About CTE

CTE's approach is supportive and formative in nature; and instructor participation is voluntary. Interactions between CTE personnel and instructors are confidential, non-evaluative, and separate from the university's formal assessment process.

At CTE, we: 

• Prioritize community-building opportunities with an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and sense of belonging 
• Provide high-quality, energizing educational development opportunities and resources focused on evidence-based and scholarly-informed pedagogical approaches and strategies
• Leverage faculty expertise and experience to promote interdisciplinarity and effective teaching
• Encourage and facilitate deliberate improvement and assessment of course content and methods of instruction, appreciating the learning, growth, and change processes involved
• Value, integrate, engage in, and advance the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)
• Resource faculty to advance innovative projects and initiatives
• Promote student and instructor well-being for a flourishing learning environment
• Recognize the importance of appreciation and celebration for effective teaching
• Continuously engage in organizational evaluation of CTE's operations, campus communication, and offerings in ways that are both forward-looking and responsive