth Carrillo replaced a complex ten-week research project with a biweekly virtual guest speaker series. Posted September 11, 2025
Collaborative Quizzes Collaborative quizzes as a learning tool that increases students’ sense of belonging: Part 2
In content-heavy science courses, two-stage collaborative quizzes transform traditional assessments into active learning opportunities. Students first take an individual multiple-choice quiz (70% of the grade), then immediately work in small groups to submit a consensus answer sheet (30%). This approach lowers test anxiety, boosts retention, promotes group synergy, and builds essential professional soft skills. Posted September 11, 2025
Nurturing-Resilience-and-Connection Keeping Hope Alive: Nurturing Resilience and Connection in Cynical Times
Maria Sefchick shares actionable strategies to combat educator burnout, cynicism, and compassion fatigue. Discover how the "HOPE" framework—Heal, Open, Purpose, Engage—can help instructors. Posted September 11, 2025
Collaborative Quizzes Collaborative quizzes as a learning tool that increases students’ sense of belonging
Biology instructor Ksenia Everton demonstrates how collaborative quizzing turns traditional testing into an active learning tool. Posted September 11, 2025
Learning-Together Learning Together through Faculty Learning Community (FLCs): For Faculty, By Faculty
Designed for PCC instructors, FLCs explore innovative strategies—including generative AI, equitable grading, accessibility, and community engagement—to enhance classroom practices, support student engagement, and foster ongoing professional growth. Posted September 11, 2025
Student-Accommodation-Updates. Student Accommodation Updates
Kaela Parks outlines PCC's accommodation framework. Posted September 11, 2025
Behavioral-Process. PCC’s Behavioral Clarification Process and how this Connects to the Freedom of Expression Policy
PCC’s Student Support and Intervention team outlines how to balance student free expression with classroom conduct standards. Faculty learn the four-step Behavioral Clarification framework to address disruptions directly, document expectations, and handle charged discussions. The session also details campus support resources like CARE referrals, Title IX, and public safety escalations. Posted September 11, 2025
Practical-Strategies-for-Multilingual-Students Practical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Students in Your Classroom
Learn easy high-impact strategies from Tim Krause and Elizebett Eslinger to support multilingual students across all disciplines. Posted September 11, 2025