Transform teaching
Faculty & Staff Workshops
Practical workshops that help faculty and staff teach for understanding, so students can apply what they learn to problems they haven’t seen.
The problem this solves
What to change on Monday morning.
Many courses reward procedure over understanding, and the confusion students reliably develop is addressed after it shows up on an exam rather than before. Professional development often covers new tools or general technique. Less of it shows what to change on Monday morning in a real course. AI has made this more urgent: students can now produce correct work without understanding it, so teaching and assessing for understanding matters more than ever.
Our workshops focus on what works in practice, drawn from years of one-on-one instruction and from the research on how students learn.
Workshop topics
Six topics, built around your courses.
Topics can be combined, and every workshop comes two ways: tailored to your faculty, staff, and courses, or ready to run, with no preparation needed on your end.
Learning on Credit
A briefing based on our white paper: how AI delays students’ need for real instruction, and what institutions can do about it. Read the paper
Teaching the why
Shifting instructional emphasis from steps to concepts so students can apply what they learn to new problems.
Assessments that measure understanding
Practical ways to write questions and exams that measure understanding, which are also far harder to complete with AI.
Diagnosing misconceptions
Finding out what a student actually thinks, not just whether their answer is right.
Guiding student AI use
How to talk with students about AI as a learning tool rather than a substitute.
Office hours worth attending
Structuring office hours and help sessions so students get real help, not just answers.
Format & duration
A full day or two half days.
Workshops run as a full day or two half days, for a department, a teaching center program, or an institution-wide event. Keynote talks are also available, and can be paired with hands-on training on teaching for a deeper engagement.
Scope & pricing
Priced per workshop.
Priced per workshop based on length, audience size, and customization.
What you walk away with