Practical Support for Better Teaching
Teaching is complex work. It requires planning, reflection, experimentation, feedback, and community. The Biggio Center partners with faculty, graduate teaching assistants, departments, and academic programs to strengthen teaching at Auburn through consultations, feedback services, professional development, faculty communities, and leadership opportunities.
Our approach begins with the instructor’s goals. We help faculty align learning outcomes, activities, assessments, classroom practices, and student engagement strategies in ways that support meaningful learning. Whether you are looking for a quick resource or a longer-term professional development experience, Teaching and Learning Services can help you take the next step.
Request Teaching Support Join a Faculty ProgramTeaching and Course Design Programs
Strengthen your courses through intentional design and effective teaching strategies. We work with instructors to align learning outcomes, activities, and assessments while incorporating research-based practices.
Teaching Feedback and Course Consultations give faculty confidential support for improving teaching, course design, student engagement, assessment, and classroom practice.
Faculty Coaching provides Auburn faculty with a confidential, structured space to reflect, gain clarity, and move forward with intention in their academic work.
The Biggio Center supports faculty who are designing new courses or rethinking existing ones. Support may include course mapping, assignment design, assessment strategy, active learning, student engagement, accessibility, and Canvas organization.
This asynchronous course introduces core teaching strategies in higher education and gives instructors a flexible way to build or refresh their teaching practice.
Teaching Communities at Auburn
Teaching improves when faculty have time and space to learn with colleagues. Teaching and Learning Services creates structured communities where instructors can exchange ideas, explore evidence-informed practices, and build relationships across disciplines.
These programs help faculty and future faculty move beyond isolated professional development sessions toward sustained reflection, collaboration, and growth.
Faculty Learning Communities bring Auburn instructors together around shared teaching interests, challenges, or opportunities. Participants explore a focused topic over time, exchange strategies, and apply ideas in their own teaching contexts.
New Faculty Scholars supports early-career faculty as they build community, develop teaching practices, and navigate their first years at Auburn.
This program helps new faculty connect with colleagues while engaging practical topics related to teaching, learning, and academic life.
Preparing Future Faculty is a professional development program for graduate students who are preparing for academic careers. The program supports future faculty in developing teaching skills, understanding faculty roles, and preparing for the expectations of higher education.
New Faculty Orientation introduces incoming faculty to Auburn resources, expectations, teaching support, and campus partners before the start of the academic year.
GTA Orientation supports graduate teaching assistants as they prepare for instructional roles at Auburn.
