Love of Teaching 2025 Half-Day Conference
Saturday, April 26, 2025
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Remotely via Zoom
Register in Workday
About the Love of Teaching Conference
Celebrate the passion, purpose, and power of great teaching. This conference honors the deep impact educators have on students’ lives and provides a space to reflect, connect, and grow. Join fellow educators to share insights, reignite your inspiration, and build classrooms where every voice matters and every student thrives.
Every Voice Matters: Storytelling for All Disciplines
Storytelling is more than a teaching strategy—it’s a transformative tool that can spark curiosity, deepen understanding, and create inclusive, engaging learning environments across all disciplines. This dynamic half-day virtual conference will explore the power of storytelling to enhance instruction in STEM, the humanities, and career-focused fields.
Participants will discover how storytelling can:
- Increase student engagement and critical thinking
- Support creative, inclusive approaches to teaching
- Help students meaningfully demonstrate understanding
- Empower educators across STEM, humanities, and career-focused fields
Whether you’re just beginning to explore storytelling or ready to integrate it deeply into your practice, this event offers something for everyone.
Keynote Speaker: Matthew Decker
Associate Professor of English, Montgomery College
Co-Coordinator, Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship
Matthew Decker is a nationally recognized leader in digital storytelling and faculty development. With over a decade of experience at Montgomery College, he has helped educators across disciplines harness storytelling to break barriers and elevate student voices. His keynote will provide insight, inspiration, and practical approaches to using storytelling as a force for inclusive, transformative teaching.
What is the Love of Teaching?
The Love of Teaching reflects a profound passion, commitment, and sense of fulfillment from educating and guiding students. It goes beyond simply sharing knowledge—it’s about inspiring curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity while empowering learners to reach their full potential intellectually, emotionally, and socially. Educators who embody the love of teaching are deeply invested in their students’ growth and development. They create supportive learning environments where students feel valued, encouraged, and challenged. These educators enjoy witnessing their students’ progress, celebrating successes, and providing support through challenges, recognizing that learning is a continuous journey.
At its core, the love of teaching is also about building meaningful connections with students and understanding their unique strengths, backgrounds, and needs. It reflects a belief that education can transform lives and shape future generations. Teachers who love teaching make a lasting impact, driven by the desire to make a positive difference inside and outside the classroom. The Love of Teaching Conference celebrates this passion by providing educators with tools, strategies, and inspiration to continue fostering dynamic, inclusive, and empowering learning environments for all students.
ELITE and The Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement and Support proudly offer all faculty the Love of Teaching Half-Day Conference.
