Event Summaries, Resources

Reinert Center’s 2026 Pedagogy Week

On August 10 - 14, the Reinert Center hosted Pedagogy Week, a week of workshops on a variety of teaching topics coinciding with new faculty orientation, graduate teaching assistant orientation, and the start of the new academic year. For those who were not able to attend, we have collected a few resources related to each… Continue reading Reinert Center’s 2026 Pedagogy Week

Inclusive Teaching, Resources, TEF: Mission-Aligned

Resources Revisited: Creating an Inclusive Classroom

by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. With the fall semester just around the corner, our August 2026 entry highlights strategies for creating inclusive classroom environments… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Creating an Inclusive Classroom

Practical Strategies, Resources, TEF: Learning-Focused, Tips on Teaching

Resources Revisited: Assessment Practices for the End of Semester

by Nicole States, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center The Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. As the end of the semester approaches, final projects, assignments and exams are being planned, finalized or just getting started. Now can… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Assessment Practices for the End of Semester

Culturally Responsive Teaching, Engaging All Learners, Inclusive Teaching, Resources, Teaching Today's Students, TEF: Learning-Focused, TEF: Mission-Aligned, Tips on Teaching

Resources Revisited: Culturally Responsive Teaching

by Mitch Lorenz, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. This month, we are revisiting resources on culturally responsive teaching. Culturally responsive teaching is the application of the cultural… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Culturally Responsive Teaching

Learning Spaces, Practical Strategies, Resources, Teaching Today's Students, TEF: Mission-Aligned, Tips on Teaching

A New Resource Regarding Classroom Disruptions

by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center Some members of the SLU community have experienced abrupt disruptions in their classrooms. Some students are being confrontational, filming the confrontation or parts of class, or otherwise taking time away from the learning of other students and the teaching in which we were engaged. The Reinert Center has… Continue reading A New Resource Regarding Classroom Disruptions

Accessibility, Resources

Resources Revisited: Digital Accessibility

by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. Our March 2026 entry focuses on digital accessibility. With an estimated 1 in 5 undergraduate students now reporting a… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Digital Accessibility

Resources, Teaching Effectiveness Framework, TEF: Growth-Oriented, TEF: Learning-Focused, TEF: Mission-Aligned

A New Resource for Program Development or Redesign

by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center There are instances for those of us who have taught for a long time that we realize something needs to change in our course. In a similar way, there are instances when larger changes need to be made at the program level, or when entirely new programs need… Continue reading A New Resource for Program Development or Redesign

Classroom Activities, Distance Teaching, Engaging All Learners, Resources, Teaching Effectiveness Framework, TEF: Learning-Focused, Tips on Teaching

Resources Revisited: Active Learning

by Robert Cole, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. This month in Resources Revisited we’d like to focus on active learning activities. As we approach midterms, it may… Continue reading Resources Revisited: Active Learning

AI in the Classroom, Event Summaries, Resources, Teaching Effectiveness Framework, TEF: Learning-Focused, Transformative Learning

The Janus of 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Book Review of Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger, The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, volume 4 in the Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed Series by Beth Petitjean, Digital Learning Specialist, Reinert Center Happy January, dear readers. This time of year is always a bit unsettling.… Continue reading The Janus of 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Resources, Teaching Effectiveness Framework, TEF: Growth-Oriented

Resources Revisited: The Growth-Oriented Dimension in the SLU Teaching Effectiveness Framework

by Eric Royer, Program Director, Reinert Center The Reinert Center’s Resources Revisited series highlights existing resources available to the SLU teaching community that may be especially timely or useful at certain points in the academic year. The past two entries in this series have focused on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework, which is meant to promote… Continue reading Resources Revisited: The Growth-Oriented Dimension in the SLU Teaching Effectiveness Framework