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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

- William Butler Yeats

The Center for Teaching Excellence and Leadership Development is open to all faculty and provides opportunities for people to come together in various venues to talk about teaching and discover ways to improve their teaching effectiveness. To find out about upcoming events look for postings on the Central Bulletin or come to this web site. The Center for Teaching Excellence and Leadership Development Resource Center is located in 102 Barnard. Books and other materials on pedagogy, program assessment and the scholarship of teaching and learning are available for loan.

Faculty Development Presentation Workshops

Fall Semester Presentations

September 25: Harry Boyte, Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, cofounder of the Institute's nonpartisan Center for Democracy and Citizenship, The University of Minnesota.

(Co-sponsored by the Center for Public Policy and Social Research)

Topic: Civic Engagement

· 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (Founders Hall)

Topic: The Civic Solution: How you can make a difference-Students and their Faculty.

· 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (Connecticut Room)

Topic: Collaborating with others on civic engagement initiatives-Lunch meeting.

· 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Founders Hall):

Topic: Working together on common challenges through community engagement initiatives-CCSU campus and community presentation .

November 4 and 5: William Miller, Interim Director of Outreach Planning and Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Topic: Engaged Scholarship

November 4:

· 12:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m. (Connecticut Room) Meeting with Community Engagement Advisory Council, Lunch included.

· 2:30 p.m. -4:00 p.m. Faculty, School of Arts and Sciences

November 5:

· 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Constitution Room)

· 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m.: Faculty, School of Business

· 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Faculty, School of Education & Professional Studies

· 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Faculty, School of Engineering &Technology

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November 12 and/or 14: Francis Amoroso and Azekah Jennings , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Community Relations Service

Topic: Cultural Awareness and Competency Leadership Workshop

· 9:00a.m. to 12:30p.m. ( Marcus White Living Room)

( RSVP: Yhara Nieto: nietoyhp@students.ccsu.edu )

December 5: Gowri Parameswaran, Chair of the Department of Educational Studies, State University of New York, New Paltz

(Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Equity)

Topic: Teaching Diversity

· 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Marcus White Hall Living Room)

( RSVP: Yhara Nieto: nietoyhp@students.ccsu.edu )

December 12: Student Learning Colloquium

Topic: Teaching with Technology

· 8:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. (Connecticut Room)

Spring Semester Presentations

March 6: Daniel G. Solorzano, Professor of Education, Division of Social Science & Comparative Education, University of California, Los Angeles

(Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Equity)

Topic: Teaching Diversity

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· 9:30 a.m.- 11:30a.m. ( Blue and White room 133)

( RSVP: Yhara Nieto: nietoyhp@students.ccsu.edu )

March 6: Martha Townsend, Associate Professor of English, University of Missouri-Columbia

Topic: Writing Intensive Courses

· 8:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.: (Constitution Room)

April 17: Ike Shibley, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Topics: Math and Science Teaching; College Teaching Academy

· 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Constitution Room ) Science and Math Faculty

· 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Constitution Room) College Teaching Academy

May 14 or 15: Student Learning Colloquium

Topic: Community Engagement

· 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (Connecticut Room)

CTELD Book Club

Book: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die-Heath, D. & Heath, C (2007). Random House: New York.

October 8:

· 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. (1849 Room, 2^nd floor Student Center)

November 5:

· 1:00 p.m.- 2:00p.m. (Clocktower Room, Student Center)

Excellence in Teaching Award Celebration

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) initiatives

CCSU's core membership in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) Leadership Cluster of CT ²(Critical Thinking for Civic Thinking) will promote SoTL efforts to improve student learning in the sciences. Involved faculty will assess the structures of learning objectives in the development of critical thinking and civic thinking. More information on CT ² is available at the Carnegie Foundation's CASTL cluster website. For more information on the CASTL Program contact Stephen Adair.