Are you interested in refining your teaching in a small setting with feedback from peers?
What if you could try a new teaching method in a collegial environment and receive feedback from peer learners?
Upcoming Dates and Cost:
Cost – $497.00 US or $650.00 CAD payment required in full upon registration
May 12 – 15, 2025
June 16 – 19, 2025
July 14 – 17, 2025
August 11 – 14, 2025
If you are teaching in a post secondary institution or an organization then you will want to join the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) program. Over four days (from 9 am to 1 pm Pacific time zone), through an experiential learning-centered instructional program, you engage with asynchronous lessons then come together synchronously to teach a 10-minute mini-lesson to peer colleagues. In addition, participants experience collegiality, team building, self-reflection, and learn new approaches to working with others.
The program is designed to expand your reflective practice, enhance your teaching, and develop your feedback skills. The underlying principles of the workshop are participatory learning, diversity of learning, adult learning, and the building of learning communities. A handbook of resources is provided to augment the workshop. Upon completion, you receive a certificate that is recognized internationally at prestigious institutions and organizations.
Since 1979, the ISW has been supporting post secondary educators in enhancing their teaching in a respectful learning environment. The ISW has been proven repeatedly to be effective in enhancing instruction. To learn more about the ISW Network, please visit here.
What to expect
The ISW consists of meeting over four days (from 9 am to 1 pm Pacific time zone) on Zoom with participants required to additionally complete asynchronous lessons and homework (equals a 24-hour commitment in total). Here is the schedule (time spent synchronously may vary so you will need to be flexible as to when the session ends each day):
| Prior to ISW | Pre-work Reading ISW Handbook |
| Day 1 | Introductions Overview of program Theme session about Lesson Plans ISW Demo of Mini-lesson Cycle Into small group Feedback to facilitators |
| Day 1 Asynchronous work | Asynchronous lesson about learning outcomes Prepare mini-lesson |
| Day 2 | Check in and review of feedback Cycle 1 – 45 minutes Cycle 2 – 45 minutes Cycle 3 – 45 minutes Cycle 4 – 45 minutes Cycle 5 – 45 minutes Feedback to facilitators |
| Day 2 Asynchronous work | Asynchronous lesson about assessment Prepare mini-lesson |
| Day 3 | Check in and review of feedback Cycle 1 – 45 minutes Cycle 2 – 45 minutes Cycle 3 – 45 minutes Cycle 4 – 45 minutes Cycle 5 – 45 minutes Feedback to facilitators |
| Day 3 Asynchronous work | Asynchronous lesson about active learning Prepare mini-lesson |
| Day 4 | Check in and review of feedback Cycle 1 – 45 minutes Cycle 2 – 45 minutes Cycle 3 – 45 minutes Cycle 4 – 45 minutes Cycle 5 – 45 minutes Feedback to facilitators Closing celebration |
Registration Details:
- Upcoming dates:
- May 12 – 15, 2025
- June 16 – 19, 2025
- July 14 – 17, 2025
- August 11 – 14, 2025
- Eligibility – at any stage in your career
- Cost – $497.00 US or $650.00 CAD payment required in full upon registration
- Upon completion – you receive an internationally recognized certificate. To receive the certificate, you are required to complete all components of the ISW.
- To register – fill out the form below
- Payment – once you register, payment instructions will be sent to you.
Testimonials:
I appreciated the time to discuss and share our ideas and perspectives.
ISW participant
The ISW is well-structured with clear content and highly practical; and the facilitators are so kind, patient, and supportive.
ISW participant
Really liked the one-on-one debriefs with the facilitator and the feedback circles. I received a lot of good and useful feedback that I was able to implement immediately into my teaching.
ISW participant
Love BOPPPS! It provided the exact structure I needed to design my lessons.
ISW participant
The collegiality of everyone was wonderful and created a safe place to ask questions and try new teaching strategies.
ISW participant
Everything felt smooth and painless, a testament to the support provided, and most importantly, the community-oriented nature of the group.
ISW participant
Cynthia Korpan, PhD
Director
ITeach: Certification in Higher Ed Inc
About me
I have been an ISW facilitator and trainer for over 20 years. ISW facilitators are trained to provide a supportive and enriching environment for faculty, adjuncts, administrators, graduate students, or those teaching in organizations. Through highly effective facilitation techniques and opportunities for feedback, I will ensure that you have what you need to be successful.
I have over 20 years experience in Educational Development in Higher Education and over 35 years related to workplace learning. As the former Director of Teaching Excellence at the University of Victoria, I garnered significant experience in developing programs and courses, teaching undergraduates, graduate students, and professors, and mentoring many about learning and teaching in higher education. In 2017, I was honoured with the Educational Developers Caucus Leadership Award for my national work related to educational development. My research focuses on early career academics’ first teaching in the academic workplace. This work and my expertise has been and continues to be shared with institutions around the world, such as Canada, the United States, China, Uganda, Pakistan, and Ghana.
