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Teaching as a part-time faculty member comes with unique opportunities and challenges, from managing multiple commitments to making meaningful connections with students in limited time. Whether you’re transitioning into academia, building your teaching experience, or balancing multiple institutions, this collection of resources is designed specifically for your journey. Our tools and programs help you maximize your impact in the classroom, develop your authentic teaching style, and navigate the academic landscape with confidence.

Getting Started

Part-Time Faculty Course Prep/Teaching Consultations

Need to ask a quick teaching-related question? Maybe brainstorm an idea while prepping your course(s)? Visit a virtual consultation session just for PT Faculty!

Part-Time Faculty Tip Sheet/Resources

This tip sheet was created to help support part-time faculty as they begin teaching at URI and assumes the part-time faculty member has received notification of appointment.

Strategies & Tools for New Part-Time Faculty

Is this your first, second, or third semester teaching at URI? Strategies & Tools is specifically designed for you and will help prepare you for a successful semester. You will learn more about the URI community and resources, as well as establish or further develop your teaching practice.

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.

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.

Continuing Your Teaching Journey

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

Experienced Part-Time Faculty Panel Discussion

Are you a relatively new PT faculty member at URI? Or just curious to learn from your PT faculty peers? Join us virtually for a panel discussion with experienced PT faculty who will share tips and recommendations for successfully teaching at URI.

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.

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.

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.

Part-time Faculty Community of Practice

Designed for all Part-Time faculty teaching at URI, this four-session Community of Practice will help faculty develop relationships with colleagues, explore teaching successes and challenges, and further establish their teaching practice.

Deepen Your Practice

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!

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.

Part-Time Faculty Programming

Experienced Part-Time Faculty Panel Discussion

Are you a relatively new PT faculty member at URI? Or just curious to learn from your PT faculty peers? Join us virtually for a panel discussion with experienced PT faculty who will share tips and recommendations for successfully teaching at URI.

Part-time Faculty Community of Practice

Designed for all Part-Time faculty teaching at URI, this four-session Community of Practice will help faculty develop relationships with colleagues, explore teaching successes and challenges, and further establish their teaching practice.

Part-Time Faculty Course Prep/Teaching Consultations

Need to ask a quick teaching-related question? Maybe brainstorm an idea while prepping your course(s)? Visit a virtual consultation session just for PT Faculty!

Strategies & Tools for New Part-Time Faculty

Is this your first, second, or third semester teaching at URI? Strategies & Tools is specifically designed for you and will help prepare you for a successful semester. You will learn more about the URI community and resources, as well as establish or further develop your teaching practice.

ATL Programming Calendar

ATL Programming

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