ASSESSING AND IMPROVING YOUR TEACHING:
CIDR Consultation Services
CIDR staff are available to consult individually with UW TAs on questions related to teaching, learning, and assessment. Consultations are discipline-specific, confidential, and free to UW instructors.
Consultations begin with the questions that you bring to CIDR. Starting with your questions, CIDR staff will help you define and explore issues, identify relevant research and resources, and work with you as you plan and assess your teaching.
As a TA, you can request assistance from CIDR at any time throughout the year. Your work with a consultant at CIDR is individualized to meet your needs and wishes and is strictly confidential. Even the fact that you have chosen to contact or work with CIDR will never be shared with your superiors or department unless you choose to do so.
You may be satisfied that your teaching is going well, but you would still like to consult on ideas for further improvements. CIDR staff are available to sit in on a class session to help determine what is helping students learn and explore possible changes that could be made. Through these class observations, student interviews, questionnaires, or other approaches designed specifically for your situation, CIDR staff can help you collect and intepret relevant data, and also help you explore next steps in your teaching.
Examples of other requests that TAs typically bring to CIDR include developing or improving classroom presentation style, gaining confidence in leading discussions, fostering more active class participation, and making sense of student ratings. To arrange a meeting with a CIDR consultant, phone 543-6588 or send a message to cidr@u.washington.edu.
Additional Resources at CIDR
CIDR staff are available to consult with you on a wide range of topics related to planning, teaching, and assessment:
- Planning and Teaching Your Classes
- Active Learning
- Classroom Assessment of Teaching and Learning
- Classroom Observation
- Course Design
- Developing a Teaching Portfolio
- Discussion
- Distance Learning
- Diversity and Inclusiveness
- Engineering Classes
- First Day of Class
- Grading
- Information Literacy
- Instructional Technology
- Language Classes
- Large Classes
- Making Sense of Student Ratings
- Math and Science Classes
- Mentoring
- Motivating Student Learning
- Problem-Based Learning
- Promoting Civil Classroom Conduct
- Reading
- Service Learning
- Teaching College Freshmen
- Undergraduate Research
- Using Small Group and Student Teams
- Writing
- Approaches to Assessment of Teaching