Joining UW–Madison’s Teaching & Learning Community
Welcome!
As a faculty member at UW–Madison, you are part of a community dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning. We aim to join our students in a journey of intellectual and personal growth, guided by the four pillars of the Wisconsin Experience: empathy & humility, curiosity, intellectual confidence, and purposeful action.
Colleagues in many units around campus stand ready to partner with you and to provide support and resources. This page will help you learn more and connect with them. We look forward to collaborating with you!
Learn@UW
Learn@UW supports a suite of instructional technologies used by instructors and students at UW–Madison, including Canvas, Kaltura MediaSpace, Top Hat and more. Visit them for information, training and support.
Libraries
UW–Madison Libraries offer a wide range of support for instructors, including library materials, research guides and instructional sessions for your students that are customized to your course or subject.
Navigating resources
As a new instructor on a big campus, it can be hard to know what resources exist and how to access them. Meet with a team member from the Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring to get support.
Campus Resources
Supporting Students
Access and disability accommodations: The McBurney Disability Resource Center works with instructors and students on course-related accommodations. View the Instructor Guide to Student Accommodations for more information.
Personal challenges, classroom behavior, and other concerns: The Office of Student Assistance and Support (OSAS) offers a resource page for instructors. Email OSAS to discuss specific concerns.
Protecting student privacy: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (FERPA) is a federal law that governs the privacy of student education records, access to those records, and disclosure of information from them. The Office of the Registrar offers a variety of resources that explain your role in protecting student data, including a FERPA training in Canvas.
Supporting student mental health: University Health Services consults with instructors and offers online and in-person trainings to build campus capacity to support mental health promotion and prevent suicide. The live training Supporting Student Mental Health: The Role of Instructors and TAs equips instructors and teaching assistants with the skills to identify signs and symptoms of potential mental health challenges, respond appropriately, and refer students to mental health professionals and other support services
Professional Development
The Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring (CTLM) offers learning opportunities for instructors at all career stages, including pre-semester workshops and programs customized for academic units.
The Discussion Project helps instructors create welcoming, engaging, and academically rigorous environments in which students experience productive discussions.
Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence (MTLE) is a two-semester program in teaching that helps early-career faculty succeed with support from a cross-disciplinary community of peers and teaching and learning experts.
The Teaching Academy promotes, recognizes, and supports excellence in teaching and learning. Fall and Winter Retreats, instructor-student dialogues, and more informal meetings offer opportunities to connect and explore contemporary teaching & learning issues. Most events are open to all.
Partners in Instruction
The Chazen Museum of Art welcomes university courses across disciplines to engage with rotating exhibitions and artworks from the permanent collection. Museum staff can support instructors by sharing resources, helping identify artworks related to curriculum, and co-developing lesson planning materials for the visit.
Classroom Media Support offers training and support for instructional technology in General Assignment classrooms across campus.
DesignLab helps instructors develop digital assignments that target outcomes in digital literacies and integrative learning.
Learn@UW provides information, training, and support for learning technologies, including Canvas, Kaltura MediaSpace, HelioCampus AC, Top Hat, and more. Engage, part of the Learn@UW technology suite, offers eTexts with the same materials used in print textbooks, often at significantly lower costs for students.
Libraries provide a wide range of support for instructors, including library materials, research guides, and instructional sessions for students that are customized to your course or subject. Organizes Go Big Read, the chancellor’s annual common reading program.
Office of the Registrar provides guidance and support on entering textbook information, grades, and more in Faculty Center.
Writing Across the Curriculum helps instructors develop effective and inclusive writing assignments and assessments at all levels and in all disciplines. WAC is part of the Center for Teaching and Research on Writing, which brings together individuals and units across campus to collaborate on writing research, writing pedagogies, and the most pressing topics and biggest questions facing writing today.
Community Engagement
The Morgridge Center for Public Service offers numerous programs, resources, services, and grants in community-based learning and community-engaged research.</p>
UniverCity Alliance makes it easy for instructors to link classroom teaching and research interests to issues defined by Wisconsin local governments by finding projects, covering costs, and telling your story of engagement.
Resources in your school/college
The College of Agricultural & Life Sciences Academic Planning Team in CALS Academic Affairs supports faculty with course planning and development, program design, instructional and academic policy, and degree integrity. Email the CALS Academic Planning Team
The Wisconsin School of Business Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Team supports faculty in delivering premium student learning experiences through innovative and evidence-based instructional practices. Areas of expertise include course design, media production, pedagogical or assessment questions, student data analytics, and teaching with technology.
MERIT (Media, Education, Research, and Information Technology) provides library resources, technology support, and support for teaching and learning in the School of Education. The Teaching and Learning Team assists with designing learning experiences, thought-partnering on teaching issues, and collaborating to create instructional media. We prioritize relationships and are committed to finding solutions to some of the most challenging elements of teaching and learning.
The College of Engineering’s Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) includes the Collaboratory for Engineering Education and Teaching Excellence (CEETE). CEETE partners with faculty, instructional staff, administration, and other areas on campus to support and continuously improve teaching, learning, and the student experience.
The School of Human Ecology Teaching & Learning Team (Chelsea Martinez and Andrea Johnson) provide teaching and learning consultation and guidance on pedagogy, technology integration, and support for instructional spaces. Email the SoHE T&L Team.
The Law School shares a number of faculty and staff resources, including a syllabus template, an adjunct faculty manual, and information about referring law students for counseling. The Law Library provides research guides relevant to teaching, such as Assessment & Student Learning Outcome Resources; Law Student Wellness; and Wisconsin, National, and International Law. Additionally, a faculty committee organizes a teaching retreat for faculty each semester to address teaching challenges and strategies.
The L&S Instructional Design Collaborative team partners with instructors, offering specialized expertise in evidence-based learning design, instructional technology, and media creation. Meet with an IDC consultant for support with your course.
The School of Medicine and Public Health offers a website, Developing Educators, to support faculty and preceptors in their teaching and learning mission. Education Essentials, a set of flexible learning modules for interprofessional health science faculty and staff, can be accessed with NetID or guest login.
The School of Nursing Academic Technology and Innovation (act!) Team provides support for SoN timetable courses. Email the act! Team.
Under the leadership of Associate Dean for Professional Programs, Dr. Peggy Schmidt, the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Curriculum and Education Support Team (CEST) offers consultations, coaching, instructional design assistance, and resources on all things education.
Resources include:
Self-guided Teaching Portfolio Development Canvas course (you will be prompted to self-enroll using your NetID login)