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Teaching is both an art and a journey that evolves with every semester and student interaction. Whether you’re stepping into your first classroom or have decades of experience, this collection of programming and resources is designed to support you at every stage of your teaching career. Our tools and materials help you discover and refine your unique teaching voice, build authentic connections with your students, and create learning environments where both you and your students can thrive. Because when instructors feel empowered to bring their whole selves to the classroom, transformative learning happens.

Getting Started

2025 Strategies and Tools for Teaching at URI: A Workshop for New Full-Time Faculty

New instructors are invited to meet virtually to launch your new teaching career at URI. Learn how to implement strategies to encourage student motivation, increase belonging in your courses, and help you to get acquainted with the tech that supports teaching at URI.

New Faculty Teaching Pathway

The first journey in your Passport to Success is the New Faculty Pathway. Becoming acquainted with a new role is an ongoing process. Rather than having a one-day, do-it-all orientation, ATL will walk with you over the course of your first year with just-in-time information to help you be successful.

Syllabus Design

A syllabus is likely the first point of connection between faculty and students around a course. Through the pages here, we will reflect on the purpose and message for various parts of a syllabus. There are also some alternative approaches to syllabi to explore.

Continuing Your Teaching Journey

Difficult Dialogues

Are you worried about the potential for “hot button” issues to create uncomfortable situations in your classroom? Or are you interested in planning ahead to facilitate class discussions that will tackle challenging content to enhance your course objectives and deepen student learning? The purpose of these guides is to provide instructors with concrete strategies that they can use to orient their class towards meeting learning outcomes through difficult discussions rather than to allow them to disrupt learning.

Faculty Vitality & Well-being

There is always a lot going on in higher education. But there’s A LOT MORE going on in the current moment. As you are navigating the uncertainty and trying to teach, manage any research, and work with students and colleagues, here’s a little help from your ATL friends.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

We support faculty efforts to engage in scholarship of teaching and learning at URI. Find some guides and resources here.

ATL Walk & Talk

ATL's Walk & Talk is back! Looking for a way to connect with colleagues? Need a break from the stresses of faculty life? Come walk with us! This opportunity gives instructors an informal way to engage with peers, take a leisurely stroll/roll around campus, and discuss teaching and learning topics that are top of mind.

ATL’s Single Session Workshops

Fun-sized faculty development: Are you looking for a quick hit of professional development this semester? ATL has a series of short sessions that are packed with tips you can use in the classroom right away. These sessions are perfect for those who are feeling time-crunched. • Strategies for a great first day of class • AI workshops • Active learning that supports inclusivity • Gathering feedback for mid-course corrections

Teaching With ChatGPT & Other AI

This curated resource collection introduces Generative AI and its uses in education, with an option for deeper exploration. Open AI’s ChatGPT is only one of many AI-powered tools in use across dozens of sectors. While AI has great potential, human expertise, critical thinking, and social connection remain vital.

Finding Your Voice

Become a Faculty Leader

The faculty leader program gives members the opportunity to serve in a leadership role, working collaboratively with ATL staff, to both advance their professional development and support the advancement of faculty and graduate student instructors across the university.

Fall Writing Retreats

Writing Across URI (now housed in ATL) invites all writers to join our Fall Writing Retreats. Keep the momentum going on your academic article, grant proposal, or creative project! There’s no formal program: just bring your laptop and other materials, plus your own lunch/snacks. We will provide coffee and tea!

IDEA: More than just a number

This self-paced Brightspace training will take you through four interactive modules highlighting the purpose of the IDEA Survey and how to effectively choose questions and interpret results.

ATL Programming Calendar

ATL Programming

View the full programming schedule offered by the ATL, including events, workshops and unique professional and personal development opportunities.