Metacognitive approaches to prepare incoming students for STEM majors: Impacts & Lessons Learned from a Physical Sciences Bridge Program  

Terasaki Life Sciences 1100

Ed Talks @CEILS: Learning Community Meetings! RSVP Here Feb 6: Britney Robinson (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator, UCLA Physical Sciences Division) & JoAnn Roberts (Associate Director for JEDI in Teaching, CEILS) Metacognitive approaches to prepare incoming students for STEM majors: Impacts & Lessons Learned from a Physical Sciences Bridge Program

RECONNECT: The CSU Symposium on Teaching and Learning

In-person and Online

RECONNECT: The CSU Symposium on Teaching and Learning California State University, San Bernardino February 23-24, 2024 (in-person) March 1, 2024 (virtual) California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is excited to RECONNECT faculty and staff across the CSU and surrounding community colleges by hosting the 22nd Annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning (SoTL) this winter! To [...]

Faculty Orientation for Spring 2025

Zoom link emailed to RSVPers

Are you teaching a course for the first time? Or are you seeking more guidance on what to do to set up your class? Do you have questions about effective ways to welcome students into your class on the first day? Are you concerned about your exams being both fair and rigorous? CEILS is here [...]

CEILS Faculty Orientation – Fall 2025

Zoom link emailed to RSVPers

Are you new to UCLA? Are you teaching at UCLA for the first time? Are you teaching a new course or a large-enrollment course for the first time? Do you have questions about effective ways to welcome students into your class on the first day? Are you concerned about your exams being both fair and [...]

2025 CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms

CEILS Office Hershey Hall 230

Creating a more inclusive classroom for neurodivergent students About 20-30% of college students are neurodivergent. In this Teaching Tables gathering, we invite you to share your experiences with neurodiversity in and outside the classroom and discuss how we can all better support our neurodivergent students. Resource: Autism Goes to College Podcast. Episode 42: What professors need [...]

Supporting Neurodivergent Students: Evidence and Strategies for STEM Faculty – Special Event: UCLA Disability Pride Week

Zoom link emailed to RSVPers

Anywhere between 10-30% of college students identify as neurodivergent. Come join us at this Interactive Lecture to learn from Dr. Yasamin Bolourian, Director of Outreach and Dissemination at UCLA Tarjan Center and co-developer of NeuroPREP, a faculty training program on neurodiversity. Dr. Bolourian will share some strategies on how to better support neurodivergent students in [...]

2025 CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms

CEILS Office Hershey Hall 230

Cultivating attention amidst distraction Laptops and cell phone use is extremely common in college classrooms now and there are growing concerns about students’ attention spans. What are some ways we might be able to help our students pay attention in the classroom? We invite you to share strategies that you have used to cultivate attention [...]

2025 CEILS Journal Club

Terasaki Rm 1100 | Zoom option available

Paper we will discuss on Dec 3: Yuriev, Elizabeth, et al. “Integrating Generative AI in Chemistry Education: Enhancing Career-Ready Writing Skills in Pharmaceutical Science.” Journal of Chemical Education 102.5 (2025): 1991-2001. CEILS Journal Club for STEM Education About Journal Club: Are you interested in learning about the latest STEM education research but not sure where [...]

2025 CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms

CEILS Office Hershey Hall 230

Reflecting Together on the Fall Quarter Come celebrate the end of the quarter with us and share your wins as well as the challenges you experienced in the Fall quarter. About Teaching Tables Teaching Tables is a space for all UCLA instructors to come together each month and share their joys and frustrations of teaching. [...]