Trusting our experiences in the classroom as learners and teachers helps to make us better practitioners. The bodies and multi-faceted identities that we teach with are key to that experience. Using the framework of queer pedagogy, let’s consider the varied… Read More »Embodied Knowledges
Effectively managing your time requires balancing teaching, research, your course load, and often other work. This workshop will offer strategies to help you balance your responsibilities as a teacher and a graduate student. Topics to be covered include deliberate planning… Read More »Balancing Time: Managing Time While Teaching and Learning
NYC as a whole and most CUNY students will continue to be affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. This workshop explores how the transition to distance learning has impacted mental and psychological wellbeing in the context of a global pandemic. It… Read More »Mental Wellness and Education in the Time of Coronavirus
In a post-2020 world, how can we as CUNY educators better support our students’ and our own emotional needs? What are some practical ways to promote mental and emotional well-being for our students and ourselves in the upcoming semester, while… Read More »Mental and Emotional Well-being in 2021: Strategies and practices for all educators
Teaching as a graduate student requires a great deal of intellectual and emotional labor. Yet, most often we concentrate our efforts on teaching academic skills, leaving little space to consider or develop strategies to address our students’ emotional health, or… Read More »Student Trauma and Well-being
The end of semester brings a new urgency to the classroom, and the weight of worrying that you’ve not met expectations — fearing you’ve “failed” — can be burdensome for faculty and for students. But feelings of failure also invite… Read More »Troubleshooting Failure
