We support faculty development by providing resources and professional growth opportunities to support teaching goals.
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is committed to supporting new faculty. In addition to the many services available to all faculty, the CETL offers the following resources for new faculty.
Blackboard Basics Training
A self-paced training course in Blackboard is available to help you become familiar with using Blackboard in your course. New faculty can be enrolled as students in the course. Contact cetl@txwes.edu for questions or more information.
CETL Book Library
The CETL's library contains several books on teaching and learning topics for faculty checkout. View the available books for checkout.
| Date | Event | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Learning Summit | The Science of Learning...and Why It Matters--Josh Eyler, Ph.D. |
| 2018 | Summer Institute | Resources and References |
| 2017 | Fall Kickoff | Equity and Excellence for all students: Metacognition is the Key |
| 2016 | Summer Institute | Highlighting Faculty - Share Your Ideas |
Use the Course Workload Estimator to estimate the rigor of your assignments.
Active learning doesn't always require reworking your syllabus. Read the book review for Hitting Pause and learn more on the effectiveness of using lecture breaks to activate student engagement with lecture material.
Being transparent in teaching and learning means more than just delivering a great lesson. Students need help seeing what academic success looks like and how to achieve it. Create assignments that explicitly show students the process of the how and the what of learning.