Announcements and News
AI Surveys
CLTL conducted surveys in May 2025 to better understand AI usage, opportunities, and concerns. The Skidmore community is invited to review findings from those surveys here:
Staff Survey: Â鶹ŮÀÉ Staff Survey on Generative AI Use
Faculty Survey: Â鶹ŮÀÉ Faculty Survey on Generative AI Use
The Weller Room and Lending Library (LIB 212)
This space devoted to CLTL events is also available as a (quiet) workspace each weekday
morning from 9 a.m. to noon. Folks participating in the Scholarly/Creative Endeavors
(SCE) work groups are especially encouraged to use this space before meeting for lunch,
which is stocked with coffee, tea, condiments, cleaning supplies, and paper products.
All faculty have swipe access to the space; those without access who are participating
in SCE work groups may contact Illissa Barney to activate your ID. If you wish to reserve the space for events that advance the
CLTL mission, you may submit a request online. The Weller Room also has a Lending Library with texts on critical pedagogical studies,
navigating higher education, DEIJAB in the classroom, and UDL. You may sign out books
for up to one semester. Enjoy your read and return it to the Weller Room (LIB 212)
when finished.
National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)
Â鶹ŮÀÉ is an institutional member of t³ó±ð NCFDD, which gives you free access to many excellent professional development tools including
periodic 14-day Writing Challenges. For example, check out from 2-3 p.m., Friday, Jan. 30, or you can register for this webinar from 2-3 p.m.
Thursday, March 12:
Supporting effective learning environments:  Resources for faculty
Over the past two years, members of the Working Group for Inclusive Teaching (supported
by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute) worked to broadly understand
the campus’s values around teaching and learning. The seven guiding principles for
effective learning environments have been endorsed by CEPP and include: (1) Transparent
and intentional design, (2) exploring concepts and practices across theoretical, cultural,
and/or social differences, (3) fostering belonging, (4) ongoing pedagogical and professional
growth and development by faculty and staff, (5) acknowledging and working to alleviate
the impact of structural inequities on learning, and (6) promoting equitable access
to learning. They have developed an extensive annotated bibliography to support faculty who would like new ways to incorporate guiding principles in their
teaching.
Student support services
In addition to the in-person services provided by t³ó±ð Counseling Center&²Ô²ú²õ±è;— Â鶹ŮÀÉ provides teletherapy services offered through BetterMynd. Students have up to 12 sessions of teletherapy per academic year. In addition, students
will be able to access up to three group skill-building workshops per year. T³ó±ð Student Assessment and Intervention Group (SAIG) remains a resource to share non-emergency concerns about your students (e.g., attendance).
You may find t³ó±ð .