Current Graduate Programming
GET SET Institutes & Workshops
Essentials of Teaching Institute I
In this four-part workshop series you will explore a variety of strategies to engage your students through active learning, incorporate Generative AI in your classes, and promote a collaborative learning environment to support all learners.
Role of TAs in Cultivating an Inclusive Classroom
- When: Monday, September 15, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- How do you create a learning environment in which all students can thrive? This workshop introduces ways to encourage open and active dialogue, address culturally and socially sensitive topics, promote cross-cultural exchanges, and cultivate an appreciation for diversity and difference in the classroom.
- Register for Role of TAs in Cultivating an Inclusive Classroom.
Supporting Student Learning as a TA
- When: Monday, September 22, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- How do students learn, and what does this mean for you as a TA? This workshop will introduce evidence-based theories of learning and explore how these frameworks motivate the use of specific teaching strategies, activities, and course structure you implement as a TA.
- Register for Supporting Student Learning as a TA.
Effective Grading and Feedback
- When: Monday, September 29, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- How do you assign grades, devise a grading rubric, and grade in a fair, consistent way? A course grade reflects student competency and mastery of the material. This workshop will discuss components of grading students' understanding and mastery of the course material.
- Register for Effective Grading and Feedback.
Final Session: Discussion of an Action Plan
- When: Monday, October 6, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- This workshop is for those who have completed the earlier workshops and would like a letter to document their participation in the Essentials of Teaching Institute. This capstone experience is an opportunity for participants to get peer feedback on their action plan.
- Register for Final Session: Discussion of an Action Plan.
Read more about the Essentials of Teaching Institute.
Course Design Institute
This series of four workshops guides you through the basic elements of course design, and strategies to define learning outcomes, align assignments and activities, evaluate student learning, and create a student-centered syllabus.
Backward Course Design: Developing LOs
- When: Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- Where do you start when developing a course? Creating learning outcomes and aligning them with assignments and assessments is an effective place to start. This workshop introduces key steps for designing learning outcomes.
- Register for Backward Course Design: Developing LOs.
Developing a Syllabus from Scratch
- When: Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- How do you create a syllabus focused on student learning? This workshop will provide a useful syllabus design template and explore resources for designing and aligning course goals, learning objectives, instructional activities, and assessment strategies.
- Register for Developing a Syllabus from Scratch.
Designing Assessment of Student Learning
- When: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- Assessments do not have to be anxiety-inducing exams! In this workshop, we will explore a variety of assessment strategies and discuss which are appropriate and effective for your course.
- Register for Designing Assessment of Student Learning.
Final Session: Peer Review
- When: Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 12:00–1:15 p.m. (online via Zoom)
- This workshop is for those who have completed the earlier workshops and would like a letter to document their participation in the Course Design Institute. This capstone experience is an opportunity for you to develop a draft of a syllabus for a course you might teach in your field and receive peer-feedback.
- Register for Final Session: Peer Review.
Read more about the Course Design Institute.
Teaching Resources
Teaching Assistant Online Orientation
The TA Online Orientation, designed to prepare new graduate teaching assistants for success in their first few weeks of teaching, is a series of self-paced, asynchronous modules that introduce teaching essentials and resources available to support them while at Cornell.
Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom Online Course:
Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a four-week, self-paced online course for anyone with teaching responsibilities at Cornell, at any level of diversity expertise. Modules explore social identity and self-reflection, strategies for inclusive course design, and pedagogical practices that effectively support student engagement and a sense of belonging across difference.
Teaching Portfolio Program
A portfolio encourages you to document and reflect on your teaching at Cornell. Register at any time to be part of CTI’s Teaching Portfolio Program and gain access to resources, consultations, and support for your teaching.
Teaching with Technology
If you're interested in resources to incorporate technology, CTI offers Upcoming Teaching with Technology Workshops.