The Transformative Teaching and Learning Symposium:
Teaching for Neurodivergent Learners
April 18 – 19, 2024
Please join us on April 18th (9:30 – 1:00) and April 19th (9:30 – 2:00) to collaboratively share, generate, and implement strategies to better engage all students – and especially neurodivergent learners – in the many different learning spaces we co-create across campus.
On Thursday, April 18th, we will collaborate with Dr. Alice Batt and Iana Robitaille of the University Writing Center to discuss strategies for offering more effective feedback on students’ drafts and final submissions and brainstorm ways we can reframe how we facilitate structured writing and study groups to improve accessibility and diversify approaches to improved productivity. Then, we will hear from a fantastic panel of UT undergraduate and graduate students to celebrate and learn from the perspectives of current members of our community who identify as neurodivergent thinkers to consider how we can better design, redesign, and facilitate courses to empower all students.
On Friday, April 19th, we will explore the galleries of the Blanton Museum. During this guided, interactive tour, participants will connect with themselves and with other members of the UT community to center healing, wellness, and hope. After listening to a guided meditation in Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, participants will explore the current Marie Watt: SKY DANCES LIGHT exhibition and select artwork throughout the Blanton gallery with artist and museum educator Siobhán McCusker. There will be opportunities for free-writing, guided discussion, or any type of engagement that feels productive in the moment. This will be a space for processing, questioning, and focusing on self-care through community and art. All are welcome and encouraged to join us!
Then, on Friday, April 19th from 1:00 - 2:00, our fantastic 2022-2023 Instructor Learning Community Grantees will share innovations and revelations that have defined their collaborative work at a roundtable hosted at the CTL.
We hope you will join us for all or part of these events! Please register below to receive session links for the program, as well as to request any accommodations.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Kaitlyn Farrell Rodriguez or Sarah Schoonhoven.
Join us at the 2024 Transformative Teaching and Learning Symposium
RSVP for Thursday, April 18, 2024
RSVP for Friday, April 19, 2024