teaching @ UMaine: A learning community for New Faculty

Launch your teaching journey at UMaine with confidence, connection, and community. This welcoming, semester-long program is designed specifically for recently hired faculty who are new to teaching at UMaine. Together, we’ll explore our students, institutional policies, and the foundational practices of effective teaching. You’ll engage with real classroom scenarios, build a personalized teaching development plan, and gain a strong start in your academic career at UMaine.

Along the way, you’ll connect with colleagues across campus, reflect on your own teaching practice, and discover the resources and support available to help you succeed—not just this semester, but for years to come.

Alternate Fridays from 11:00am – 12:00pm starting on September 29th* | Fernald, Hall Room 102

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What you’ll gain

  • Insight into current, evidence-based instructional practices
  • A draft of your personalized teaching development plan
  • A habit of critically reflective teaching
  • Strategies and materials for your teaching portfolio or review process
  • Awareness of key university policies, structures, and supports
  • A supportive community of fellow educators to learn from and with

how it works

Sessions are designed to be interactive and conversational. Between meetings, you’ll experience Brightspace (UMaine’s learning platform) from a student perspective and engage with short, meaningful readings and resources that will enrich our discussion

Fall Meeting Schedule

August 29* – Welcome Lunch & Kickoff: Starting your semester right
September 12 – Meeting 1: Orientation & building community
September 26 – Meeting 2: What makes teaching “effective”?
October 10 – Meeting 3: Engaging students in learning
October 24 – Meeting 4: Feedback & assessment
November 7 – Meeting 5: Teaching at UMaine: Policies & realities
November 21 – Meeting 6: Teaching for everyone 
December 5 –Meeting 7: Becoming a reflective teacher
December 12 – Final Lunch & Celebration: Iteration and Growth (time TBD based on final exam schedule)
*If unable to attend this welcome lunch, but can participate in remainder of program, please let us know by emailing: citlworkshop@maine.edu

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