by Mitch Lorenz, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center 2026….2026?! That can’t be right. It feels like I just finished submitting grades at the end of the fall 2022 semester. Alas, time marches on with little concern for my denial or lack of temporal awareness. While I’m not one for resolutions, I am resolved to bring optimism… Continue reading An Optimistic-ish Welcome to 2026
Category: 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
Prioritizing Teaching Development: End-of-Semester Mentoring for Graduate Student Instructors
by Christopher Grabau, Program Director, Reinert Center The final weeks of any semester bring a whirlwind of responsibility. Between exams, grading, and end-of-term tasks, it often feels like an endless to-do list. For graduate student instructors (GSIs), the stakes are even higher. They are often juggling teaching responsibilities alongside their own coursework and program demands. … Continue reading Prioritizing Teaching Development: End-of-Semester Mentoring for Graduate Student Instructors
An Instructional Developer’s Reflection on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework
by Mitch Lorenz, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Saint Louis University’s Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF), a broad collection of effective teaching practices that can be used to reflect on the quality of teaching across the university, is being introduced this semester. As an instructional developer, someone in the business of “effective teaching” you might say, I’ve… Continue reading An Instructional Developer’s Reflection on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework
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