New Faculty Programs

New Faculty Orientation to Teaching

Each fall, the CITL hosts a day-long event for new faculty members of all ranks—tenure- and teaching-track—to introduce them to key resources and information about teaching at Indiana University Bloomington. This teaching-focused event is part of the broader New Faculty Orientation program hosted by VPFAA.

Our goals for the day include the following:

  • Provide an overview of key teaching priorities and initiatives at IUB, including the teaching-related goals associated with the IUB2030 strategic plan.
  • Assist instructors with understanding the unique characteristics of IUB learners and learning contexts, so you can begin translating prior teaching experiences to this context.
  • Introduce instructors to the teaching and learning resources available through the CITL and other campus units.
  • Introduce key instructional technologies used at IUB. Note that these sessions will not provide all the training instructors need, but follow-up workshops and resources are available later in the week.
  • Foster a sense of community among new faculty members.
  • Instill a sense of confidence in starting the semester, and lay the groundwork for continual development of teaching skill.

The 2025 New Faculty Orientation to Teaching will be on Thursday, August 14, from 9:00-4:00 (light breakfast starting at 8:30) in the Indiana Memorial Union (starting in the Frangipani Room). New IUB faculty members will receive an email invitation in mid-July.

Note: Associate Instructors (graduate students) should instead attend AI Orientation.

Early Career Teaching Academy

This program provides IUB instructors early in their careers with ongoing teaching support through structured engagement with timely topics and activities throughout the fall semester. Each cohort of participants will work individually and collaboratively through a series of modules to meet the following program goals:

  1. Apply evidence-based teaching practices
  2. Build a community of peers
  3. Adopt a critically reflective practitioner mindset

Modules focus on understanding students and how they learn, course alignment, assessment, and grading, managing the classroom, and critical self-reflection.

Meetings for the Fall 2025 cohort will be on the following Mondays, 2:00-3:30:

  • September 8: Understanding Students and How They Learn
  • September 29: Course Alignment
  • October 20: Classroom Management
  • November 10: Assessment and Grading
  • December 1: Critically Reflective Teaching

This program is open to all full-time IUB faculty members in their first or second years, with particular attention to those newer to teaching. If you are interested, please contact Shannon Sipes at sipessm@iu.edu.