Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences

Winter Quarter Wellness Book Club
2025-02-13 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-02-27 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
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

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

CEILS Wellness Walks
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, 2025-04-09 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-04-23 11:40 - 12:00, 2025-04-30 11:40 - 12:00 and 4 more dates | 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

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!

RSVP Here

CEILS Wellness Walks
2025-04-16 11:40 - 12:00 | CA

Teaching Tables: How to Meet the Challenge of Teaching Today's Students
2025-04-18 12:00 - 13:30 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Teaching is different in this day and age, isn’t it? Social media has changed the landscape of engagement and affected everyone’s attention spans. Assignments and material that were effective in the past are now falling short of their goals. This session will help you figure out who your students are and how to use the patterns you have observed in your teaching to improve student engagement in your course. We want to hear about how you create communication with students so we can collaboratively create a resource to share out with the larger instructional community!

Come join us on April 18th at 12pm in TSLB 1100 for the Teaching Tables session on getting to know your students in this day and age!

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

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Mentor & Mentee Conversations: Fostering Research Independence
2025-04-29 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 strategies for mentors and mentee pairs to share and plan their path to research independence!

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Teaching Tables: How to Let Go of the Frustrating Parts of Teaching
2025-05-02 12:00 - 13:30 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
It can be disheartening when your lesson plan does not go the way you expected. Students may have a different understanding of what is expected of them, leaving you feeling at a loss. This session will help you gain confidence in identifying where any misunderstandings are and how to address them while bringing joy to your work. Tell us your stories of motivating student behavior, tell us your strategies for staying motivated throughout the term, and get a keepsake to remind you of them!

Come join us on May 2nd at 12pm in TSLB 1100 for the Teaching Tables session on how to let go of the frustrating parts of teaching!

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

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Mentor & Mentee Conversations: Fostering Research Productivity
2025-05-08 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 your laboratory team with skills that support research productivity in manageable ways.

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Teaching Tables: How to Create Space for Everyone in Your Class
2025-05-16 12:00 - 13:30 | 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Did you know? By April 2026, UCLA will need to be in compliance with the new accessibility (WCAG 2.1) standards which includes making text readable and understandable, providing alternatives for non-text content, and ensuring all functionalities are accessible via keyboard. In this session, we will discuss discipline-specific strategies to prioritize accessibility and also incorporate anti-ableism in your teaching. We want to hear what you do and your thoughts on how to make educational spaces open to everyone!

Come join us on May 16th at 12pm in TSLB 1100 for the Teaching Tables session on how to create space for everyone in your class!

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

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