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CTE staff offer a variety of services to help instructors in the ongoing
improvement of the teaching and learning process. Requests for instructional
services other than those described on the Web site will also be considered.
We encourage you to explore what CTE has to offer. Please call to
discuss ways in which CTE staff can assist you! Call 831-2027 or
email.
The Center facilitates the professional and pedagogical development of TAs. CTE hosts a pre-fall annual conference for first-time TAs. Senior TA Fellows, faculty, and staff facilitate sessions across disciplines; departments offer discipline-specific pedagogy as follow-up to this campus-wide program. During the year, CTE sponsors sessions that help TAs prepare both for their current teaching responsibilities and their roles as future faculty.
Higher Education Teaching Certification (HETC) Program
This graduate program enhances the teaching effectiveness of TAs while at the University and provides systematic, comprehensive academic career preparation. The non-credit, optional program is open to all graduate students who intend to enter academic careers. The program is offered in a hybrid format, the online curriculum is supplemented with on-campus seminars.
Graduate students complete coursework in four pedagogical and professional development areas: Learning (UNIV-600), Pedagogy (UNIV-601), Faculty Roles (UNIV-602) and Academic Job Search (UNIV-603). In addition, they are observed by a faculty mentor in the discipline and document their teaching effectiveness via a teaching portfolio.
Certification is awarded upon completion of all program aspects and is included in the participant's official transcript. Graduate students apply for admission directly to CTE.
Instructors desiring feedback about their teaching may work one-on-one with a consultant. Areas in which instructors have requested assistance include:
Confidential consultations are provided on a one-time or continuing basis as appropriate.
Research studies have shown that one of the most powerful instructional improvement tools available to faculty is a classroom visit by a knowledgeable consultant. For maximum impact, these activities involve:
Consultants may also collect student feedback data. Also, digital recording of classes with feedback is available.
In addition to helping faculty design, interpret, and use feedback from departmental course rating forms, CTE offers standard forms such as the IDEA (Individual Development and Educational Assessment). IDEA is based on student progress toward instructional goals controlling for class size, and student motivation levels (two factors that influence ratings of instruction).
CTE personnel conduct class midterm interviews to help instructors identify what helps students learn and what changes could further enhance their learning. CTE staff also help instructors design online and print student midterm feedback surveys.
For immediate assessment of student learning, CTE makes IF-AT (Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique) available. This multiple-choice assessment tool gives students immediate affirmation and/or corrective feedback on their knowledge and can be used for formative feedback and testing.
Teaching and research are not separate activities. To this end, CTE personnel assist faculty in conducting research on their own courses and also support faculty in presenting and publishing their research on teaching in appropriate forums, such as the
Lilly-East Conference on College and University Teaching. The Center directs this conference with emphasis on the scholarly nature of teaching. The event brings national expertise on quality learning and teaching and offers a teaching-learning forum for faculty across disciplines and institutions.
The Center personnel co-design sessions with departments and academic units based on disciplinary needs. These sessions are tailored to meet departmental needs and tend to be issue-specific. Faculty often co-facilitate sessions for their colleagues. Sample topics:
CTE, in collaboration with other units offers instructional grants in specific areas of teaching and learning that advance the University's teaching mission and give greater visibility to innovation in higher education. Every year, CTE invites proposals on a designated area of focus (e.g., targeted general education goals). CTE personnel assist faculty to develop proposals for funding. Instructional development teams support faculty during the implementation process.
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