All events are open to Vanderbilt University faculty, staff, and students.
AdvancED Events
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September 2025-April 2026
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Baker 805
New Faculty Teaching Academy
The New Faculty Teaching Academy (NFTA) is a cross-disciplinary, cohort-based learning community designed to elevate resource sharing and build rich relationships around teaching for faculty in their early years at Vanderbilt. New faculty share experiences and explore resources around educational development in an encouraging, collegial atmosphere.
This program requires participants to submit applications. Deadline: August 29, 2025.
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August 13
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Teaching Assistant Orientation
Graduate students balance many roles: student, researcher, mentor—and, in many cases, working as a teaching assistant (TA).
TAO sessions offer: effective strategies for the varied teaching duties that TAs assume, information for on campus resources available to TAs and advice from a panel of experienced Vanderbilt TAs across a range of disciplines.
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August 14
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM Buttrick Hall
Teaching At Vanderbilt
“Teaching at Vanderbilt” (TAV) is AdvancED’s annual orientation for all new full-time and part-time faculty. The orientation is an opportunity for new faculty to meet each other and to learn how our team can support them throughout their Vanderbilt careers.
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August 15
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Teaching Assistant Faculty Orientation: Foundations for TA Onboarding, Management and Mentorship
The success of your TAs is essential to the success of your course! This one-hour interactive workshop will equip faculty members with key strategies for supervising teaching assistants. Participants will learn effective communication techniques, administrative best practices, and ways to create supportive relationships that empower TAs, ensuring a successful teaching experience for all involved.
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Fall 2025
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Instructional Technology Support Workshops
New workshops coming soon.