The Center for Teaching Excellence at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York

1. The Center for Teaching Excellence at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York

2. Office of Academic Affairs, Senior Vice President George L Sanchez The CTE Team Dr. Harriet Shenkman, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence Mr. Richard Martinez Video/Media Specialist Mr. Rocky KabirTechnology Tutor Ms. Chrystal Joseph Administrative Assistant Ms. Kenia Torres Activities Assistant

3. Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Board Laura Broughton Biology Medical Lab Technology Department Grace Cukras Education & Reading Department Diane D'Alessio Education & Reading Department Anthony Durante Chemistry Department Marilyn Gagion Business & Information Systems Melissa Gonzalez Student Development J. Juechter Institutional Development Carlos Liachovitzky Biology Medical Lab Technology Ellen Mareneck Communication Arts & Sciences Department Helen Papas-kavalis Nursing & Allied Health Sciences Department Nadine Posner Office of Academics Affairs Stephen Powers Education & Reading Department Phyllis Read English Department Nancy Ritze Institutional Research & Planning Office Janet Robertson Writing Center Tamar Rothenberg History Department Christina Sassi- Lehner English Department Lynne Ticke Social Sciences Department Mary Lou McNichol Health, Physical Education & Wellness Department Natalia Novak Mathematics Department Vaso Thomas (Interim Director) Social Sciences Department Jacqueline Polanco Social Sciences Department Aurora Brito Career and Transfer Office Geraldine Burghart Nursing & Allied Health Department Grace Campagna Social Sciences Department

4. Center for Teaching Excellence mission • To develop communities of practice around teaching and learning challenges and opportunities • To foster growth in individual teaching capacities throughout a faculty member’s professional career • To support interdisciplinary and cross-campus collaboration • To guide academic and career departments in exploring goals, objectives and teaching proficiencies • To foster a campus environment where learning about learning is a central, valued, and an ongoing process

5. CTE DAY Diversity Training Brown Bag Discussions Learning Communities Integrated Skills Reinforcement Assessment Tool Workshop New Faculty Seminars CTE General Education Initiative Continuum of Greatness Global Learning Virtual Women’s Hall of Fame Quantitative Reasoning Across the Curriculum Adjunct Faculty Workshops Writing Across the Curriculum

6. At BCC, faculty members and writing fellows participate in monthly WAC professional development seminars. The seminars offer participants the opportunities to: • Develop or redesign course syllabi • Develop WAC-based classroom assignments • Discuss teaching and learning successes and challenges • Discuss shared texts concerning WAC theories and practices • Share teaching philosophies and ideas about how students learn Contacts:Dr. Lynne Ticke (718) 289-5667 Dr. Tamar Rothenberg (718) 289-5735

7. New Faculty Seminars Seminars include informational presentations, group discussions and interactive workshops that introduce faculty to college resources in support of their: • Acclimatization to the Campus • Professional Development • Best Teaching Practices The camaraderie and collegial support that develop in the seminars foster the integration of new faculty into the college community. Contact:Dr. Harriet Shenkman,CTE Director

8. ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS Assessment tools are explored to enhance professional growth and development at CTE Day, 2009 • Rubrics: Roadmap for Success – Prof. Geraldine Burghart • The scientific  method in PSY 11 - going beyond variables and hypotheses – Prof. Grace Campagna • Quantitative reasoning: module-specific and course-wide assessment tools – Profs.Laura Broughton, Carlos Liachovitzky • Reflective assessments in WAC – Writing Fellows • Rubrics – Prof. Rex Butt -

9. Career and Professional Coaching for the Workplace • Faculty involved who teach key courses in Dietetics and Nutrition, Education and Human Services, and Paralegal Departments • Discussions focused on the needs of the students in each discipline to prepare them for jobs and positions in their prospective profession • Faculty design five-week modules in their course providing opportunities for students to reflect upon their prospective career through various oral and written activities and projects. contact: Professor Diane D’Alessio, 718-289-5687

10. Learning community for eighteen faculty and counselors working together to find best pedagogical practices • Intentional restructuring of student and faculty time to build community and support networks for students • Fosters more explicit connections between students, between students and faculty, between faculty and counselors, and between developmental learning and academic disciplines • Academic content and developmental skills are integrated First -Year Learning Community Contact: Dr. Harriet Shenkman, CTE Director (Dr. Donna Kessler-Eng, Interim Director)

11. Adjunct Faculty Workshops • CUE Adjunct Training in Developmental Writing, Reading and Mathematics • Blackboard Integration • Teaching Strategies • New Curriculum Contact: Professors G. Cukras, A. McInerney, T. Sedore

12. The goal of the Quantitative Reasoning Initiative is to provide more continuity to the teaching and reinforcement of quantitative reasoning skills in basic science such as beginning courses in biology and chemistry. • Faculty have developed innovative modules in various relevant quantitative tasks Contact: Dr. Laura Broughton (718) 289-5522

13. We use this national historic site as a catalyst for intellectual inquiry and learning • We challenge students to pose questions to promote an understanding of the evolution of our society • We use this understanding to develop and practice civic responsibility • Faculty scholars research historic figures and create materials Hall of Fame--Continuum of Greatness Initiative Contact: Dr. Harriet Shenkman, CTE Director

14. Continuum Projects • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars • Continuum Poster Contest • Faculty Research of Hall of Fame Honorees • Reading Curriculum Materials • Virtual Women’s Hall of Fame • Student Digital Stories

15. Integrated Skills Reinforcement (ISR) Integrates the following skills into courses across the curriculum: • Communication skills of writing, reading, listening, and speaking • Researching information that will enhance the students’ term papers and field reports • Applying technology to college work • Critical thinking and problem solving Emphasis is placed upon early assessment of the students’ communication skills, as well as student/teacher assessment of assignments given during the semester. Contact:Prof. Phyllis Read (718) 289-5737

16. LETME • The Reading, Learning and Thinking Seminar is a semester-long examination of teaching innovations based upon learning theories • Participants explore and experiment with learning and teaching strategies based upon cognitive science that can be easily infused into instruction across the disciplines Contact:Dr. Harriet Shenkman, CTE Director

17. Academic Smorgasbord Brown Bag Series • Members of the CTE Advisory Board lead interested participants in discussing a broad range of academic and professional issues • Each event is an hour long • Faculty bring their own lunch For more details, please contact the Center for Teaching Excellence, Ext. 5075

18. The Scholarship of Teaching: Faculty Development Through Cross-Campus Collaboration • A collection of faculty writings on teaching and learning • Twenty-two professors from Bronx Community College, Lehman College and Hostos Community College write about a journey of inquiry stimulated and informed by faculty development opportunities they experienced • Published Fall 2007

19. Cross-College Connections Collaborative Faculty Development with CUNY Colleges Bronx Community College Title V Collaborations CUNY CTE Directors CUNY Publications Gen Ed Conferences SOTL Program CUNY Colleges