Spring 2027

Capstone Seminar in Teaching and Learning

Capstone seminar where students synthesize teaching, mentoring, and educational development experiences into portfolio materials for future faculty roles, articulating an educator philosophy grounded in evidence-based and inclusive pedagog.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jessica Maher

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Articulate your philosophy as an educator, drawing upon evidence-based and inclusive pedagogies relevant to higher education learning environments.

  • Design portfolio materials that integrate your experiences with teaching, mentoring, and educational development, and that align with your career(s) of interest.

  • Develop professional goals that include a continuing practice of reflective growth as an educator.

Source: UW Guide

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
ELPA 663

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Spring 2027
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JESSICA MAHER is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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SEM 001Online Only0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Synthesize experiences in teaching, mentoring, and educational development into materials for use in next career stage(s) as future faculty.

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Topics

  • Educator philosophy and higher education pedagogies
  • Teaching, mentoring, and educational development synthesis
  • Professional portfolio design for career alignment
  • Reflective professional goal setting

Skills

  • Articulating educator philosophy using evidence-based and inclusive pedagogies
  • Designing teaching portfolios integrating teaching, mentoring, and educational development experiences
  • Developing professional goals centered on reflective educator growth

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ELPA 663 · Spring 2027

Capstone Seminar in Teaching and Learning

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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