About the Center for Teaching Effectiveness

Purpose

The University of Delaware has a strong commitment to faculty engagement and support in effective teaching. In 1975, the Faculty Senate established the Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) to recognize that Delaware is a teaching-oriented university with a strong academic reputation. The Center promotes the enhancement of learning and teaching at the University. The Center's primary goals are to:

• Support the instructional improvement efforts of UD's teaching community.
• Facilitate the implementation of programs and activities that enrich and improve teaching and learning.
• Promote active engagement and innovation in teaching and learning.
• Cultivate an institutional climate that values, rewards, sustains and renews excellence in teaching and learning.
• Serve as a clearinghouse on teaching and learning in higher education.

CTE is a University-wide unit that supports faculty, administrators, graduate students, and staff in their instructional activities. Specifically, the Center provides a range of free and confidential instructional services to help all members of UD's teaching community enhance the teaching and learning process. The Center's services reflect the multiple ways in which teaching and learning can be enriched. Services include but are not limited to:

• Instructional consultations.
• Classroom observations and student feedback.
• Implementation support for instructional projects.
• Assistance in developing assessment measures for instructional and curricular innovation.

CTE organizes conferences for first-time graduate teaching assistants (TAs); coordinates teaching conferences, workshop sessions, and colloquia, such as the Junior Faculty Network; publishes and disseminates materials on instructional practices and student learning; serves as a liaison with University committees, task forces, and units involved in instructional support; and administers, in coordination with other units, an annual grant program for instructional enrichment.

The Center is funded by the Office of the Provost and is a unit within the Office of Undergraduate Studies.

CTE Staff and Faculty Fellows

	Professor Martha Carothers, M.F.A.- Faculty Director CTE and General Education Initiative
	Gabriele Bauer, Ph.D. - Assistant Director (Vita)
	Sheila Warren, - Staff Assistant
Nick Galasso - Graduate Assistant, Doctoral Candidate in Political Science & International Relations

Faculty Fellows

The Center invites Faculty Fellows to work with CTE personnel on mutually determined projects to further the teaching and learning mission of the University (e.g., General Education Initiative). Fellows receive one-course release time from their units. Interested faculty are invited to submit their projects to CTE. Fellows are selected by CTE personnel in consultation with affected units.

Fall 2003
Professor Avron Abraham, Health & Exercise Sciences

Spring 2003
Professor Avron Abraham, Health & Exercise Sciences
Professor Jorge Cubillos, Foreign Languages & Literatures

Fall 2002
Professor Avron Abraham, Health & Exercise Sciences
Professor Jorge Cubillos, Foreign Languages & Literatures

Location and Hours

The Center for Teaching Effectiveness is located in 212 Gore Hall, Newark, DE 19716. The office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.  You may contact the office by phone at (302) 831-2027, by fax at (302) 831-2029, or by e-mail.

CTE in the News

• UD hosts East Coast conference on college teaching UDaily, April 27, 2007
• UD hosts regional conference on teaching UDaily, April 13, 2006
• Initial CTE /GEI grant proposal deadline is Dec. 20 UDaily, March 31, 2006
• Proposal deadline fo Lilly Conference extended UDaily, January 9, 2006
• Proposals invited for teaching conference UDaily, December 8, 2005
• Courses added for Higher Education Teaching Certification Program UDaily, November 4, 2003
• New TAs are shown the ropes
UDaily, September 15, 2003

• Center for Teaching Effectiveness gives TAs a leg up in the classroom
UDaily, March 27, 2003

• Educators learn all about faculty development
UpDate, Vol. 19, No. 37, August 10, 2000

• 23 faculty receive instructional improvement grants
UpDate, Vol. 19, No. 22,  March 2, 2000

• Retirees visit Gore Hall to view new teaching technology
UpDate, Vol. 18, No. 13, December 3, 1998

• First aid camp stresses fun, safety, fitness
UpDate, Vol. 17, No. 39, August 20, 1998

• CTE instructional newsletter available online
UpDate, Vol. 17, No. 31, May 14, 1998

• CTE program on high-tech ed.
UpDate, Vol. 17, No. 30, May 7, 1998

• 13 grants support enhanced teaching projects
UpDate, Vol. 17, No. 22, March 5, 1998

• UD center compiles 'impressive record of service'
Reprinted with permission from UpDate, Volume 15, Number 17 January 18, 1996

2008 Excellence in Teaching Award

Faculty Recipients
Kenneth C. Haas, Criminal Justice
Carolee A. Polek, Nursing
Patricia Sloane-White, Anthropology
Julie K. Waterhouse, Nursing

Graduate Student Recipients
Michael A. Anderson, Education
Stela K. Stefanova, Economics

2008 Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising & Mentoring Award

Michelle Provost-Craig, Health, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences

Faculty Advisory Board

Michael Arnold, Associate Chairperson, Undergraduate Program Director, Economics
Gretchen Bauer, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Science
Douglas Buttrey, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Faculty Senate
Joshua Duke, Associate Professor, Food & Resource Economics
Hye-Shin Kim, Associate Professor, Fashion & Apparel Studies
John Pelesko, Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Matthew Robinson, Associate Professor, Heath, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences
Janet de Vry, Program Manager, IT-User Service, PRESENT

The members of the Advisory Board provide input concerning faculty interests and instructional needs, serve as liaison to departments and units and heighten faculty awareness of CTE’s role and services, enhance dialogue about teaching within the University, and increase awareness of excellent teaching and innovative teaching approaches.

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