The TLC Workshop Archive contains materials for workshops developed by Teaching and Learning Center staff and fellows since 2016. Workshop materials presented here include agendas, outreach copy, activities, readings, and more. All materials in the workshop archive are openly licensed and available for reuse and remixing by all. Please feel free to get in touch with tlc@gc.cuny.edu if you have questions, feedback, or want to share how you reused these materials.
The CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy, established in 2020, aims to improve pedagogy at scale and recognize excellence and innovation in teaching by CUNY faculty. The Academy is predicated on the recognition that the quality of pedagogy and access to high-impact practices has a direct and measurable impact on the quantity and quality of degrees produced by CUNY and the ability of CUNY graduates to be well-positioned for meaningful careers and further study.
Calendar of CUNY Teaching and Learning Events
Do you have an event on pedagogy open to the CUNY community? Submit details for inclusion on the CITA calendar.
Upcoming CUNY-wide Events and Opportunities
There are currently no upcoming events. Check back for Fall 2024 events.
Professional Development
The programs below are currently active. Resources and information about previous initiatives are available on our past programs page.
The CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy (CITA) is now offering Seminars – longer, more in-depth examinations of special topics in teaching and pedagogy. Seminars typically last from several days to several weeks and are offered between semesters. Learn more about CITA Seminars.
The CUNY Teaching and Learning Conference is a celebration of teaching excellence and a commitment to creating a thriving academic community. The conference aims to foster inter-campus collaborations and mentoring relationships related to teaching that will enhance the learning experience for our students. Additionally, the conference aims to cultivate a culture of professional growth at all stages of development and a stronger sense of belonging among CUNY faculty participants. The inaugural conference will be held on March 22, 2024. Learn more about the CUNY Teaching and Learning Conference.
Curricular Development workshops will assist you with ideas for how to develop or improve your academic offerings. They provide you with practical information for navigating CUNY policies, as well as New York State Education Department regulations and guidance in creating and modifying your academic degree and certificate programs. Our first offering in this area was a program entitled “4+1 Bachelor’s/Master’s Program Policies: A pipeline to time and cost-effective graduate degrees for CUNY undergraduates” (link to materials).
In partnership with the CUNY Office of Student Inclusion Initiatives and Disability Programs, the Office of Faculty Affairs is offering faculty training and development on Disability & Accessibility during the 2023-2024 academic year. This initiative started in Fall, 2023, with a 3-part series about 1) disability rights in education, 2) New York State IT policy and your class, and 3) best practices for teaching students with disabilities. Based on attendee feedback, in Spring 2023, we are offering in-depth collaborative workshops on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Accessibility Office Hours to provide additional support. Learn more about the disability and accessibility series and register.
Learning mindsets is a series of workshops led by the University of Virginia’s Motivate Lab, focused on three learning mindsets or Mindset GPS: Growth Mindset, Purpose and Relevance, and Sense of Belonging. Read more about Learning Mindsets workshops.
The New Faculty Initiative (NFI) advances CUNY’s ongoing efforts to be a student-centered, equity-driven university. Recognizing that faculty are the most important influence in a student’s academic journey – and thanks to a significant investment from NYS – CUNY hired almost 600 new full-time faculty between 2022 and 2023. All faculty, regardless of their expertise and career stage, do their best work when they are supported and regularly participate in professional development. The NFI was established to support these new CUNY colleagues and provide a forum for them to interact with and learn from each other. Read more about the NFI program.
Teaching Matters is a monthly, free, one-hour summit of CUNY faculty and staff devoted to sharing innovative teaching strategies and student-centered learning methods. Each gathering includes a focused, interactive and engaged peer-to-peer workshop, and a few practical teaching tips that can be used in any classroom. Learn more about upcoming Teaching Matters events.
The Innovative Teaching Academy offers many programs to help faculty learn about best practices in teaching online and pedagogy. This includes our Online Teaching Essentials (OTE) course, which is an asynchronous, peer-facilitated workshop designed to prepare CUNY faculty for teaching online classes. We also offer other workshops to teach faculty strategies for engaging students in online and hybrid teaching and learning environments. Read more about professional development opportunities for enhancing online teaching.
Pedagogy and Teaching Resources
This page provides brief descriptions of various forms of alternative forms of student assessment, which may promote student learning and be more authentic means of students demonstrating what they have learned at the higher levels than traditional exams.
The CUNY Assessment Council, with the support of the Office of Academic Affairs, has launched the CUNY Assessment 101 Online Course, a free, asynchronous, self-paced course that is available anytime via Blackboard. The course will provide simple and effective tools that will help faculty and staff ensure meaningful student experiences and academic success. Those interested are asked to visit the Assessment 101 webpage for more information and instructions on enrolling in the course,.
Faculty and staff interested in international virtual exchange (IVE) (also known as COIL) can consult this page for current information on IVE/COIL activity at CUNY campuses, and are encouraged to join the CUNY COIL Academic Commons group.
This curated set of openly licensed professional development resources is meant both for faculty who are looking for more bite-sized content that they can use to brush up on their online teaching skills and for faculty and staff tasked with leading professional development who are looking for content to add to their offerings. The resources here are sourced both from around CUNY and the wider world of higher education.
The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) offers a free Inclusive Teaching Practices Toolkit that has been tailored for online teaching and learning.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) website is designed to highlight the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at CUNY, making CUNY-authored SoTL projects more accessible and providing guidance for faculty interested in developing their own SoTL projects.
TLH in a Box was created to share with the general public ways to adapt Transformative Learning in the Humanities (TLH) methods to a program, department, or institution of any size and at any scale. TLH’s goal is to create equitable democratic futures in the humanities and further. TLH in a Box is an Open Educational Resource (OER). TLH in a Box goes beyond becoming part of City University of New York’s infrastructure and integrating the humanities into our fellows’ and students’ future work and education to expand our reach to other institutions, administrators, faculty, and students.