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Center for Teaching and Learning

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

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Center for Teaching and Learning

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  1. 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

  2. CTL Resources Peer Review/Observation: Used strictly for assessment purposes and to serve as a guide in reflecting about teaching and learning for adjunct faculty. (forms provided) Mid-term Reviews: Used to gather responses from students about their current instructor and course mid-way through a term. Both adjunct and full-time faculty are able to request mid-term reviews so that they can make substantive changes before the course ends, which will help increase student learning. (forms provided)

  3. 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.

  4. CTL Resources Student Engagement Track Sessions: A series of six workshops, staring in October and finishing in May, used to develop faculty teaching and offered to both adjunct and full-time faculty. • Introduction to Student Engagement • Engaging the Whole Sinclair Student • Meeting Students Where They Are • Engagement through Active Learning • Breaking through and Breaking down Barriers • Engagement in Motion for YOUR Students

  5. CTL Resources The Adjunct Certification Course: -Provides an overview of the responsibilities and expectations of adjunct faculty 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)

  6. CTL Resources The Café: Mission: Enhance student learning by supporting faculty in their efforts to teach effectively Objectives: • Promote the development of teaching methods • Provide forums to involve Sinclair community members regarding effective teaching and learning • Support current initiatives and pedagogical approaches • Help Sinclair community members stay abreast of current pedagogy research and support work in the scholarship of teaching and learning

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