CETL Event Schedule
The CETL hosts a variety of workshops and other learning activities throughout the year. Below you will find information about our upcoming sessions so you can add them to your calendar. Registration links for each event are included below; we appreciate you registering for any workshops you are interested in attending. Please reach out to us at CETL@chapman.edu if there is a topic you’d like to see covered in a future workshop, or if you’d like us to host a workshop for your program, school, or college specifically. Deans and other program leaders can submit a request for a workshop for their unit. We hope to see you at some of these sessions this term!
Those who register will receive a calendar invitation the week prior to the event. Dates, times, and locations are subject to change.
September Events
Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) Workshops: Introduction and Application
Date & Time: Friday, September 25, 10:00am/11:00am-2:00pm (lunch provided)
Location: Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship, Orange Campus
Session Description:
Join us to learn more about the TILT framework and how transparency supports student learning and success. Participants will have the opportunity to apply the TILT framework to one of their course assignments in a collaborative working environment. The application portion is designed specifically with those who attended the August CETL conference in mind. Click here to learn more and register (registration required).
Structures for Success: Designing Effective Rubrics
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 30, 10:00-11:30am
Location: Orange Campus, Argyros Forum, 201
Session Description:
We know that timely and specific feedback promotes student growth, but how can we realistically provide such feedback to the many students we teach? Grading rubrics, when well designed, can simultaneously support student growth and reduce your time devoted to grading. But what makes a rubric useful for both the instructor and student? In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore and apply principles of effective rubric design to improve an existing rubric or create a new rubric for an existing assignment. Come prepared with an assignment that needs a grading rubric or an existing rubric that you would like to revise.
Part-time instructors and GSIs are welcome to attend, but must receive prior approval from their dean and the office of the provost.
October Events
The Teaching Table, Session 1
Date & Time: Thursday, October 8, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Orange Campus, Argyros Forum, 209C
Session Description:
The Teaching Table is a brown bag series focused on key elements of human learning. Each session introduces a learning concept, features faculty who have designed classes to capitalize on that concept, and offers a collaborative space for questions and ideation among peers as they develop their courses. This month’s teaching table will focus on authentic learning experiences and develop ideas for designing them in our courses.
Part-time instructors and GSIs are welcome to attend, but must receive prior approval from their dean and the office of the provost.
Reflect, Align, Communicate: Crafting an Authentic Teaching Narrative
Date & Time: Friday, October 9, Friday, October 16, & Friday, October 23, 10am-12pm (series of three workshops)
Location: Killefer School, Conference A (day 1 and 2), Argyros Forum 209B (day 3), Orange Campus
Session Description:
Does your current teaching narrative accurately and authentically reflect your beliefs, values, and practices as an educator? A strong teaching narrative articulates what you believe about teaching and learning, how those beliefs shape your daily decisions and classroom practices, and provides examples and evidence to support those practices.
Through guided reflection, discussion, and writing activities, attendees will craft (or refine) a meaningful and authentic teaching narrative. By the end of the series, participants will:
- Identify the teaching and learning beliefs that shape your instructional decisions.
- Articulate and support your instructional choices with student work samples.
- Craft (or revise) a teaching statement that authentically communicates and supports your educational values, beliefs, and practices.
Participants must commit to attending all three sessions, as sessions 1 and 2 provide the foundational reflective and writing exercises for completing the statement in Part 3.
- Session 1: Identifying the Philosophical Foundations of Your Teaching/Narrative Introduction (October 9)
- Session 2: Describing and Supporting Your Instructional Choices/Body of Narrative (October 16)
- Session 3: Refining and Concluding Your Teaching Narrative – Is it authentic and memorable? (October 23)
Join us to craft a teaching narrative that truly represents who you are as an educator.
Click here to register (registration required)
November Events
The Teaching Table, Session 2
Date & Time: Thursday, November 5, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Orange Campus, Argyros Forum 209C
Session Description:
The Teaching Table is a brown bag series focused on key elements of human learning. Each session introduces a learning concept, features faculty who have designed classes to capitalize on that concept, and offers a collaborative space for questions and ideation among peers as they develop their courses. This month’s teaching table will focus on the role that failure plays in human learning and consider how we create courses that support this critical aspect of learning.
Part-time instructors and GSIs are welcome to attend, but must receive prior approval from their dean and the office of the provost.
Save the Date! January Teaching Symposium
Date & Time: Thursday, January 21st, 2027, 9:00am-3:00pm
Location: Sandhu Conference Center, Orange Campus
More details coming soon!
