You can find recordings and resources from the Fall 2023 ACERT Lunchtime Seminar Series below. This semester we focused on the following topics:

• • Building a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom
  • Focusing on Student Mental Health: An Open Q&A
  • First Look: Hunter College Equity Resources
  • Teaching in the New College Classroom
  • AI at Hunter: Stories From the Classroom
  • Self Care for Everyone!

Credits

Building a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom

October 24, 2023

Recordings:

• “Collective Class Attendance Taking and Check-In”, Stefania Porcelli (Romance Languages)
• “Co-Creating the Syllabus and Defining Purpose”, Josh Friedman (Psychology)
• “Mini-Polling on Writing Process”, Katherine Winkelstein-Duveneck (English)
• “Fostering Hope, Belonging, and Confidence”, Liz Klein (Special Education)
• “Valuing All Voices – 4 Teaching Tips”, Rhonda Bondie (Special Education)

Presentation slides:

• “Co-Creating the Syllabus and Defining Purpose”, Josh Friedman (Psychology)
• “Mini-Polling on Writing Process”, Katherine Winkelstein-Duveneck (English)
• “Fostering Hope, Belonging, and Confidence”, Liz Klein (Special Education)
• “Valuing All Voices – 4 Teaching Tips”, Rhonda Bondie (Special Education)

Focusing on Student Mental Health: An Open Q&A

October 26, 2023

Resources: 

• Counseling and Wellness Services website
• Counseling and Wellness: Guide for Faculty/Staff, with information on 
  • Helping the Distressed Student
  • Managing the Disruptive Student
  • Responding to Student Emergencies
  • Referring a Student to Counseling
• Health Promotion and Education, including “request a workshop”
• Counseling Workshops
• Behavioral Response Team (BRT)
• Teaching During a Crisis document

First Look: Hunter College Equity Resources

November 2, 2023

Resources: 

• Hunter College Equity Resources website (also at: cuny.is/equity) 

The website is divided into three navigational menus, listed below: 

Personal

This is about beginning with the self. We cannot do the important work of equity unless we first begin to: (1) reflect on our own identities and communities, (2) start to build our knowledge around issues of anti-racism, justice, diversity, and inclusion.

Interpersonal

Before diving into our curriculum and instruction, it’s critical that as educators we think about interpersonal issues; thus, this section of the website will link you into three different areas: (1) getting to know your students, (2) establishing relationships, (3) building community

Pedagogy

This portion of the website will help you with pedagogical development; included here are resources for your: (1) curriculum, (2) instructional methods, (3) assessments

Teaching in the New College Classroom

November 7, 2023

Recordings: 

• “Think/Pair/Share in Multiple Ways”, Larry Kowerski (Classics)
• “Creating Community Through Check-Ins at the Start of Class”, Jillian Baez (AFPRL)
• “Gamified Grading”, Ingrid Lundeen (Anthropology)
• “Structuring and Reflecting on the Research Process”, Iris Finkel (Libraries)

Resources: 

• Teaching in the New College Classroom Padlet

AI at Hunter: Stories From the Classroom

November 9, 2023

Recording:

• AI at Hunter: Stories From the Classroom, Sal Ruiz (Special Education), Marina Badillo-Diaz (Social Work)

Resources (mentioned during the session): 

• Recording “ChatGPT & Fall 2023” (August 2023), Jack Kenigsberg (Writing Center) Sissel McCarthy (Film & Media Studies), Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning)
• Recap post on “ChatGPT and our Spring 2023 teaching”
• Recording “ChatGPT and my Spring 2023” (January 2023), Jack Kenigsberg (Writing Center), Laura Baecher (School of Education) 
• Resources on generative AI, Center for Online Learning

Self Care for Everyone!

November 14, 2023

Recording: 

• “Self Care for Everyone!”, Liz Klein (Special Education), Kenny Hirschmann (Frankfort Center), Gina Riley (Special Education)

Resources: 

• “10 Ways to Improve Self-Care for Higher Education Professionals”, Liz Klein (Special Education), Kenny Hirschmann (Frankfort Center), Gina Riley (Special Education)
• Padlet with suggestions for further reading 

Credits

All individual contributions are credited above. Many thanks to all the Fall 2023 ACERT Lunchtime Seminars Series panelists and presenters:

Gina Riley (Special Education), Liz Klein (Special Education), Josh Friedman (Psychology), Nancy Hightower (English), Kenny Hirschmann (Frankfort Center), Katherine Winkelstein-Duveneck (English), Stefania Porcelli (Romance Languages), Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning), Nancy Hightower (English), Sal Ruiz (Special Education), Marina Badillo-Diaz (Social Work), Rhonda Bondie (Special Education), Jeff Allred (English), Kirsten Grant (Chemistry), Ingrid Lundeen (Anthropology), Iris Finkel (Libraries), Larry Kowerski (Classics), Jillian Baez (AFPRL), Jody Polleck (Curriculum and Teaching), Staci Ortiz (Counseling & Wellness Services), Suchi Shah (Counseling & Wellness Services)