University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Teaching Teams

Large-Enrollment Community

The Large-Enrollment Community is an opportunity to connect with colleagues, share experiences, and consider new ideas for teaching large courses. We meet monthly for one hour, typically on Zoom. Our meetings feature short presentations from group members on strategies and practices that they have found successful, as well as provide ample time for full group …

Facilitating More Effective Teaching Teams

Created by Laura Schmidli and edited by Maria Widmer. Teaching in a team provides advantages within an increasingly complex higher education environment. Multiple instructors can more effectively manage larger classes, provide interdisciplinary context, handle complex educational technology, model collaboration for new instructors and students, and better meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body. …

Episode 24: Mentorship Among Instructors: Supporting General Chemistry Teaching Assistants

In this episode, we talk with Léa Gustin and Claire Lundberg to explore what it takes to teach one of the largest courses on UW-Madison’s campus: General Chemistry.

Episode 23: Managing Large Teaching Teams with Sarah Jedd

In this episode, Laura Schmidli sits down with Sarah Jedd, who shares the joys of managing a large teaching team. They talk about ethical education and community-building in Comm Arts 100.

Episode 18: Roundtable with L&S TA Award Winners: Part 1

We feature two Campus-Wide TA Award Winners, Haley Johnson and Patricia Chan, for a roundtable discussion. They discuss the joys of teaching and give advice to new TAs and faculty leading teaching teams.