Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences

Learning Community: UCLA Early Career Faculty in the Sciences-"End of Year Reflections - Goal Setting for Next Year"
2024-06-06 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The CEILS team invites you to carve out a little time to gather in the community and get support from each other on all things related to teaching here at UCLA. This community is designed to support early career faculty across disciplines in the sciences who have joined UCLA within the past 5 years. Lunch provided!
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Fostering Curiosity: CEILS Annual Faculty Teaching Workshop
2024-09-19 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-20 09:00 - 15:00 | Hershey Hall 158
This year, our annual workshop will focus on approaching your teaching with curiosity as a way to manage the highs and lows in the classroom and prioritize our well-being. Our goal is to provide you with resources, concrete strategies, and practice to maximize student success. We invite you to join us and engage in any or all of the three experiences described below:

Come share and discuss strategies for setting up your classroom as a learning community, designing an inclusive syllabus that provokes curiosity, and creating assessments designed for equitable learning opportunities.
Engage with invited instructors, who will present lightning talks followed by a panel discussion on how they are approaching teaching and meeting the challenges of today. Those topics include embracing AI within their disciplines, designing courses to allow for pivot in format if needed, addressing student wellness needs, and leveraging technology to reduce workload without negatively impacting learning.
Meet key leaders at our resource fair social (lunch provided) from across campus that support student success and well-being. You may often refer students to these campus centers so please stop by so you can meet the dedicated folks who serve the campus at the Center for Accessible Education, Counseling and Psychological Services, the Career Center, Undergraduate Research Center, Library, and more.

All are welcome to join this community of caring instructors who are excited to talk about teaching! We especially encourage instructors who either are relatively new to college teaching or who have instructional responsibilities in large enrollment gateway courses for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors.
Record your participation in your dossier as evidence of your efforts to improve teaching and as an activity that helps promote equal opportunity and diversity in education. Such efforts in both categories, on behalf of all faculty, are now a recognized component of the promotion and tenure process at UCLA (see APM 210-1, and Appendix 41).
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CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms: Building Community and Sense of Belonging in Your Course; Scenario Planning for Adapting Your Course During Campus Disruptions
2024-10-18 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join a community of educators in exploring, innovating, and collaborating on teaching topics! RSVP to secure your spot today!
Instructors across the Life and Physical Sciences are invited to participate. Those who attend a minimum of 4 of the 6 sessions will receive a certificate of completion for their dossier.
Fridays 12:30 – 2 pm, Terasaki Life Sciences Building 1100
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CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms: Campus Partners Meet-and-Greet; Supporting Student Wellness and Responding to Students in Crisis
2024-11-22 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms: Reflecting on the Fall Quarter; Planning for Winter Quarter
2024-12-06 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

CEILS End of Fall Quarter Happy Hour!
2024-12-06 14:00 - 15:30 | Hershey Hall Front Courtyard, 612 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us to celebrate the end of the Fall Quarter. Bring a friend, grab some snacks, and be in community with your wonderful colleagues here at UCLA.

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CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms: Project-Based Learning, Community Engagement, and Group Work - Campus Resources & Course Design Strategies
2025-01-17 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join a community of educators in exploring, innovating, and collaborating on teaching topics! RSVP to secure your spot today!
Instructors across the Life and Physical Sciences are invited to participate. Those who attend a minimum of 4 of the 6 sessions will receive a certificate of completion for their dossier.
Fridays 12:30 – 2 pm, Terasaki Life Sciences Building 1100

CEILS Wellness Walks
2025-01-22 11:40 - 12:00 | Hershey Hall Front Courtyard, 612 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
As part of our Pedagogical Wellness Initiative, we are launching 20 min walks in the Winter Quarter, every Wednesday from 11:40 – 12:00 pm. You can walk the full 20, more, or less. This time is for you. We will meet in the Hershey Front Courtyard. You can use this time to connect with CEILS folks about teaching, hold walking meetings with colleagues, or put on your headphones and drift away. We’ll send you a calendar invite, and we hope you can join!

CEILS Wellness Walks
2025-01-29 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-02-05 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-02-12 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-02-19 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-02-26 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-03-05 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-03-12 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-03-19 11:40 - 12:00 | Hershey Hall Front Courtyard, 612 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us for energizing 20-minute walks every Wednesday from 11:40 – 12:00 pm. Whether you stroll the full time, a bit less, or more, this time is for you. You can use this time to connect with CEILS folks about teaching, hold walking meetings with colleagues, or put on your headphones and drift away. We’ll send a calendar invite to the emails we already have in our listserv, but please forward to friends who would love to join! Bring a buddy and come walk with us!

Meet in the Hershey Hall Front Courtyard at 11:35 am

Winter Quarter Wellness Book Club
2025-02-06 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-02-13 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-02-27 12:30 - 13:30 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100
Join us for an exciting CEILS Winter Quarter Wellness Book Club! We invite instructors and academic staff to explore strategies, action plan, and build a community of support to establish healthy academic learning environments for instructor and student wellbeing.
If you plan to participate, please RSVP by January 27th to receive a free copy of the highly recommended “Set Boundaries, Find Peace” . Lunch will also be provided for those who RSVP.
We hope to see you there!
12:30 – 1:30 pm (lunch provided for those who RSVP)
Thursday Feb 6: Chapters 1- 3 *Understanding Boundaries*
Thursday Feb 13: Chapter 4 – 6 *Communicating Boundaries*
Thursday Feb 27: Chapter 7, 9, & 13 *Setting & Honoring Boundaries*

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CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms: Thinking Outside of the Box - New and Emerging Scholarship and Technologies to Explore
2025-02-14 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

Teaching Professor Symposium
2025-02-19 - 2025-02-21 | CA

Teaching Professor Symposium - Faculty Lightning Talks
2025-02-20 | CA

Pedagogical Essentials for Academic Wellness: Syllabus Design
2025-03-06 12:30 - 13:30 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100
Join our dynamic workshops to supercharge your course design and captivate your students! In just one hour, you’ll discover effective strategies that enhance your teaching and benefit your students. Whether you’re launching a new course, revamping an existing one, or seeking a refresher, we have exciting topics just for you. Don’t miss out—choose your session today!
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Thursday, March 6: Syllabus Design
Thursday, March 13: Learning Outcomes – Aligning Your Course & Assessments
Thursday, March 20: Active Learning & Student Engagement

If you are interested in any of these topics, please RSVP using the link below.

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Pedagogical Essentials for Academic Wellness: Aligning Your Course & Assessments
2025-03-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100

CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms: Elevating Teaching Expertise and Invisible Work in Your Merit & Promotion Materials
2025-03-14 12:30 - 14:00 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join a community of educators in exploring, innovating, and collaborating on teaching topics! RSVP to secure your spot today!
Instructors across the Life and Physical Sciences are invited to participate. Those who attend a minimum of 4 of the 6 sessions will receive a certificate of completion for their dossier.
Fridays 12:30 – 2 pm, Terasaki Life Sciences Building 1100
Learn more here.
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Mentor & Mentee Conversations: Fostering Independence in the Research Environment
2025-03-17 12:00 - 13:15 | Hershey Hall 158
Join the conversation on research independence! Discover its core elements, benefits, and challenges, and see how these evolve throughout the mentoring relationship. Explore dynamic strategies for mentors and mentees to boost confidence and build trust on the path to research independence!
Join us in a collaborative space designed for faculty mentors and graduate students to strengthen their mentoring relationships and co-create actionable plans through engaging case studies and activities. Built on the nationally recognized CIMER curriculum and evidence-based practices, this is your chance to elevate your mentoring partnership! Light snacks will be provided—feel free to bring your own lunch!

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Faculty Orientation for Spring 2025
2025-03-19 14:00 - 16:00 | 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 to help! This orientation is specifically designed for folks teaching their first course in Spring 2025, and anyone teaching your first large enrollment course. In addition to having resources around logistics and BruinLearn setup, we’ll also discuss course and grading structure, syllabus design, how to manage student questions and engagement in large classes, and getting ready for the first day of class.
More info here
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Pedagogical Essentials for Academic Wellness: Active Learning
2025-03-20 12:30 - 13:30 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100
Join our dynamic workshops to supercharge your course design and captivate your students! In just one hour, you’ll discover effective strategies that enhance your teaching and benefit your students. Whether you’re launching a new course, revamping an existing one, or seeking a refresher, we have exciting topics just for you. Don’t miss out—choose your session today!
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Thursday, March 6: Syllabus Design
Thursday, March 13: Learning Outcomes: Aligning Your Course & Assessments
Thursday, March 20: Active Learning & Student Engagement

If you are interested in any of these topics, please RSVP using the link below.

RSVP Here!

Mentor & Mentee Conversations: Fostering Academic Wellness
2025-03-24 12:00 - 13:15 | Hershey Hall 158
Dive into essential topics that empower mentors and mentees to enhance communication and support in time management, prioritization, organization, and work-life integration. Equip yourself with skills that reduce stress and promote wellness!
Join us in a collaborative space designed for faculty mentors and graduate students to strengthen their mentoring relationships and co-create actionable plans through engaging case studies and activities. Built on the nationally recognized CIMER curriculum and evidence-based practices, this is your chance to elevate your mentoring partnership! Light snacks will be provided—feel free to bring your own lunch!

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