Announcements
Stay updated with our latest announcements about events, programs, initiatives, resources, open calls for proposals, and more.
We moved to Scott House!!
The Director of Faculty Success and the full CTLE team moved to a new location this summer. We are now located in the Scott House built in 1911. You can find us at 909 West Franklin street in the white mansion with columns located next to the Provost's house.
CTLE Collaboration: Leaders for Inclusive Learning
The College of Humanities and Sciences yearlong program "Leaders for Inclusive Learning" (LIL) was recently featured by VCU news. This story truly highlights the good work of the faculty who participated in this program. Kim Case, our Director of Faculty Success, was part of the planning leadership team that developed the LIL program. This transformational approach is precisely what we love to support as your partner on campus!
IDEAS Scholars Awardees!
IDEAS Scholars are faculty from selected disciplines who will curate teaching resources regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and social justice. Our IDEAS Scholars awardees are:
- Laura Frankart, Pharmacy
- Susan Coombes, Management and Entrepreneurship
- Saleema Karim, Health Administration
- Heather Nunnally, Mathematics
Thanks to a grant from the POD Network, the VCU CTLE is able to support this group of IDEAS Scholars.
2022-2023 CTLE Faculty Fellows
Welcome to our incoming faculty fellows! Dr. Jennifer Joy-Gaba, Associate Professor of Psychology, is returning for her second year as a fellow with a focus on effective pedagogies. Dr. Brian P. Brown, Professor of Marketing, will join us with a focus on The Write Track programs to support faculty forward progress in their scholarship. Stay tuned for more from our fellows.
Mythbusters Campaign
Higher education professionals still believe quite a few myths connected to the field of faculty development, effective support for faculty career success and pedagogical excellence. These myths include whom we serve, how we support faculty and institutional needs, and who we are. Unfortunately, these myths can create barriers to faculty engagement with our support services and programs.
The VCU Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence developed the Mythbusters campaign to help distinguish between myths and facts.
Congratulations to VCU's summer 2022 Faculty Success Program Cohort!
The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences are excited to introduce this year's most recent awardees for the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development Faculty Success Program (FSP)--Rachel Gomez, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Foundations of Education, School of Education; Hermine Maes, Ph.D,Professor of Human and Molecular Genetics and Psychiatry, Member of Massey Cancer Center, and Wendy Rodgers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Special Education, School of Education. They are part of a larger group of awardees who share a common interest in research on issues of health equity. You can learn more about this year's cohort of awardees here.
Director of Faculty Success Kim Case elected as incoming chair for the Virginia Educational Developers Collaborative
Kim Case, VCU's Director for Faculty Success, has been elected to lead the Virginia Educational Developers Collaborative (VEDC). She will serve on the VEDC executive board for three years from 2022-2024, first as chair elect, then chair, then past chair. VEDC is a state-wide network for educational developers designed to support professional growth, foster cross-institutional collaboration, promote equity, and aid in the advancement of pedagogical, scholarly, and creative activities.
VCU's CTLE and The Write Track featured in a podcast!
Episode 10 of "Centering Centers", a POD Network podcast that explores the work of Centers of Teaching and Learning and the vision and insights of educational developers in higher education. This episode features Kim Case, Director of Faculty Success, and Sharon Zumbrunn, Provost Faculty Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence.
2022 Teaching Excellence Symposia Keynotes
The CTLE hosted two symposia this spring, on March 25 and April 1, 2022. The March 25 Keynote, by Michael Forder (VCU) and Jessica Kulak (U Buffalo), was “Maintaining Course Quality and Integrity Between Multiple Modalities.” The speakers pondered the challenge of concurrent t
eaching in face-to-face and online sections of a cours, explore questions that instructors might consider when designing for multiple modalities, and look at a process and set of guides for designing courses with both student and faculty interests in mind.
On Friday, April 1, our keynote speaker Dr. Rebecca Covarrubias discussed “Pedagogical Shifts Toward Recognizing the Cultural Wealth of Minoritized Students.” Pedagogical approaches in U.S. systems of higher education privilege the cultural capital – knowledge, skills, and lived experiences – of dominant groups. This cultural privileging renders invaluable the cultural strengths and capital of racially- and economically-minoritized students. She discussed research findings that document the ways in which some pedagogical approaches misrecognize the capital of minoritized students and how everyday meaningful shifts in our pedagogy can better affirm the cultural wealth of our students.
Did you miss some or all of our symposia? If so, you can access the recordings and additional information from our symposium page.
CTLE named as Champion of Accessibility
From VCU's Transforming Accessibility Initiative team:
"The Champions of Accessibility Award, now in its third year, is VCU's top honor for faculty, staff, students, and community partners
who demonstrate exemplary dedication to improving access and inclusion. These awards are bestowed annually to individuals and teams whose contributions to our community members with disabilities, chronic health/medical/mental health conditions, and physical or sensory impairments make a profound and lasting impact. This year, the awards focus on outstanding contributions to improving accessibility and continuity of care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The efforts of the entire CTLE team and dedication truly stood out in this regard, leading to the nomination and selection to receive this award."
Guide to writing anti-racism syllabus statements
This guide was developed as a collaborative effort between the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success, and additional units across VCU. Contributors include both non-Black People of Color and white individuals who engage in and produce anti-racism scholarship and pedagogy.