Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning focuses on helping faculty create dynamic, engaged learning environments that stimulate student curiosity and intellectual discovery. Whether you’re a first-year faculty member or a tenured professor, the center wants to help you continue to evolve as an educator.
Center resources and support include:
奖助金
The Center for Teaching and Learning provides grants of up to $500 to support faculty activities that foster curricular or pedagogical innovations that will enhance the learning of 浩博体育app students. Below of some example ideas for grant proposals:
- To acquire books to help develop a bold, new course that supports the central curriculum
- To hold a workshop with several colleagues to tackle classroom challenges specific to your discipline
- To attend a conference focused on innovative teaching strategies
授予过程
Grant proposals may be submitted at any time (there is no deadline per se). 中心主任, together with the Center for Teaching and Learning Committee, reviews grant proposals in the order they are received-and awards grants based on the quality of the proposal and the availability of funding.
As specified in the 授予应用程序, recipients must agree to make a brief, on-campus presentation (usually part of a relaxed, informal lunch session) where he or she shares with faculty colleagues the lessons that were gleaned from the grant-supported experience. 以这种方式, the knowledge gained by the grant recipient has the potential to influence other Susquehanna faculty members, thus invigorating teaching and learning across the campus at large.
To be considered for a grant, complete the 授予应用程序 然后提交给 Nabeel西迪基, assistant professor of communications, via email at siddiqui@vilapoucadeaguiar.net 阿普费鲍姆(115).
Teaching Circles and Mentoring
A variety of faculty networks provide a forum for Susquehanna professors to share their experiences and seek advice from one another-while at the same time building collegiality. These various peer networks, described below, have one important element in common. All of them emphasize flexibility-that is, participating faculty determine how frequently to meet and what pedagogical topics to discuss.
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教学界. 教师 are paired with two or three peers. Cells meet periodically to discuss teaching tactics, classroom challenges etc. Cells can be formed within or across disciplines, depending on the preference of the participants.
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指导的关系. For newer faculty who want to avail themselves to the advice of an experienced instructor, the Center for Teaching and Learning suggests a one-on-one mentor relationship.
If you are interested in participating in any of these programs, contact Nabeel西迪基, assistant professor of communications. The center can match interested participants with one another, suggest discussion topics and fund activities that encourage peer-to-peer dialogue.
研讨会
The center frequently hosts workshops and lunches where faculty can learn about teaching strategies and share ideas. Invitations are sent via email and events are promoted on the e-newsletter. 建议一个研讨会主题.
咨询
If faced with a teaching challenge or classroom concern that is specific to your department, consider inviting the center to sit down and discuss it. The center can investigate what printed resources are available on the subject. 也, the center might be able to provide a department-specific workshop that is tailored to address the issue. Set up a consultation meeting.
其他服务
- Support development of Central Curriculum courses
- Provide books and articles about teaching
- Meet with individual instructors
- Observe classroom interaction
For more information, contact Nabeel西迪基, assistant professor of communications.