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Transforming Education Through Collaboration: History and Benefits of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

Learn about the transformation of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and how its collaborative model benefits students and faculty. Explore the range of programs offered, from Teaching Fellows to Faculty Grants for Innovative Teaching.

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Transforming Education Through Collaboration: History and Benefits of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

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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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