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Hobart and William Smith Colleges Center for Teaching and Learning

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Center for Teaching and Learning. Susan M. Pliner, Associate dean. Franklin & marshall college September 11, 2012. HISTORY OF THE CTL. Center for Academic Student Success (CASS) Limited student support No faculty development 2005 shifted model to CTL.

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges Center for Teaching and Learning

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  1. Hobart and William Smith Colleges Center for Teaching and Learning Susan M. Pliner, Associate dean Franklin & marshall college September 11, 2012

  2. HISTORY OF THE CTL Center for Academic Student Success (CASS) Limited student support No faculty development 2005 shifted model to CTL

  3. MISSION & MODEL Mission: The Center for Teaching and Learning provides a variety of programs and resources both to promote the love of learning and encourage engagement. Model: 6 FTE Professional Staff 1 FTE Administrative Support Staff Programming for faculty and students Part of the Learning Commons

  4. BENEFITS OF COMBINED MODEL • Holistic approach (i.e. Sourcing and plagiarism – individual student, class workshops, faculty assignment design, Committee on Standards) • Facilitates creativity and innovation • Increases cross-constituent communication and contact • Informs practice • Reduces polarization between faculty and staff • Larger scale/impact projects due to combined staff • Foster collaborations • Faculty to faculty • With departments and across departments • With faculty governance committees • Between faculty and students (and staff)

  5. STUDENT PROGRAMS Teaching Fellows Writing Fellows Study Mentors Study Tables Honors Thesis Programs Senior Symposium Oral Communications Disability Services Eye to Eye Scholarship/Fellowship Preparation

  6. FACULTY PROGRAMS New Faculty Orientation and Programming Reading Groups Mid-Semester Evaluations Faculty Learning Communities Pedagogy Workshops Faculty Grants for Innovative Teaching Course Evaluation Consultations Syllabus Design/Course Design/Assignment Design Assessment Initiatives – Course, Department, Curriculum, and Student Learning Individual Consultation

  7. FACULTY PROGRAMS Publishing Across Disciplines Grant Writing (NSF reviews) Inter-disciplinary Teaching Collaborative Teaching/Learning Community Support Ethics of Teaching Online Integrating Technology into Teaching Research and IRB Process First Year Seminars Course Support Scholarship and Research Trajectories Friday Faculty Scholarly Lunches (Provost/Faculty) Dissertation Writing Group

  8. COLLABORATIONS Media and Society Writing and Rhetoric Committee on Faculty (governance) First-Year Seminar Program Honors Committee Digital Resource Center Library Provost Office Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning

  9. CHALLENGES & WISH LIST • Funding and Staffing • Space • Participation across the life-cycle • Wish List • Quantitative literacy integrated • Assessment specialists • Academic Advising

  10. CTL Student Program Summary 2011-2012

  11. Teaching Fellows 2008-2012

  12. Faculty Program Summary 2011-2012

  13. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU!

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