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Center for Teaching Excellence New Faculty Orientation, August 17, 2006

Center for Teaching Excellence New Faculty Orientation, August 17, 2006. Jackie Dewar, Ph.D., Director Nick Mattos, Administrative Assistant Linda Leon, Ph.D., Chair of the Committee on Excellence in Teaching. Well, here we are…. LMU – A Student-Centered Learning Organization.

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Center for Teaching Excellence New Faculty Orientation, August 17, 2006

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  1. Center for Teaching ExcellenceNew Faculty Orientation,August 17, 2006 Jackie Dewar, Ph.D., Director Nick Mattos, Administrative Assistant Linda Leon, Ph.D., Chair of the Committee on Excellence in Teaching

  2. Well, here we are…

  3. LMU – A Student-Centered Learning Organization • Recruiting new students • How faculty work with them • In/out of classroom • Undergraduate research • Service learning • Demonstrated institutional commitment • Affiliate campus - Carnegie CASTL program • CTE supported by endowment

  4. CTE’s Mission To support Loyola Marymount University’s mission of academic excellence by enhancing the teaching and learning process through a wide range of services to all who teach at LMU.

  5. CTE’s Goals • To help new faculty achieve excellent teaching • To foster dialog in the University on teaching excellence • To provide faculty with support mechanisms to enhance teaching/learning • To disseminate pedagogical and curricular innovations

  6. What does CTE offer? • Workshops and presentations on topics related to teaching and learning (lunch included) • See the calendar of events • Conversations on teaching–related issues (refreshments included) • Teaching Evaluation • The Core

  7. What does CTE offer? • Resource library of videotapes, books, journals on a variety of teaching topics • A Book Club later this year • Videotaping of faculty class presentations to improve teaching techniques

  8. What does CTE offer? • Support for teaching-related programs and initiatives • Mentor for Mission • 2nd year faculty pedagogy workshops • Academic Technology Showcase • Scholarship of Teaching/Learning (SoTL) brown bag lunches • One-on-one consultation • Pedagogical interests or concerns • SoTL projects

  9. What does CTE offer? • Funding of innovations in teaching SoTL grants • Examples • Using Peer Evaluation to enhance writing skills in a core class • Implementation of a team teaching approach to improve student term projects • Active Learning Strategies in Introductory Physics

  10. Visit CTE’s website http://www.lmu.edu/cte • Calendar of upcoming presentations • Access to online pedagogical journals • Information on SoTL projects • Documents needed for innovations in teaching SoTLgrant applications • List of materials in CTElibrary

  11. The Center for Teaching Excellence is the place where faculty can find professional assistance and development in a supportive environment.

  12. CTE is open to your ideas! Please stop by the CTE table tomorrow in the Campus Forum!

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