CTL manages and runs several learning sessions which aim to promote change in knowledge, attitudes, and skills through faculty professional development. All UT faculty and staff are welcome to participate. Advanced registration is encouraged, as seating in meetings are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration is required to receive a certificate of completion.
Sep 11, 2026 Syllabus Workshop Part 1
8:00 am-9:00 am
GCB 222
Teaching a new class in the spring? Teaching a repeat class that feels a little stale? Join us for a two-part workshop to collaborate on exciting ways to formulate your syllabus using innovative course design practices, creative assessment, and student-focused engagement. Our aim is to help each other build a syllabus that is less of an inert document and more like narrative world-building so that students can better explore the best paths for themselves. The first session will include analyzing examples, highlighting goals, and making our game plans. The second session will include discussing roadblocks and showcasing progress. Participants should plan to commit to both sessions if possible.
Oct 02, 2026 Classroom AI Policy
8:00 am-9:00 am
GCB 309
This workshop will include AI policy examples from fellow educators, as well as an open discussion regarding priorities particular to participants’ discipline, individual courses, and unique assignments. There will be time to start drafting an outline of what you would like to include in your own policy.
Nov 13, 2026 Syllabus Workshop Part 2
8:00 am-9:00 am
GCB 222
This will be a part 2 to our previous syllabus workshop that was held 9/11/26. The second session will include discussing roadblocks and showcasing progress. Participants should plan to commit to both sessions if possible.
Nov 13, 2026 Book Club
Grading for Growth on alternative grading practices. For more information on the
Teaching Squares
Teaching Squares are used at many US institutions of higher ed, and the CTL is excited to facilitate this opportunity at Utah Tech for the second year. This is a peer observation program that is fundamentally about reflecting on what can be learned about one’s own teaching by observing colleagues. Visit this page for more information: https://ctl.utahtech.edu/teaching-squares-at-utah-tech/