Wicked Problems in Teaching: A faculty Conversation Series

Complex challenges. Practical strategies. Shared inquiry.

Some teaching challenges are just plain wicked — they have no single cause, no universal solution, and they show up in our classes. Think: student focus, cell phones, uneven preparedness, pedagogical burnout, and everything in between.

This series creates an honest, grounded space for faculty to explore these wicked problems together. Each one-hour session blends:

  • a quick snapshot to clarify what we actually know
  • a collection of strategies colleagues are already using
  • a guided story exchange to surface lived experience
  • a moment of inquiry where we generate SoTL-style questions
  • a brief reflection to identify one small idea worth trying

Each topic will meet on a different day of the week but all meetings are 3:00-4:00pm

This is an in-person program. (Accommodations for remote faculty can be arranged.)

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Come to one or all. You’ll leave each session with new understanding, feeling slightly more connected and with a teaching idea that feels doable.

spring Meeting Schedule

Meeting One: Pedagogical wellness for faculty
Monday, January 26th | 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Meeting Two: Focus and cognitive overload
Tuesday, February 17th | 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Meeting Three: Cell phones and learning
Thursday, March 12th | 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Meeting Four: Student preparedness
Friday, April 3rd | 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Meeting Five: Topic TBD based on interest
Wednesday, April 22nd | 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Folks who attend 4+ of these series are eligible for a modest stipend.