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♨️ I am so happy to get together on Zoom over some tea.
Tomorrow from 12-1:30pm ET, I'll be leading a free session about using structure to promote student engagement.
I've given this workshop before, and many participants have told me it's helped them understand things about themselves, too.
I look forward to seeing you then!
This session will have Zoom auto-captions enabled, but will not be recorded.
We’ll use the window of tolerance as a framework for understanding how emotional dysregulation can result in a lack of engagement. We’ll discuss strategies for leveraging structure to support student regulation, and ultimately promote student engagement.
As instructors, we often have a vision of how we want students to engage with us, with the material, and with each other. Then, we get to the classroom, and students don’t always engage in those ways. This can be deflating, and sometimes we can even ascribe intent to our students.
This Friday, 10/10 from 12-1:30pm ET, I'll be hosting a virtual workshop.
If you're interested in learning a little about the window of tolerance, supporting student engagement, or connecting with other educators, this free session is for you!
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I am! It looks like it's going to be a small group. Yes, my session focuses on the ways group work requires students to do lots of thinking/regulating unrelated to content, elevating their cognitive load. This is especially true for ND students. I'm also happy to tailor to folks' interests.
This is happening this Friday! If you use group work or are considering using group work, this is a great session for you!
Mask solidarity!! Masking is community care.
I led a session this week on the window of tolerance.
While you absolutely should not try to be your students' therapist -- really, don't do that!! -- it can be so helpful to recognize that your students have nervous systems and those nervous systems are not doing well rn.
Registration link: bit.ly/AW-2025
Use AUGUST25 at checkout for 50% off if you're contingent, a grad student, or just not in a stable financial situation. Link to register in comments (so I can have an image in this post!). 5/5
These strategies work if you're an educational developer and you lead sessions with faculty.
So, whether you teach early-career learners or senior faculty educators, I would encourage you to check this session out. 4/5
The cognitive load of group work is enormous and varied.
Having considered these factors, there are some important approaches we can take for designing and assessing group work.
Next Friday, Aug 1, 2025 from 2-3:30pm ET I'm offering a session with some strategies you can employ for group work. 3/5
But our students are typically not seasoned professionals: they're often (though not always) in the first few decades of their lives, still figuring out some core aspects of their identities, and they're navigating a lot of social chaos in the classroom and on campus. 2/5
Making group work work can be hard...
Using group work in your classes can be so effective. But, if you've ever worked in a group before, you know that it can also be a nightmare.
Group work can be a nightmare when you're an adult with a degree and decades of emotional regulation practice... 1/5
This is absurd, and I'm so sorry. I'm also sorry that they gaslit you (?!) in their response. I'm so grateful for all the work you do.
I recently led a session on moral injury and the pandemic. If you're feeling like you're being forced to do things that violate your moral code or witness your moral code being violated, you might be experiencing moral injury.
Educators, this applies to you, too.
You are not alone.
People are used to assuming that college-educated professionals will be able to find another job if they lose theirs. But when essentially all medical research in this country depends on federal funding, just at various levels of remove, there *are no other jobs* for everyone who just got fired.
August is a fantastic time to get ready for the upcoming semester. Looking ahead, I've planned workshops all month.
Topics include group work, window of tolerance, hidden curriculum, accommodations, and mentorship. Sessions are designed for connection.
#EduSky #AcademicChatter
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If you're wondering what's in this guide, here is the table of contents. You'll notice something called SECCC, which is a framing I created.
This pairs really nicely with my next upcoming guide: "Interviewing for academic jobs," with an interviewing method I designed.
July is a really good time to start honing your cover letter and teaching statement.
For the month of July, I'm offering my 38-page how-to guide for just $10 to help you to start early.
Next tweet for table of contents #AcademicChatter #PhD #EduSky
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Thank you, Tolu!! I definitely have plans to keep exploring and expanding this notion of ideal and never feeling like we're enough.
Ahhh this one is so good!!!
There are SO MANY people registered for the virtual gathering. We're getting close to 600 people now. This is incredible. #Gather2Resist25
If you haven't registered yet, there is still time! Go here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Here's a sneak peek into the guide with a page about flowing sentences and paragraphs together to make it easier on the reader. If this seems useful to you, follow the link for more!
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Halfway through June?! This is a good time to start working on your academic job materials.
Here's a resource to help you write your materials, with insight I've gained while supporting early career faculty land their next role.
#HigherEd #EduSky
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TODAY’S THE BIG DAY! My book, Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality, is now available for preorder! To learn more about the book, bonus item, & launch party, visit:
www.tolunoah.com/workshop-boo...
#HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev #EduSky #Facilitation #BookLaunch #TheWorkshopWheel
This Saturday, June 7th at 2pm ET I'm offering a workshop about requesting workplace accommodations. I'm here to support you in making requests, responding to denials, and documenting to protect yourself. #Disability #Disabled #Accommodations
Link: bit.ly/RequestAccomms
June 2025 professional learning opportunities for higher education instructors and educational developers: www.linkedin.com/pulse/june-2...
#HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev
