The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) promotes your excellence in teaching by getting to know faculty and graduate students, learning together, fostering leadership, and bringing everyone together from across the University. You can reach out to us for consultations, attend virtual or physical workshops, or engage the print and web resources on teaching and academic success. CTE helps you focus on implementing evidence-based, high-impact educational practices within Duquesne's amazing community of teachers and learners.
Whether you're a faculty member or graduate student, CTE helps you to:
- Implement sound instructional strategies focused on student learning by embracing evidence-based pedagogical ideas and a spirit of innovation.
- Create well-designed courses and curriculum that incorporate strong learning-assessment strategies resulting in deep learning.
- Succeed as teacher-scholars engaged in pedagogical development and academic research in whatever stage they are in (tenure-track, tenured, non-tenure track, adjunct, teaching assistants).
- Approach personhood holistically with a view to understanding your students and yourselves as people balancing personal and academic demands.
- Feel like you belong and contribute to a community that values teaching excellence, collaboration and diversity.
Choose from the events and resources offered to determine what best contributes to
your professional and holistic development as an instructor at Duquesne. All Duquesne faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcome to attend CTE's workshops.
You can learn more about our workshops by following the link below. New to Duquesne? The Center for Teaching Excellence offers programs to welcome and
orient you to the teaching community at Duquesne, as well as helping you with the
transition to a new role (e.g., moving from adjunct or TA to full-time faculty). Every year, CTE celebrates the achievements of excellent faculty and graduate student
instructors at Duquesne University. These events allow you an opportunity to formally
celebrate with us and honor the achievements of faculty and graduate student award
recipients (listed below for the most recent academic year) as well as the amazing
support of peer leaders on campus and the hard work of those who have completed their
Certificate of University Teaching. If you want to succeed as a teacher-scholar engaged in pedagogical development and
academic research in whatever stage you are in (tenure-track, tenured, non-tenure
track, adjunct, teaching assistants), CTE has a variety of resources at your disposal
to help. Interested in a professional development certification process for graduate instructors
and teaching assistants? CTE created a certificate process to help build up the foundation
of your teaching competencies as well as understand how to then present your teaching
background as an asset on the academic job market. Each year, CTE forms a committee to review the teaching portfolios of our many talented
graduate student instructors and teaching assistants. You can learn more about the
award and the application process by following the link below. The purpose of the Creative Teaching Awards is to recognize faculty members who have
implemented innovative ways of teaching and have assessed the impact of the innovation
on student learning. The innovation may have been used at other institutions or in
other fields, but must be newly adapted to your field at Duquesne. You can learn more
about this award, previous recipients, and the application process by following the
link below. Events
Recipients of the 2023-24 Creative Teaching Awards are:
The Teacher-Scholar Model
Contact us!
Feel free to reach out to us individually through our contact information here or generally via cte@duq.edu.
Steven Hansen, Ph.D.
Erin Rentschler, Ph.D.
Jeff Lambert, Ph.D.
Bethany Kaser
Center for Teaching Excellence Events
Connections are Everything: How Authentic Relationships Drive Student Success
Research demonstrates that student relationships with faculty, staff, and peers are crucial to academic success and personal well-being in higher education. With the rise of generative AI, human interactions are even more important for motivation, trust, well-being, and meaning-making.
Drawing on al
How to Use Turnitin's AI Detector and Act on its Results
This micro-workshop will discuss the steps to follow to ensure you're correctly using Turnitin's AI detector and will also provide guidance on best practices for acting on the detector's results.
This workshop will be delivered in collaboration with Educational Technology.
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Exploring Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge
CTE Series: Exploring New Books on Teaching and Learning
Certificate of University Teaching Fall Enrollment Session
Learn more about the Certificate of University Teaching (CUT) and the Advanced Certificate of University Teaching (ACUT). These programs offer professional development opportunities that help enrollees grow as teacher-scholars and prepare for faculty careers. They are available for graduate students
Designing AI-Resistant Assignments
This workshop will focus on design tips for generating, or revising, assignments to be less vulnerable to AI misuse.
This workshop will be delivered in collaboration with Educational Technology.
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