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TEACHING SUPPORT

Whether you have a teaching challenge or want feedback on a new idea, we are here to support you.

We provide one-on-one consultations to instructors and are also happy to work with departments to explore how we can support your teaching mission.

Upcoming workshops and courses

Oct 14 | Designing discussions to foster engagement and connection

Feeling stuck when it comes to class discussion? This session reexamines classroom and online discussions, identifying strategies to promote engagement and attendance.

Oct 21 | Preserving learning in an era of automation

Join Marc Watkins, coauthor of the new Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, to explore strategies for balancing analog learning and technologies like AI to protect students’ core skills development.

Nov 5 | Panel discussion: Developing AI-related course policies

Join a panel of UW faculty in exploring foundational ideas to consider when developing course- and assignment-level AI policies.

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Core elements of effective teaching

The UW Faculty Senate has updated the Faculty Code to ensure that teaching at UW is: aligned, inclusive and equitable, active and engaged, growth oriented, and relevant. Taken together, these elements of effective teaching can help instructors create more effective learning environments. Learn how to incorporate these elements into your teaching.

UW core elements

Faculty spotlight

Sílvia da Costa Ferreira

Learn about featured faculty members, including Sílvia da Costa Ferreira, whose teaching focuses on honoring linguistic diversity and fostering authentic student writing.

Faculty spotlight

AI+Teaching resources

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The proliferation of AI creates challenges for those who teach. Explore strategies for talking with students about AI, developing AI course policies, and centering learning when using AI.

AI+Teaching

Design your syllabus

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Find information on the basic components of an effective syllabus at the UW, as well as strategies for getting students to read your syllabus.

Design your syllabus

2026 Teaching Awards

Nara Almeida and Bára Šafářová, 2026 Distinguished Teaching Awardees

Learn how this year’s recipients of UW’s Distinguished Teaching Awards practice reflective, learner-centered teaching.

Meet the 2026 Awardees

What people are saying:

“I loved that the AI+Teaching course is grounded in learning theory and had assignments I can (and will!) readily apply to the class I’m teaching.”

–  Katie Davis, Professor, iSchool, Seattle