UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (SITE), Penn State’s University-wide teaching center, offers programs and services to support teaching and learning and build community among instructors. A complete list of upcoming programs is available at site.psu.edu.
Meet with a consultant
Meetings with SITE faculty consultants have no additional cost, are confidential and can occur in person or virtually. Set up a 1-on-1 consultation to discuss any aspect of teaching by reaching out to a consultant or sending an email to site@psu.edu.
Targeted Teaching Transformation (T3) program
The T3 program is for instructors aiming to make a major change to a current course or develop a new course. The program provides instructors with up to 10 hours of personalized coaching throughout the fall semester and is open to all instructors and instructor groups. T3 applications remain open until Sept. 16. Projects focused on courses offered in the 2024-25 academic year will receive priority.
Teaching Communities
Teaching Communities are faculty-led groups that meet regularly to discuss teaching and learning. Discussions might include sharing experiences or expertise, exchanging strategies and ideas or exploring solutions to teaching or learning challenges. The Schreyer Institute provides modest funding and a faculty consultant liaison. Applications for new communities are now open and will close on Sept. 30. Anyone interested in joining an existing community should reach out to the contact listed in the Teaching Communities directory.
Workshops and resources on current issues
Artificial intelligence (AI) generative tools are rapidly changing and impacting teaching and learning. In our introductory workshop Teaching in the Age of AI, which is for instructors who have not yet spent much time exploring generative AI tools, we’ll review AI-generated output and discuss implications for teaching and learning. In our advanced workshop on designing assignments in the age of AI, attendees discuss the implications of AI for designing assignments that help students learn.
Instructors who are interested in learning more about supporting multilingual students and English language learners can join a Teams Channel that provides resources and an opportunity to connect with others.
SITE has developed resources to support planning for instruction during presidential elections, and these resources and additional information on supporting student voting are now available on the PSU Votes website.
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
The Schreyer Institute offers various courses and workshops that address DEIB in teaching. An asynchronous introductory course on Universal Design for Learning is available for instructors who embrace student variability, strive for equity, seek to implement research-based learning practices and want to empower students through flexibility.
SITE offers a Provost Endorsement for Inclusive and Equitable Teaching, which is a self-paced experience that includes a meeting with a SITE consultant and invites participants to revise existing syllabi and assignments.
Instructors interested in joining a Teaching Community focused on DEIB are welcome to reach out to community leaders to learn more about meeting dates and times.
CIRTL Network Remote Workshops and Courses
CIRTL, the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning, is an international 45-university consortium that helps graduate students and postdocs learn how to teach college courses more effectively. Penn State is a member and CIRTL programs are free to anyone with a Penn State email account (including faculty). CIRTL is especially focused on preparing STEM educators, but many of the programs are valuable for other disciplines.
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is part of Penn State Undergraduate Education.