Center for Teaching and Learning

Vision: The center will foster and sustain faculty development in the pursuit of exemplary practices in teaching and learning.

Mission: To promote transformative teaching through collaboration and reflection to ensure Sinclair’s diverse students have varied opportunities for developing their potential as members of the global community

Structure: Director (full-time), administrative assistant (full-time), staff support (part-time)

Resources: Institutes, peer observations/mid-term reviews, Café, Fall Conference, Student Engagement Track workshops

CTL Resources

Peer Review/Observation: Used strictly for assessment purposes and to serve as aguide in reflecting about teaching and learning for adjunct faculty.(forms provided)

Mid-term Reviews: Used to gather responses from students about their current instructorand course mid-way through a term. Both adjunct and full-time

facultyare able to request mid-term reviews so that they can makesubstantive changes before the course ends, which will help increasestudent learning. (forms provided)

CLT Resources

The Institutes: - Professional Development Workshops- Offered between terms (3x year currently)- Attended and presented by faculty, staff, and guest

speakers- Workshops are designed to share best practices,

offer technical/software training, provide semester conversion training, such as “The Profession of Being a College Teacher” and “Teaching to the Rhythm of Semesters”, etc.

CTL Resources

Student Engagement Track Sessions: A series of six workshops, staring in October andfinishing in May, used to develop faculty teachingand offered to both adjunct and full-time faculty.

1. Introduction to Student Engagement2. Engaging the Whole Sinclair Student3. Meeting Students Where They Are4. Engagement through Active Learning5. Breaking through and Breaking down Barriers6. Engagement in Motion for YOUR Students

CTL Resources

The Adjunct Certification Course:-Provides an overview of the responsibilities and expectations of adjunctfaculty along with helping faculty recognize learning styles and incorporate effective presentation techniques and teaching strategies, including Service Learning.

-One day training session (9-4:30)-Read and complete on-line material and quizzes-Schedule a peer observation-Visit a full-time faculty member’s class-Complete Peer Review Instructional Observation form and submit to the CTL

(handouts on-line)

CTL ResourcesThe Café:

Mission: Enhance student learning by supporting faculty in their efforts to teach effectively

Objectives: 1. Promote the development of teaching methods2. Provide forums to involve Sinclair community members regarding

effective teaching and learning3. Support current initiatives and pedagogical approaches 4. Help Sinclair community members stay abreast of current pedagogy

research and support work in the scholarship of teaching and learning