Teaching

Pedagogical Training

Madeline Chera

Dec 24, 2019 — 1 min read

I am an active participant in communities focused on teaching and learning at any campus of which I am a part, as well as across broader networks. Below are some of the long-term programs to which I have contributed, in addition to single-session programs.

Indiana University South Bend’s University Center for Excellence in Teaching (UCET)

Semester-Long Intensive Institutes

Active Learning Institute, on creative grading, Fall 2019
Course Redesign Institute, focused on online course design, Summer 2019
Affordable Educational Resources Institute, on open-access texts, Franklin D. Schurz Library & UCET with the Office of Academic Affairs, Summer 2019
Active Learning Institute, on community-engaged teaching, Spring 2019
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Institute, Fall 2018

Semester-Long Book Clubs

The Peak Performing Professor, by Susan Robinson (2013), Fall 2019
Teaching Naked, by José Antonio Bowen (2012), Summer 2019
Teaching Naked Techniques, by C. Edward Watson and José Antonio Bowen (2017), Spring 2019
Teaching College, by Norman Eng (2017), Fall 2018

Other Training

Campus Ally Network (CAN) Training, Indiana University South Bend, Nov. 2018
Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship Summer Institute and Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Annual Retreat, Indiana University Bloomington, May 2018
Writing Tutorial Services Training, Campus Writing Program, Indiana University Bloomington, Summer 2017

Teaching Awards & Certificates

2018–2019, Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, University Graduate School, Indiana University Bloomington
2018, Practitioner and Associate Level Certificates, Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship Program, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL), Indiana University Bloomington
2014, Carl H. Ziegler Teaching Award, Collins Living-Learning Center, Indiana University Bloomington

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