Welcome to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning supports and
sustains a dynamic and energized teaching and learning community
at St. Cloud State University. CETL draws on the expertise of SCSU
faculty and staff to provide the University community with a variety
of programs ranging from one-on-one consulting and mentoring to workshops
and seminars. We create opportunities for probationary, tenured,
fixed term and adjunct faculty to talk, network, and learn from trusted
colleagues. Additionally, CETL sponsors campus visits by national
experts on issues and ideas of interest and importance to SCSU faculty,
staff, and students. CETL strives to promote a culture of inquiry
and empowered critical engagement by providing opportunities for
the University community to explore and debate issues central to
excellence in teaching and learning, and to the professoriate.
Fall Convocation 18-21 August 2009
To Access the Fall Convocation Schedule Click Below
Call for Proposals
Each year, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning sponsors a professional development conference for St. Cloud State University faculty and instructional staff at the beginning of Fall Semester. Through a highly consultative process with various offices and colleges, specific days and times will be pre-set for college and department meetings in addition to other events. Colleges and departments are encouraged to minimize other meetings unrelated to professional development so that faculty can design, propose, and engage in workshops, seminars, presentations, demonstrations, focused discussions, and moderated dialogues related to the topics and issues that define the exigencies we face.
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning seeks proposals for sessions addressing topics, issues, and exigencies related to teaching, learning, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. In particular, CETL seeks individual and group proposals for panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions on topics including but not limited to
- Learning Paradigm College
- Principles and best practices in teaching
- Principles and best practices in teaching with technology
- Best Teacher: Sage on the Stage or Guide on the Side?
- Supplemental Instruction for courses with low student success rate
- Problem-based learning
- Inventions, Innovations, Explorations in teaching
- Facilitating difficult dialogues in the classroom and beyond
- Connecting learning across the disciplines
- Teaching and learning diversity and social justice
- Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary definitions of and approaches to teaching and learning in relation to sustainability, globalization, and civic engagement
- Fostering engaged learning in science, mathematics, engineering and technology
- Foundations of Excellence and First Year Experience
- Active and experiential learning in theory and practice
- Community engagement
- Collaborations for student success
- Sharpening Assessment
- Varieties in forms, venues, collaborations in scholarship
- Academic Freedom and Responsibility
- Re-Awakening Boyer—Types of Scholarship at a Regional Comprehensive State University
- Public Intellectual—Public Scholarship
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Continuing the Conversation about Henderson’s Teaching at the People’s University.
- Conflict resolution in the workplace
- Building social capital
- Infrastructure
To make a proposal, please complete THIS FORM. Proposal forms must be submitted electronically to our office at cetl@stcloudstate.edu or by campus mail to MC 310 by Friday, May 29, 2009.
Upcoming Campus Event
Faculty Technology Institute
Greetings, Colleagues:
CETL, in partnership with Informedia Services, invites you to join us for the first Faculty, Learning, and Technology Summer Institute. We established the dates and designed the following schedule in response to the "needs and interests" indicated by faculty during TECH DAY 09 and through the survey monkey we sent out last week. The days, hours, session contents, and rooms are below, and we have them arranged in a table version in the attached Word document. We realize that this window of time and schedule will not meet the needs of all those who might be interested in the institute. We, therefore, rely upon you to let us know of your interest and your needs so we can continue planning into the future to meet them.
Since this is the first time we have tried this, we are not sure what the actual turnout will be. So, we are not requiring reservations; we will proceed on a first-come-first-serve basis for the first 30 to show up per room. You will note that some sessions run concurrently, so you will have to choose. Given the uncertainty of attendance, we will not be providing lunch, but we will have refreshments available in the morning and afternoon of each day.
Daniel Wildeson, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Professor, Communication Studies Office Phone: 320.308.5282
Polar Explorer Will Steger to Speak on Campus
What? Join us for an interactive evening with Will Steger as he takes us through a firsthand account of global warming over 45 years of polar exploration.
When? April 29th 2009 7:00 PM
Where? Atwood Memorial Center
Click Here for More Information!!
Click Picture for Will Steger's Bio
Past Events
The Players Performance Group presents:
“What I’m Telling You is ‘Yes’”
April 22, 5 pm
April 23, 6:30 pm
Eastman Hall 201
This performance of original SCSU student writing charts difficult experiences in high school that are seldom discussed. Through their own autobiographical writing, the performers depict experiences including depression, sexual orientation, isolation, and sexual assault. The performers then offer strategies from their own lives for positive, hopeful, and supportive strategies for living.
This performance is especially relevant to first and second year students as well as people who are or who are intending to work with high school age students.
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Performances are open to all and are free of charge
The Players Performance Group is part of the Communication Studies Department at St. Cloud State University
Synopsis
An alarming 88% of Americans cite hostility, desk-rage, and workplace incivility as top concerns. How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress will help executives. supervisors, and managers-and the people that work for them-protect pride, profit, and productivity from these disabling emotions and behaviors.
Facilitated By: Fred Hill
Granite Room Atwood Center
April 1, 2009, 12-1pm
Follow Up Book Talks Scheduled for:
April 8th and 15th from 12-1pm in the Oak Room
Synopsis
Universal Design in Higher Education is a comprehensive guide for researchers and practitioners on creating fully accessible college and university programs. As greater numbers of students with disabilities attend postsecondary educational institutions, administrators have expressed increased interest in making their programs accessible to all students. This book provides both theoretical and practical guidance for schools as they work to turn this admirable goal into a reality.. This book will be of unique value to university and college administrators, and to special education researchers, practitioners, and activists.
Facilitated By: Karen Thoms & Gretchen Starks-Martin
Monday, April 20, 2009
12:00 – 1:00
Mississippi Room, Atwood
Click on the poster above to see Conference Schedule.
January Workshop Days Program (PDF)
Bright Ideas
The CETL is always looking for ways to better serve faculty needs and interests in professional development. If you have an idea for a session, workshop, book talk, or other development opportunity, please let us know. Send your idea to cetl@stcloudstate.edu.
