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Teaching is a very personal act that connects to the core of who we are as a person and a scholar. As well, there are many ways to be an excellent teacher. The goal is finding strategies and approaches that connect to who we are and what we hope to accomplish. At the same time, we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. There is a community of excellent teachers that extend across the globe and across time. Many have left suggestions and ideas that we can incorporate into our practice.

Teaching centers have published excellent guides and resources. Below are a few. If you are striking out finding resources through the traditional means, searching the resources available on other teaching center websites will often help. As well, please reach out with specific questions. We are here to help.

The Eberly Center at Carnegie Mellon University put together a resource where you enter a problem you have with your teaching, and a list of suggestions and recommendations are generated. This is a great place to start.

The Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt has a comprehensive list of guides and resources. Though much of the advice is tailored to working at a larger institution, there is much here that may be of use.

The ​Teaching and Learning Institute​ at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges put together a student-generated annotated list of resources on trauma-informed, antiracist pedagogy and remote teaching and learning. Dr. Alison Cook-Sather, director of the center, created a powerful program where students are trained to consult faculty about their teaching, especially around issues of race and racism. Yale and Columbia are experimenting with this program, and there is much to learn from the model.

Washington University in St. Louis put together a useful guide to help their faculty think about how to promote student well-being in learning environments.

As mentioned above, there are too many good resources to list, and you have to find things that work for your goals and aspirations. If you need resources, please just reach out.