Please Note: Effective August 30, 2011, the main office for the Center for Teaching and Faculty Development is located in Administration Building 452.

Plan ahead! Excellence happens by design, and the more time invested in structuring the course and preparing for the lessons, the better. Consider what prerequisites are essential for student success. Implement Universal Design for Learning into your course structure. UDL helps remove learning barriers for all students. Ensure that all directions, guidelines, policies, grading criteria, readings, and resources are accessible and available to students in more than a single place and format. Understand your students, your target audience. Be aware of special needs, special interests,...
Include in the syllabus guidelines for respectful interaction among everyone and model that respect. In the first few sessions, take time to solicit from students what they perceive as justice or equity issues related to the subject of the course and invite them to identify which ones are the most urgent. Use this information to develop subsequent lessons and student assignments. Create community service components as requirements for the class, and ensure that reflection on experience is a critical part of the assignment. Compare and contrast notions of justice historically and...

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Faculty Development Opportunities

A list of great development opportunities available on and off campus. This list is regularly updated as new opportunities arise.

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New on the CTFD Website

Recent additions and revisions to the CTFD website, including new teaching and professional development tutorials, tips and faculty resources.

In-Depth Pedagogy

A robust collection of modules and tutorials on a variety of important teaching topics, designed for deeper support of pedagogical issues.

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Universal Design for Learning

Make your course concepts accessible for all your students. Find out how easy it is to implement UDL in all of your courses with these resources.

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