I need everyone to understand this is eugenics in action—not just “quackery.” Much like the “anti vax” movement as a whole.

2026 - Virtual Gathering Call for Proposals Call for Proposals Leading With Our Values Virtual Gathering: Cultivating Connection in a Time of Upheaval About this Virtual Gathering We are excited to announce the third annual virtual gathering f...

Proposals received by April 20, 2026 will receive full consideration.

Call for proposals, including our values and theme:

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Looking for a higher education conference with values? Check out our values: Community Care Confidentiality & Consent Accessibility Partnership Inclusivity Join us for the 3rd annual virtual gathering of educational developers and colleagues. July 8-10, 2026. Leading With Our Values Cultivating Connection in a Time of Upheaval. Submit your proposal by April 20

10 days left to get your proposals in for the 2026 Leading With Our Values virtual gathering! It's free. It's virtual. It's a welcoming community!

This conference is for folks invested in higher education teaching and learning.

All proposals received by April 20 will receive full consideration.

2026 - Virtual Gathering Call for Proposals Call for Proposals Leading With Our Values Virtual Gathering: Cultivating Connection in a Time of Upheaval About this Virtual Gathering We are excited to announce the third annual virtual gathering f...

We're still workshopping our hashtag this year, so if you have ideas, share them here!!

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I love when people register for the virtual gathering and in the box for accommodations or preferences they say what we already do is sufficient for them.

We built the conference around accessibility, doing what we know works and making changes to include as many as we can!

#VirtuallyGather26

Gratitude to @standupforscience.net and @cdelawalla.bsky.social for pulling together an excellent inclusive online #NoKings rally.

Inspiring speakers reminded participants of the importance of showing up and speaking up.

Thank you!

I am so excited to be part of this incredible lineup of speakers advocating for defending our democracy.

Can't make it to an on-site No Kings Rally? I can't either. Join me virtually.

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♨️ I am so happy to get together on Zoom over some tea.

Tomorrow from 12-1:30pm ET, I'll be leading a free session about using structure to promote student engagement.

I've given this workshop before, and many participants have told me it's helped them understand things about themselves, too.

I look forward to seeing you then!

This session will have Zoom auto-captions enabled, but will not be recorded.

We’ll use the window of tolerance as a framework for understanding how emotional dysregulation can result in a lack of engagement. We’ll discuss strategies for leveraging structure to support student regulation, and ultimately promote student engagement.

As instructors, we often have a vision of how we want students to engage with us, with the material, and with each other. Then, we get to the classroom, and students don’t always engage in those ways. This can be deflating, and sometimes we can even ascribe intent to our students.

This Friday, 10/10 from 12-1:30pm ET, I'll be hosting a virtual workshop.

If you're interested in learning a little about the window of tolerance, supporting student engagement, or connecting with other educators, this free session is for you!

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I am! It looks like it's going to be a small group. Yes, my session focuses on the ways group work requires students to do lots of thinking/regulating unrelated to content, elevating their cognitive load. This is especially true for ND students. I'm also happy to tailor to folks' interests.

This is happening this Friday! If you use group work or are considering using group work, this is a great session for you!

Mask solidarity!! Masking is community care.

I led a session this week on the window of tolerance.

While you absolutely should not try to be your students' therapist -- really, don't do that!! -- it can be so helpful to recognize that your students have nervous systems and those nervous systems are not doing well rn.

Workshops — Cait Kirby Consulting Workshops for professionals, leaders, academics, teachers, and graduate students to hone your teaching, mentorship, leadership, and neuroinclusivity skills.

Registration link: bit.ly/AW-2025

Use AUGUST25 at checkout for 50% off if you're contingent, a grad student, or just not in a stable financial situation. Link to register in comments (so I can have an image in this post!). 5/5

These strategies work if you're an educational developer and you lead sessions with faculty.

So, whether you teach early-career learners or senior faculty educators, I would encourage you to check this session out. 4/5

The cognitive load of group work is enormous and varied.

Having considered these factors, there are some important approaches we can take for designing and assessing group work.

Next Friday, Aug 1, 2025 from 2-3:30pm ET I'm offering a session with some strategies you can employ for group work. 3/5

But our students are typically not seasoned professionals: they're often (though not always) in the first few decades of their lives, still figuring out some core aspects of their identities, and they're navigating a lot of social chaos in the classroom and on campus. 2/5

A colorful advertisement that says: Making group work work, a virtual workshop for educators. If you’ve ever worked in a group, you likely know how difficult it can be to manage the work and distribute tasks equally or equitably. At the same time, assigning group work in classes can be meaningful and edifying, so you have good reason to continue incorporating group work in your courses. In this session, we’ll discuss challenges and solutions for making group work effective, and strategies to mitigate some of the excess cognitive load that students can experience when working in groups. AUG 1, 2025, 2-3:30pm ET, contingent or a grad student? Unstable or inadequate income? Use code “August25" for 50% off. Register: bit.ly/AW-2025. Workshops will have auto-captions. Participation in activities will be optional: you won’t be required to talk in breakout rooms or keep your camera on the whole time. Sessions will not be recorded. Cait S. Kirby, PhD - educational developer."

Making group work work can be hard...

Using group work in your classes can be so effective. But, if you've ever worked in a group before, you know that it can also be a nightmare.

Group work can be a nightmare when you're an adult with a degree and decades of emotional regulation practice... 1/5

This is absurd, and I'm so sorry. I'm also sorry that they gaslit you (?!) in their response. I'm so grateful for all the work you do.

I recently led a session on moral injury and the pandemic. If you're feeling like you're being forced to do things that violate your moral code or witness your moral code being violated, you might be experiencing moral injury.

Educators, this applies to you, too.

You are not alone.

People are used to assuming that college-educated professionals will be able to find another job if they lose theirs. But when essentially all medical research in this country depends on federal funding, just at various levels of remove, there *are no other jobs* for everyone who just got fired.

Workshops for Educators. Virtual professional development that builds community and belonging.Virtual professional development you actually enjoy. A color-coded calendar of the month of August, with dates shaded to match the events listed below. The colors themselves don’t mean anything. 8/1/25 - 2-3:30pm ET Making group work work: Strategies for making groups work effectively. 8/5/25 - 2-3:30pm ET The window of tolerance & the classroom: Impacts of stress on student behavior. 8/13/25 - 2-3:30pm ET Revealing the hidden curriculum: Supporting students with clarity. 8/21/25 - 2-3:30pm ET The journey to an accommodation letter: A convoluted process and how to help. 8/25/25 - 2-3:30pm ET Mentoring for belonging: Leveraging psychology to mentor well. If you are contingent faculty, a grad student, or have unstable or inadequate income, use coupon code “AUGUST25” for 50% off. Register: https://bit.ly/AW-2025 Workshops will have auto-captions. Participation in activities will be optional: you won’t be required to talk in breakout rooms or keep your camera on the whole time. Sessions will not be recorded. Cait S. Kirby, PhD - educational developer Follow me for more workshops: @caitskirby on Twitter/X, BlueSky, Instagram, caitkirby.com

August is a fantastic time to get ready for the upcoming semester. Looking ahead, I've planned workshops all month.

Topics include group work, window of tolerance, hidden curriculum, accommodations, and mentorship. Sessions are designed for connection.

#EduSky #AcademicChatter

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Bright colorblock-y background with plain black text that says: Contents. Then a list of the contents with page numbers: Contents This guide’s author: Cait How to use this guide Okay, but you’re busy Your goals and responsibilities My proposed timeline An academic cover letter Step 1 - Start with a job ad Step 2 - Pair skills with examples Step 3 - Write an outline Step 4 - Make a patchwork Step 5 - Weave the patchwork into a narrative Step 6 - Flow sentences and paragraphs Step 7 - Pepper in descriptive adjectives Step 8 - Align numbers from job ad Step 9 - Check for SECCC and personality Teaching statements Cover letters v teaching statements Make reading easy Bonus: What to do next 1-on-1 consultations Connect with Cait

If you're wondering what's in this guide, here is the table of contents. You'll notice something called SECCC, which is a framing I created.

This pairs really nicely with my next upcoming guide: "Interviewing for academic jobs," with an interviewing method I designed.

Academic job search - how-to guide for written materials — Cait Kirby Consulting This guide provides writing tips to help you develop engaging and compelling written materials for the academic job market.

July is a really good time to start honing your cover letter and teaching statement.

For the month of July, I'm offering my 38-page how-to guide for just $10 to help you to start early.

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Thank you, Tolu!! I definitely have plans to keep exploring and expanding this notion of ideal and never feeling like we're enough.

Ahhh this one is so good!!!