Philosophy and Mission

CTL Staff Members

Focus on Student Learning Speaker Series (FOSL)

CTL News and Views Newsletter

Workshops and Seminars

Assessment at Shepherd University

First-Year Experience

Committees

Minigrants for Faculty and Staff

Sexual Harassment Policy and Action Team

Faculty Learning Community

Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Resources

WebCT

Welcome!
Welcome to the Web site of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Our mission is support teaching excellence and to promote learning experiences both in and outside the classroom.

In an ongoing effort to support instructors and learners, the Center for Teaching and Learning, or CTL, heads up many vibrant pedagogical endeavors on and off Shepherd University's campus. Among our main projects is the Focus on Student Learning series (FOSL). Each semester, the series features presentations by engaging leaders in the world of academic excellence, and mini-workshops guided by professors who have introduced innovative classroom strategies using technology, diversity, and other valuable elements.

The CTL also leads ongoing dialogue and initiatives for change through its facilitation of various committees of staff and faculty on campus. Dr. Patricia Dwyer, Dean for Teaching and Learning, and director of the CTL, leads the New Faculty Learning Community, the First-Year Experience Task Force, the Assessment Task Force, a Title III Steering Committee, the Sexual Harassment Policy and Action Team, and the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable. Each of these groups serves a key role in improving the campus community to create the best possible environment for teaching and learning.

As a way to directly support Shepherd's instructors, the CTL offers faculty development opportunities via enrichment workshops and seminars created and facilitated by Dr. Patricia Dwyer. The CTL also awards stipends and minigrants to fund faculty and staff members for conferences, on-campus projects, and off-campus student learning experiences.

An ongoing project for the CTL is the organization and facilitation of Assessment activities for Shepherd University as a whole. Assessment activities give all of Shepherd's departments, both academic and administrative, an opportunity to take a step back and reflect on the departmental mission. Information gathered during assessment activities has proven vital to the improvement of academic offerings and program planning.

Each semester, the Center for Teaching and Learning publishes the CTL News and Views Newsletter.