Support for Incoming Faculty

Koc University welcomes a number of new members of faculty each year. KOLT offers customized workshops in order to help familiarize new faculty with the learning and teaching environment at Koc University. KOLT also provides the following services to facilitate the adaptation of new faculty to Koc University:

• designing a course,
• preparing a syllabus,
• planning effective lectures,
• planning student assessment strategies,
• actively engaging students in the classroom, and
• maintaining student civility in the classroom.

KOLT New Faculty Training Program

Since Fall 2022, KOLT offers a distinctive two-day program designed specifically to support new faculty members and make them familiar to KU teaching and learning environment. The program includes workshops, seminars, and panels to introduce state-of-art pedagogies about course design, preparing a syllabus, assessment tools, course material development, student engagement, and integration of technology and AI tools. KOLT also provides consultation sessions and conduct classroom observations as well as set follow-up meetings to improve the quality of new faculty members’ teaching practices.

To access previous years’ training programs, please click here: