Teaching Development & Support

With One Request (website), you get help from college and system campus support, University Libraries, Disability Resource Center, Academic Technology Support Services, and the Center for Educational Innovation.

Twin Cities Campus Resources for Teaching and Learning (Google doc) is a list of resources compiled by the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI).

For a number of years, the Department of Psychology has participated in the University’s innovative Writing-Enriched Curriculum Program (WEC). This program provides academic departments with a way to ensure that discipline-relevant writing and writing instruction are intentionally infused into their undergraduate curricula.

The centerpiece of the WEC method is the Undergraduate Writing Plan, which is iteratively generated, implemented, and assessed by unit faculty working in collaboration with writing specialists from the WEC team. The program works toward the University's ultimate goal of graduating agile and effective writers in all disciplines by ensuring that all degree programs are "writing-enriched."

The WEC program also hosts an informative Teaching with Writing Blog (subscribe on the page).

Our Department has developed a website to host Psychology-specific writing resources developed through participation in the WEC program.

The Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) provides research-informed, transformative, and inclusive leadership in teaching and learning across the University of Minnesota system. Partner with them to achieve your educational goals. Workshops, consultations, and programs for novice and experienced instructors across various topics.

Stay in touch with CEI by subscribing to their monthly newsletter (subscribe through the form).

• Current faculty and P&A lecturers are automatically subscribed. All others who are interested should subscribe.

Instruction support services, through the UMN Libraries, help find quality course materials that fit your class. They can also help you integrate information literacy and research inquiry skills into your course. And they have expertise in learning the research process and using our resources and services.

Keep up to date with the University of Minnesota Libraries' news and events by subscribing to receive updates when they publish new content in their newsletter Continuum (subscribe on the page).

This monthly calendar compiles events and workshops from across multiple departments/units that support teaching and pedagogy-related development.

OIT has two newsletters that may be beneficial to instruction.

• Teaching with Technology News (subscribe form on page)
• Extra Points Blog (subscribe link in blog menu)
  • Keep up to date with the University of Minnesota teaching with technology by subscribing to their monthly newsletter. 
  • The newsletter includes need-to-know updates about Canvas, Zoom, Kaltura, and other learning tools; strategies for teaching and learning with technology; tips and tricks on how to use technology tools efficiently and effectively; and engagement and learning opportunities.

Department of Psychology TA, SL, and GI Position Descriptions (Google doc) lists the responsibilities of the teaching positions that students fulfill in our department (teaching assistant, section leader, graduate instructor). TA and SL responsibilities will vary, depending on course assignment and instructor. 

TA Checklist: Topics to Discuss with Your Instructor (Google doc) is a helpful guide for TAs and SLs, from the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI).