Welcome to Yorkville University and Toronto Film School!

The CTEI Ready-to-Teach Program provides introductory educational development for faculty and instructors as they begin their teaching at Yorkville U + TFS. The Program leads into flexible opportunities at the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI, or “The Centre”) throughout the year so faculty and instructors can identify the skills and knowledges they wish to develop.

At the CTEI, we see educational development work as relational and value building meaningful connections across Yorkville U + TFS – and we believe that starts at Day One with new faculty. CTEI Ready-to-Teach provides ample time for new faculty to explore various teaching and learning topics at their own pace via asynchronous modules that model best practices for online learning, while offering opportunities for relationship building with peers and the Centre.

We are so excited to meet you and start working together soon!

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CTEI Ready-to-Teach is an 8-hour program, with 4 hours of synchronous and 4 hours of asynchronous learning and engagement spread across your first 5 weeks of teaching. Weeks 1, 3, and 5 are synchronous sessions with The Centre that you will register for to best fit your schedule; Weeks 2 and 4 are asynchronous modules in Brightspace that The Centre will enroll you in.

Synchronous Sessions:

For the October 2025 cohort of CTEI Ready-to-Teach, please sign up for one synchronous session from each of the scheduled synchronous weeks:

• CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Synchronous Session – Week One Options
• CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Synchronous Session – Week Three Options
• CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Synchronous Session – Week Five Options

Asynchronous Modules:

For successful completion of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program, please complete eight asynchronous learning modules in the CTEI Brightspace, each of which is approximately 30 minutes in length. Six of these are required modules across the program with the remaining two as “choose-your-own-adventure” modules from our Extended Learning Module Menu.

Required Modules:

• Pedagogical Justice
• Beginning to Write Your Land Acknowledgment
• Facilitating Discussions
• Universal Design for Learning
• Strategies for Meaningful Feedback
• Active Learning Strategies

Extended Learning Module Menu:

• Digital Pedagogies
• AI & Education
• Drafting Your Teaching Philosophy
• Introduction to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Written Feedback on Written Assignments and Assessments

Sneak-peek at forthcoming modules! We are currently working with Yorkville U + TFS faculty and instructor partners to co-create the following asynchronous learning modules to be added to the CTEI Brightspace course soon:

• Leveraging Bilingual/Multilingual Students’ First Languages to Enhance University Writing
• 1:1 Mentorship and Connection
• Teaching in Times of Change and in Times of Crisis
• Graduate Student Mentorship
• Neurodiversity in the TFS Classroom
• Ungrading
• Meditation, Yoga, And Reiki Techniques to Support Instructor Well-being
• Teaching and Understanding the International Student Body at our New West Campus
• Consent and Boundaries in the Classroom
• Understanding Generation Z: Instructional Strategies for Engaging Gen Z in the Classroom and Preparing Them for the Workplace
• Teaching Critical Information Literacy