# Bok Center for Teaching and Learning ## expand\_more ## **The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning** 50 Church Street, Suite 308, and 125 Mount Auburn Street, 3rd Floor Phone: 617-495-4869 Email: [bokcenter.harvard.edu](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/) The Bok Center provides faculty, graduate students, and other instructors with a wide range of resources and programming to foster excellence and innovation in teaching and learning, regularly partnering with the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Graduate School of arts and Sciences, the Safra Center for Ethics, and HUIT. Promoting a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and reflection about teaching, we support instructors in creating dynamic and inclusive learning environments. The Center assists faculty in [designing courses and syllabi](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/360-support-faculty), in developing classroom presence, and in exploring evidence-based strategies to promote learning. Lunch series, [mentoring workshops](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/mentoring-course), [exploratory seminars](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/exploratory-seminars), and [reading groups and journal clubs](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/programming) draw faculty together into communities of practice. We also collaborate with the Office for Faculty Affairs to facilitate orientations for new faculty as well as a [peer observation program](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/peer-observation) for tenure-track faculty in the FAS. Moreover, our [Learning Lab](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/learning-lab) collaborates with faculty and units across the FAS and beyond to create and implement innovative assignments and course activities, including guidance on teaching with Generative AI. In addition to working with faculty of every rank and at every stage of their professional careers, the Bok Center offers a robust slate of professional development programming for PhD students. Early-stage PhD students are strongly encouraged to attend one of our [programs for new Teaching Fellows](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/getting-started). All PhD students are invited to our [Fall Teaching Conference](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/fall-teaching-conference-winter-teaching-week) each August, and can take additional [Bok Seminars](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/seminars) to learn more about essential topics in teaching, learning, and communication. International students and scholars who want to improve their oral English communication skills to prepare for the language and culture of the Harvard classroom engage with our [Professional Communication Program for International Teachers and Scholars](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/international-teachers-and-scholars). Advanced PhD students have the option of demonstrating their commitment to developing as teachers in higher education by pursuing one of our [Teaching Certificates](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/teaching-certificate) or by applying to our[ Pedagogy Fellows](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/pedagogy-fellows) and [Media and Design Fellows](https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/international-teachers-and-scholars) programs, where we partner with departments to enhance training and support for graduate student teachers across the FAS. Further information and resources on teaching are available on the [Bok Center’s website](http://bokcenter.harvard.edu/). Wheelchair accessible.