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

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…Well, here we are…

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

CTE’s MissionCTE’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.

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.

CTE’s GoalsCTE’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

What does CTE offer?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

What does CTE offer?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

What does CTE offer?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

What does CTE offer?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

Visit CTE’s website http://www.lmu.edu/cte

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 SoTL grant applications List of materials in CTE library

The Center for Teaching Excellence is the place where faculty can find

professional assistance and development in a supportive

environment.

The Center for Teaching Excellence is the place where faculty can find

professional assistance and development in a supportive

environment.

CTE is open to your ideas!CTE is open to your ideas!

Please stop by the CTE table tomorrow in the Campus Forum!