Stern Teaching Effectiveness Program (STEP)

Faculty discuss teaching


STEP offers opportunities for you to enhance your classroom teaching

Stern is committed to creating dynamic learning that inspire inquiry, activate curiosity, and promote rigorous, relevant, and engaged learning. In 1995, the Stern faculty voted to require that faculty participate in confidential teaching consultations and other professional development experiences. Faculty receive a reminder every three years, asking them to complete either a STEP consultation or professional development activity in the term they are teaching. Consultations support reflection, growth, and encouragement to try new teaching ideas in a confidential and constructive space. 

Meet your STEP requirement this semester!
If you received a notice from Susanna Stein to sign up for a STEP professional development opportunity, select one of the options below:

Select your STEP Professional Development Opportunity 
Please review the descriptions linked below, then select one of the following options by completing the form:

  1. STEP Teaching Consultation (one-on-one)
  2. Cross-Departmental Class Observation and Debrief
  3. Book Discussion Group
  4. Self-designed STEP Option

Faculty offer advice on teaching in the videos below.
View "Ways to Engage: Student Faculty Talk About Their Teaching."

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