CETL's programs provide opportunities for deeper engagement, sustained learning, and meaningful connection with colleagues across campus. While workshops and training events offer focused learning experiences, our programs are designed to support ongoing professional growth through collaboration, reflection, and the exchange of ideas.
Whether you're looking to explore a teaching challenge with peers, build a community around shared interests, or engage with innovative approaches to teaching and learning, our programs create space for faculty to learn from one another and grow together. Through faculty-led conversations, collaborative learning experiences, and flexible professional development opportunities, participants can discover new strategies, strengthen their teaching practice, and connect with a supportive network of educators.
From learning communities that foster sustained dialogue and professional growth to short, focused development opportunities that fit into even the busiest schedules, CETL programs are designed to meet faculty where they are and support excellence in teaching, learning, and student success.
Each year, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning sponsors several Learning Communities that bring faculty and staff together for meaningful conversations about teaching, learning, and professional growth. Organized around a shared topic, theme, or book, these communities provide opportunities to explore current issues in higher education, exchange ideas, and learn from colleagues across disciplines. Through discussion, reflection, and the sharing of experiences, participants gain new perspectives and practical strategies that can enhance their work both inside and outside the classroom.
Learning Communities typically meet once a month throughout the semester or academic year, creating space for sustained engagement and deeper exploration than a single workshop can provide. Open to all 老司机传媒 faculty and staff, these groups foster collaboration, connection, and a culture of continuous learning. Whether you are interested in innovative teaching practices, faculty well-being, educational technology, leadership, or student success, Learning
2026-2027 Learning Communities
- Values鈥慏riven Reflection for Resilient Teaching in Higher Education
- Small Teaching: Everday Lesson from the Science of Learning By James Lang
- Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit By Brene Brown
- The Adjunct's Handbook: A Survival Guide for Part-Time and Contingent Faculty By Jan Yager
- Bedtime Stories for Academics: Quibbles and Squabbles at Typical University By Talia Argondezzi
Launching Fall 2026
