CTE: Mercyhurst University Center for Teaching Excellence

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Closing Out a Trying Semester Many professors are eager to be done. But first, consider taking some time to document and reflect on what just happened.

A last CTE social event was requested by many. Per this popular demand, please join us for a final CTE social event for the year this Wednesday-May 11, 3PM Roost!

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/students-with-adhd/

8 Principles for Supporting Students with ADHD There is so much to learn about ADHD. These broad guidelines from a leading expert are a good place to start.

Mays Imad shares how she (and others) is rethinking critical thinking on episode 410 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/rethinking-critical-thinking/

Rethinking Critical Thinking, with Mays Imad – Teaching in Higher Ed Mays Imad shares how she (and others) is rethinking cricital thinking on episode 410 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast Category/tags: How people learn

On CTE's playlist, this week is https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/subversion/

Subversion: An Essential Tool of the Master Teacher Sometimes, to do right by their students, good teachers have to break the rules.

On CTE's playlist is the podcast "It's Time to Give Classroom Jobs Another Try"...
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-jobs/

It’s Time to Give Classroom Jobs Another Try These fresh ideas for student jobs will invigorate your classroom and get you and your students excited about school again—even if you teach remotely.

On CTE's playlist this week is https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/blindspots/

Uncovering Your Blind Spots: An Exercise for Teachers An essential step toward becoming an anti-racist educator is uncovering your own implicit biases. This exercise will get you started.

On CTE's playlist this week is... https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/how-to-create-flexibility-for-students-and-ourselves/

How to create flexibility for students and ourselves, with Kevin Kelly – Teaching in Higher Ed Kevin Kelly shares about how to create flexibility for students and ourselves on episode 406 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Want to use more research but don't have enough formal training? This podcast is for you...
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/academic-research/

How to Find, Read, and Use Academic Research Want to use more research but don't have enough formal training? This post is for you.

A flexible trait that can help students go beyond surface traits and consider deeper connecting principles.
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/contrasting-cases/

Contrasting Cases: A Simple Strategy for Deep Understanding This flexible tool helps students go beyond surface traits and consider deeper connecting principles.

On CTE's playlist this week...
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/silenced/

Teachers are being silenced. What can be done about it? How is the anti-CRT movement harming and silencing teachers, what damage will it ultimately do to students, and what can be done to fight it?

On CTE Playlist this week, listen to how this peer feedback approach has the potential to build empathy and community, as long as you set it up with intention.
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/poetry-gallery-walk/

Power Lesson: Poetry Gallery Walk This peer feedback approach has the potential to build empathy and community, as long as you set it up with intention.

This week on CTE's Playlist is...
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/arab-american-students/

How Teachers Can Support Arab-American Students Even when they appear to be navigating school successfully, Arab-American students aren't thriving like they could. But we can change that.

Today at 3PM is the virtual writing club!! Join us either virtually to write an hour together or download the Forest app and log your weekly forest production to be featured in the CTE Newsletter. Happy Monday...

This episode explores how five community colleges in New Mexico are working together to transform how they function.
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hh9fu-11431a0

Ep 69: A Major Cross-College Collaboration Colleges tend to compete rather than collaborate. That’s why a new five-college cooperative in New Mexico is so unusual. This week’s episode explores the Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services, or CHESS. It’s made up, so far, of five independen...

This week, CTE is sharing with you "The Heart of a Teacher" with Jeff Hittenberger.
https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/the-heart-of-a-teacher/

The Heart of a Teacher, with Jeff Hittenberger – Teaching in Higher Ed Jeff Hittenberger helps Bonni culminate her 400th episode by talking about the heart of a teacher on episode 400 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

On CTE playlist this week is Tracie Addy discussing what inclusive instructors do.

https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/what-inclusive-instructors-do/

What Inclusive Instructors Do, with Tracie Addy – Teaching in Higher Ed Tracie Addy talks about what inclusive instructors do on episode 394 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Reminder: Today's event is the writing club via zoom.

Hear candid conversations with higher ed newsmakers on how colleges and universities are coping with the pandemic and recession -- with a special focus on equity and lower-income students.
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nddz9-11360fe

Ep 68: Higher Ed’s Flexible Work Future The era of flexible work in higher education has begun. The pandemic drastically altered our collective relationship with work in the moment, but how will faculty, staff and administrative jobs look differently going forward? In this week’s episode, admini...

This week on CTE playlist...
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/media-news-literacy/

Lessons that Build Students’ Media and News Literacy Our students can access information in seconds, so we need to arm them with critical thinking skills and an understanding of the ethics of content creation.

Please join Angela Peera, on this podcast, as she discusses how you can start to incorporate ways to grow your students' vocabulary.

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/8-vocabulary-strategies/

8 Ways to Grow Students’ Vocabulary By adding even a few of these strategies to your repertoire, you'll help students build vocabularies that will support them no matter what path they choose to pursue.

A reminder of today event's: Please join us today for the Writing Club.

Six educational tech tools to try this year!
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/edtech2022/

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2022 A platform that makes video conferencing feel more real, relevant math lessons, and playing around with art. We've got good stuff this year!

A useful tool for figuring out the dates for your course schedule! http://wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmaker/generic/?fbclid=IwAR2P8cwrVxxs5WRmKErtUEN0nrvWV2jig1w030snsCF40nyrxiGtSxFKRdg

Generic Syllabus Maker Created by Caleb McDaniel. Report problems by email or on GitHub. See also the full-featured Rice version of the syllabus maker.

Finding ways to relax? Here is another CTE meditation playlist...
https://thedailymeditationpodcast.libsyn.com/peace-meditation-day-2-managing-top-holiday-stressors

Daily Meditation Podcast: Peace Meditation, Day 2 Managing Top Holiday Stressors During this busy time of year, peace can seem elusive. Yet, it's often what we seek the most. This week, ease yourself into a peaceful haven every day with meditation techniques and inspiration to feel at peace this holiday season. This is day 2 of a 7-day meditation series, Manage Top  Holiday...

For your morning commute...
https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/learning-that-matters/

Learning That Matters, with Caralyn Zehnder, Cynthia Alby, JuliA Metzker, Karynne Kleine – Teaching in Higher Ed Caralyn Zehnder, Cynthia Alby, JuliA Metzker, Karynne Kleine talk about their book, Learning That Matters, on episode 391 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Finding ways to de-stress, here is another CTE podcast suggestion!!
https://thedailymeditationpodcast.libsyn.com/mental-clarity-day-1-reclaim-your-lifes-purpose

Daily Meditation Podcast: Mental Clarity, Day 1 Reclaim Your Inner Joy Joy is within you. Do you feel like you've lost your joy? Or, that your life is on hold because of the ongoing pandemic, or other disruption in the world? This week, you'll be deciding how you want to feel regardless of circumstances happening around you. Every day this week, you'll be reclaiming yo...

Another podcast from CTE's playlist, happy Monday!
https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/05/the-essentials-dealing-with-stress

The Essentials: Dealing with Stress Perspective from a nurse practitioner, and advice from a well-being researcher.

Here is another educational episode...
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/street-data/

Street Data: A Pathway Toward Equitable, Anti-Racist Schools So many equity initiatives fall short because our test-obsessed system doesn't support them. Street Data takes a completely different approach, and it may very well change everything.

For your morning commute...

https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/05/the-essentials-dealing-with-stress

The Essentials: Dealing with Stress Perspective from a nurse practitioner, and advice from a well-being researcher.