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CTL – Fac...

CTL – Faculty Development Center


Supporting an interconnected teaching-learning process
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  • Meet the Team
  • Sharing Pedagogy & Supporting Scholarship
    • Data Analysis with R and Tidyverse
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    • ChatGPT and other Generative AI in Higher Ed
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    • Formative Assessment
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    • Student Groupwork
    • Trauma-Informed Pedagogy
Contact the Center for Teaching & Learning
Sullivan Academic Center
Suite S-117
cteachlearn@worcester.edu
508-929-8796

The CTL: Faculty Development Center provides support, tools, and inspiration to improve the interconnected teaching-learning process. We facilitate lifelong learning – faculty development – in higher education teaching through innovative, creative, and evidence-based practices.

Need more information or details on a CTL event or resource? Contact cteachlearn@worcester.edu

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Note: a Worcester State login may be required.

Programs & Resources

Faculty Career & Leadership Institute Programs

The Institute aims to resource faculty throughout their entire career while targeting needs at specific points of transition. The Institute houses early career, mid career, and senior faculty programs that include mentoring, DEI support, peer-based group learning opportunities and more.

Teaching Resources & Strategies Guides

Explore our guides to expand your teaching toolkit and perhaps even be inspired!

Sharing Pedagogy & Supporting Scholarship

We bring faculty together to share pedagogy best practices and celebrate teaching and scholarship achievements. CTL sponsors the Shared Scholarship Series, Alden Teaching Award, Visiting and Adjunct Professor Awards, DEI Pedagogy Series, and multiple teaching and research grant programs.

Faculty Mentoring Community

We encourage all faculty to get to know our faculty mentoring community. We will help you find and connect with a network of faculty mentors. Whether you are interested in mentoring or being mentored, this is a great opportunity to find your people, build community, and make connections at WSU and beyond.

Consultation Services

The CTL offers 1-1 consultation sessions. If you have have teaching and learning topic or concern that you would like to explore, contact Julie Boisselle at jboisselle@worcester.edu.

Faculty Learning Communities

Faculty learning communities (or "CoLabs") are cross-disciplinary groups of faculty members who meet for a year at a time to study specific topics in teaching and learning. Each group follows a self-defined pathway focused on shared inquiry to enhance student and instructor experiences. Learning communities for "FYS," "Mid Career," or those interested in "AI in Higher Ed" are currently active. Contact us at cteachlearn@wsu.edu if you would like to learn more or propose a new community.

Summer & Winter Institutes

CTL organizes faculty development institutes semi-annually on Professional Development Days which typically fall just before final exams. Recent themes include "College Belonging," "Who's in Your Neighborhood," “Integrative Learning,” “Learning-Centered Teaching,” “LASC: Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum,” “Community Building in the Classroom, on Campus, and Beyond,” and “Ways of Knowing: Promoting a Culture of Inclusion.”

Alden Excellence in Teaching Award

More information including previous recipients

Welcome to the Center: Faculty-Centered Space

  • The center’s library is your source for books, videos, and articles related to teaching and learning:

    Access the Collection

    Note: first time users will need to request permission to access the collection inventory database.

    As a faculty member, you are welcome to borrow books from the center’s library. We also have several examples of completed tenure binders to serve as a resource during your tenure and promotion process.

  • Try out something different! From the Teaching Toolkit, you can borrow materials such as whiteboards, a magnetic poetry kit, Bananagrams, active learning activity packets, and Bloom’s aid for writing SLO’s.

  • CTL can accommodate 10 people, with flexible tables and chairs and a large LCD. You’ll also find a nook with upholstered seating to grab quiet time in-between classes. Stop by for a quick cup of coffee. Faculty may use their “OneCards” to gain access.

Advisory Board

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Jeremy Andreatta
Professor
jandreatta@worcester.edu
508-929-8719
410D

Department: Chemistry

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Daron Barnard
Professor
dbarnard@worcester.edu
508-929-8143
310C

Department: Biology

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Juliet Boisselle
Staff Associate
jboisselle@worcester.edu
508-929-8386
117

Department: Academic Affairs

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Mary Fowler
Professor
mfowler@worcester.edu
508-929-8576
145F

Department: Mathematics

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Maria Fung
Professor
mfung@worcester.edu
508-929-8517
145D

Department: Mathematics

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Aleel Grennan
Associate Professor
agrennan@worcester.edu
508-929-8571
ST-310E

Department: Biology

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Pamela Hollander
Associate Professor, Chair
phollander@worcester.edu
508-929-8347
227D

Department: Education

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Benjamin Jee
Associate Professor
bjee@worcester.edu
508-929-8747
241D

Department: Psychology

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Eric Nichols
Assistant Professor
enichols@worcester.edu
508-929-8015
305A

Department: Communication

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Jeffry Nichols
Professor
jnichols@worcester.edu
508-929-8465
410E

Department: Chemistry

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Francis Olive
Associate Professor
folive@worcester.edu
508-929-8365
120I

Department: Criminal Justice

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Samantha Scripture
Assistant Professor, Graduate Coordinator - MS SLP
sscripture@worcester.edu
508-929-8562
122J

Department: Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

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Brittany Severance
Assistant Professor
bseverance@worcester.edu
508-929-8326
303A

Department: Communication

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Emily Soltano
Professor
esoltano@worcester.edu
508-929-8764
241C

Department: Psychology

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Colleen Sullivan
Professor
csullivan21@worcester.edu
508-929-8803
241E

Department: Psychology

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Henry Theriault
Associate Provost
htheriault@worcester.edu
508-929-8938
361

Department: Academic Affairs

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