GE Day of Teaching
The annual GE Day of Teaching is an opportunity for GEs to learn foundational teaching skills and topics as well as what quality teaching means at UO (it's professional, inclusive, engaged, and research-informed!). It's also an opportunity to meet other GEs and build community, and to learn about resources that support the vibrant teaching community here, and that we hope you'll turn to.
Next GE Day of Teaching will be September 24, 2025!
Thanks to all who attended the 2024 Day of Teaching this year. Find resources from each session now posted with the descriptions. We will update this page with 2025 session information and registration link once we are closer to the date.
2024 Sessions and Resources
Teaching as the Sole Instructor
This 9am-noon session is for graduate students who will be teaching or co-teaching their first course as instructor of record (as opposed to teaching a discussion or lab section for a faculty's lecture). It engages participants in course design considerations that will help them align course learning objectives, assignments, and student engagement activities, and provides a variety of strategies for building class community, facilitating interactive class sessions, and streamlining grading and feedback.
Session resources:
- Sole Instructor Slides
- Teaching as the Sole Instructor Supporting Materials
- Aligned Design Worksheet
- Class Session Planning Sheet
- Inclusive Teaching Course and Syllabus Design Reflection Tool
- Interactive Teaching and Learning Activities
- Metacognitive Teaching and Learning Activities
- Transparent Assignment Design
- Book recommendation: Student Engagement Techniques by Elizabeth Barkley
Teaching U.S. Undergraduates: Strategies for International GEs
This 9am-noon session is for new international graduate students, and it offers guidance around navigating linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical issues. It is taught by our faculty colleagues in UO's American English Institute. In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to discuss their concerns, learn more about the expectations of their future students, and consider ways to approach teaching in this new environment.
Session resources:
(1-2:50pm) Leading Labs
This session is for graduate students who will have a lab GE assignment. Participants meet in smaller size sessions to learn strategies for how to get to know students, establish clear classroom expectations, organize activities for productive labs, and grade more efficiently while providing meaningful feedback.
Session resources:
(1-2:50pm) Leading Discussion Sections
This session is for graduate students who will have a discussion section GE assignment. Participants meet in smaller size sessions to learn strategies for how to get to know students, establish class community, organize activities for rich discussions, and provide meaningful feedback.
Session resources:
- File Slides for Leading DIscussions section
- File discussion-section-resources-handout-2024.docx
- Designing Discussions webpage
- Book recommendation: The Discussion Book: 50 Great Ways to Get People Talking by Stephen D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill
(3-3:45 pm) Canvas Features and Tools
This session is open to all graduate students. Focus will include key Canvas features such as the Gradebook, SpeedGrader, Discussions, and Groups.
Session resources:
(4-5:00pm) Teaching Insights Forum
This session features experienced GE instructors and those who were GEs, including Kimble Award winners. We'll facilitate a panel discussion around some of their experiences as educators (and educators who are also balancing graduate school)., We will also share information around several policies that all graduate students who are teaching will want to know.