Date: 24-28 August 2026
Location: Groningen, the Netherlands
Target group: Anyone with a role related to the training or coaching of university teachers. This can include educational developers (of all levels), administrators with a role related to professional development of teachers, and/or university teachers tasked with working with colleagues to implement new teaching methods. All experience levels are welcome
Fee: € 875 (includes lunches and refreshments)
the fee above does not include hotel/accommodation. Upon acceptance into the programme, a list of accommodation recommendations will be provided.
Description:
Improve your skills in university teacher training. (Re)design your workshop or training. Learn with and from other educational developers.
Designed as more of a community than a workshop, this summer school aims to bring together those who partner with university teachers in improving their teaching effectiveness. The primary focus of this school will be on 1) conversations and learning between educational developers, 2) designing new, or re-design existing, teacher training programmes in participants’ own institutions and 3) practicing your training methods. During the week, participants can expect to create a new (re)design of current work they do in university teacher education and facilitate a short 'mini-lesson' to the group. Professional trainers of the school will prompt and guide the process but in the end, hope not to be a ‘trainer’ of the group but rather a facilitator of the group’s learning/sharing.
We hope to meet some of your colleagues there!
Program:
Monday
Academic development – focusing on theory behind professional development of university teachers
Tuesday
Need analysis and (Re)design of your training/workshop
Wednesday
Evaluate, analyze and select effective training skills
Thursday
Micro-training: all participants will practice (as a trainer) a part of a training/workshop You will receive feedback from other participants.
Friday
Continuous professional development and evaluation – how to research whether the aim of professional development activities were achieved