The Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation promotes a culture of effective pedagogy and scholarship that supports faculty through activities such as mentoring, providing resources and programs, and sharing best practices.
Offered Benefits
Apply for one of our faculty grants to promote innovation in teaching.
- Offers programs which engage faculty in continuous improvement of teaching;
- Provides both formal and informal support for faculty teaching at all stages of their careers;
- Fosters collegiality, community, and peer support around teaching;
- Encourages faculty to explore new teaching methods and technologies; and
- Identifies, shares and advocates for research based teaching practices
To advance these initiatives, CTEI offers workshops, grants, one-on-one consultations, and peer evaluations of teaching.
Library Resources and Links
Design or redesign effective courses with clarity and alignment.
Explore course structure, outcomes, syllabi, and assignments:
- Understanding by Design / Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
- Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses / L. Dee Fink
- Design for How People Learn / Julie Dirksen
- Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes / Flower Darby, James M. Lang
Increase student engagement and participation in every class.
Explore strategies that get students doing the learning:
Assess learning fairly and improve student performance.
Explore better ways to test, grade, and give feedback:
Create learning environment where all students can succeed.
Explore accessibility, belonging, and equity practices:
Strengthen your teaching practice through innovation over time.
Explore reflection, feedback, and professional development:
Meet the Executive Director
Lisa Zawilinski has been a faculty member in the education department in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions since 2011. In July 2020, she began directing the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI).
“I am excited to work alongside faculty as we continue to develop our expertise in teaching and learning,” Lisa says.