
Category Student Engagement

Checking In: Strengthening Student Success and Wellbeing Through Midsemester Engagement
By Zoe Ragouzeos, Vice President of Student Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Jayson Valcik, Assistant Director of Student Wellbeing Initiatives Research consistently shows that supporting student wellbeing leads to improved learning outcomes, as a positive mental and emotional state allows…

Start-of-the-Semester Strategies from the Teaching@NYU Guide
Through our teaching consultation service, the teaching support team at the Office of the Provost has had the privilege to speak with many NYU faculty—in the sciences, the humanities, as well as professional studies—about their pressing classroom questions. Recently we…

Getting Started with SoTL Projects by Documenting Your Teaching
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) serves as a vital avenue for faculty to explore and improve their teaching practices through systematic inquiry and evidence-based methods. It emphasizes evidence-based inquiry, reflection, and dissemination of findings to contribute to the…

Engaging Students’ Mental Health in the Classroom: Understanding Your Role
Every instructor will encounter students whose learning is being impacted by mental health concerns. Students may be very open about it: They want to be recognized as whole people and they see faculty as potential mentors with whom to connect.…

Reflections on an Epic Engagement
Projects in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) are never solo endeavors, and the most successful partnerships are those where both parties are flexible and open to trying different approaches to their teaching and learning practices. Working with Dr.…

Inclusion through accountability: Using a receipt of syllabus form
In April, I attended the Center for Faculty Advancement’s Inclusive Teaching workshop. During this session, participants discussed the question of cultivating an inclusive learning environment while affirming student accountability. One strategy I have found effective is the receipt of syllabus…