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The Faculty Center for Innovation, Collaboration and Support supports faculty in their professional lives at The New School. Below is the currently scheduled list of Spring workshops and events.
To receive the (same) Zoom link for most of the workshops listed below, please click the Register button on this page.
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All programs are open to full-time and part-time faculty, graduate students, and staff.
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If you have a question or need to request an accommodation, please email us at thefacultycenter@newschool.edu.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
Community agreements establish how a community of learners will function together, respect each other and hold each other accountable. They foster greater equity and inclusion and in a classroom setting, can prevent problems from happening, and be a great place to return when emotions or tensions are running high. We'll review common community agreements and offer guidance on introducing and implementing them.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, The Faculty Center
We live in challenging times. Now more than ever, classroom and teacher-student dynamics can be easily disrupted, even permanently damaged, and sometimes you don’t even know why. Understand some of the ways in which things can go wrong. Learn how to set the stage for effective faculty-student and student-student communication and interaction. Learn methods to create a more supportive environment that promotes student learning. This session is a blend of presentation and group interaction and offers an introduction to a number of topics that should invite further exploration.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
To promote student learning and growth, faculty should aim to cultivate a classroom environment in which people are willing to be uncomfortable together. We'll discuss academic freedom and guidance for navigating contentious conversations, introducing challenging course content, and ensuring that your classroom is a respectful space that encourages diverse perspectives.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
Students need to feel they belong in your classroom. Learn some basic ways, including simple teaching methods, to help your students feel supported, seen and heard. We’ll discuss how faculty can cultivate learning environments where all students, regardless of economic, ethnic, racial, gender, religious backgrounds and abilities feel respected, valued, supported and, most importantly for their learning, feel present and engaged.
with Katayoun Chamany, Mohn Family Professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Professor of Biology, Lang College, Jess Irish, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Design, Parsons, and Mev Luna, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art Practice and Theory, Parsons
Peer assessment supports student learning, engagement, and autonomy. Critiquing and providing feedback to peers helps students assess their own work and learning and creates opportunities for them to engage more deeply with course material, while taking more responsibility for their own learning. Following brief descriptions in which faculty share how they effectively employ peer assessment in their classrooms and equip students with the tools necessary to provide their peers meaningful feedback, we will open to general discussion.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach and Sheena Daree Miller, The Faculty Center
We are all biased; it is basic human nature. But being aware of bias – in ourselves and our students – can help us address it productively and mitigate negative effects. Ignoring things or pretending something didn’t happen or someone didn’t say something is not a good approach. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to recognize and address bias and microaggressions as they manifest in the classroom, what can be done when they arise, and review how faculty can cultivate learning environments where all students feel respected, valued and supported in their learning.
with Maya Georgieva, The Innovation Center
These sessions are designed to encourage dynamic discussions and provide a platform for faculty members to address their questions directly. They will be conducted in an interactive, conversational format, so participants are encouraged to come prepared with questions and to actively share their personal experiences.
with Michele Gorman, Director of the MFA Interior Design Program, Assistant Professor of Interiors, Objects, and Technologies, Parsons School of Design, Miller Oberman, Assistant Professor and Director, First Year Writing, Eugene Lang College, Helen Betya Rubinstein, Part-Time Lecturer, First Year Writing, Eugene Lang College
Grades have been shown to hinder learning, rather than help, and research shows that grades are an ineffective evaluation tool as well as a site of implicit bias, causing stress and harm to both teachers and students. What other options are there? Following brief descriptions in which faculty share how they effectively use ungrading in their classrooms, we will open to general discussion.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, The Faculty Center
We don’t often think about thinking. Or think about how we read or listen or move or sit. We don’t often think about how we were feeling during the previous discussion or lecture or group exercise. And we certainly don’t often think about their implications for learning, retention and growth. Helping students learn the value of such practices--helping them learn how to learn--can enhance how--and how deeply--students learn and develop understanding. Learn basic practices that you can incorporate into your classes and even into your own work.
with Sheena Daree Miller and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center, Francesca Ferrono, Assistant Director, of Academic Affairs, NSSR, and Brita Servas, Librarian, New School Libraries
Learn the terminology, practices, and concepts integral to respectfully interacting with queer, trans, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students, and tips for making your classroom supportive and inclusive of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
with Kristina Weaver, Hanover Research
This training will provide an interactive introduction for artists interested in grant funding. We will discuss major arts funders, grantsmanship best practices, and trends in the funding landscape to help you design fundable projects. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Exploring Generative AI in Teaching and Learning: Sharing Examples, Applications, Prompts, and Innovative Practices
with Maya Georgieva, The Innovation Center
These sessions are designed to encourage dynamic discussions and provide a platform for faculty members to address their questions directly. They will be conducted in an interactive, conversational format, so participants are encouraged to come prepared with questions and to actively share their personal experiences.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
To promote student learning and growth, faculty should aim to cultivate a classroom environment in which people are willing to be uncomfortable together. We'll discuss academic freedom and guidance for navigating contentious conversations, introducing challenging course content, and ensuring that your classroom is a respectful space that encourages diverse perspectives.
with Maya Georgieva, The Innovation Center
These sessions are designed to encourage dynamic discussions and provide a platform for faculty members to address their questions directly. They will be conducted in an interactive, conversational format, so participants are encouraged to come prepared with questions and to actively share their personal experiences.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
Stress is the enemy of learning and our students are stressed. Multitasking, Instagramming, and TikToking are all stress inducers. It’s actually a physiological reality that if we are stressed and anxious, for whatever reasons, our brains head in the wrong direction. We’ll review the neurobiological basics of why; look at ways faculty can help students understand how stress and anxiety impact thinking, learning, decision making and memory; and discuss what we can do to mitigate its effects for both our students and ourselves.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
Generation Z students are markedly different from students we’ve seen in the past. Teaching techniques we’ve used before are no longer effective in supporting Gen Z students’ learning. The good news is that what supports Gen Z students are practices that have been shown to be effective in supporting all students’ learning. Learn about Gen Z generational characteristics and expectations and the methods you can adopt and adapt to improve teaching effectiveness and student success in in-person, hybrid and remote/online learning.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
Universal Design for Learning is an approach to accessibility that supports all students, regardless of their abilities. It doesn’t require a student who needs an accommodation to ask for it and it’s more inclusive of all students’ learning needs. We’ll review the basics of universal design for learning and then discuss how faculty can add “just one thing” to begin to make their courses more accessible over time. This “plus one” approach increases inclusivity and makes courses more learner friendly.
Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Generative AI: Integrity, Responsibility, and Governance in Academia
with Maya Georgieva, The Innovation Center
These sessions are designed to encourage dynamic discussions and provide a platform for faculty members to address their questions directly. They will be conducted in an interactive, conversational format, so participants are encouraged to come prepared with questions and to actively share their personal experiences.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach and Sheena Daree Miller, The Faculty Center
Students need to feel they belong in your classroom. Learn some basic ways, including simple teaching methods, to help your students feel supported, seen and heard. We’ll discuss how faculty can cultivate learning environments where all students, regardless of economic, ethnic, racial, gender, religious backgrounds and abilities feel respected, valued, supported and, most importantly for their learning, feel present and engaged.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
Content warnings typically precede content that may be deemed sensitive. In a classroom, they alert students that upcoming course material may be challenging or distressing, giving students an opportunity to prepare themselves to adequately engage or, if necessary, disengage for their own wellbeing. At this session we'll review what they are, how and whether to implement them, and common objections to them.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, The Faculty Center
We are all biased; it is basic human nature. But being aware of bias – in ourselves and our students – can help us address it productively and mitigate negative effects. Ignoring things or pretending something didn’t happen or someone didn’t say something is not a good approach. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to recognize and address bias and microaggressions as they manifest in the classroom, what can be done when they arise, and review how faculty can cultivate learning environments where all students feel respected, valued and supported in their learning.
with Rita Pisalet Breidenbach, Sheena Daree Miller, and Sophia Holtz, The Faculty Center
Stress is the enemy of learning and our students are stressed. Multitasking, Instagramming, and TikToking are all stress inducers. It’s actually a physiological reality that if we are stressed and anxious, for whatever reasons, our brains head in the wrong direction. We’ll review the neurobiological basics of why; look at ways faculty can help students understand how stress and anxiety impact thinking, learning, decision making and memory; and discuss what we can do to mitigate its effects for both our students and ourselves.
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