Welcome to the Gordon State College Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning!
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) supports Gordon State College faculty by providing professional development opportunities related to their roles as teachers, scholars, practitioners, and leaders throughout their various career stages. The faculty lead program serves as an institution-wide resource. Its focus is on cultivating a culture of teaching and learning excellence, supporting innovative teaching practices, openly discussing cutting-edge issues in higher education, and encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty teaching face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses to increase student success. To learn more about the history of CETL at Gordon State, please check out our history page.
CETL offers faculty development programs throughout the academic year. To learn more about specific options, please visit the programs and workshops tab for information about upcoming events and registration information:
Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) – FLCs are faculty lead small groups that focus on specific areas of need to the GSC community. This could include types of pedagogy, strategic initiatives for the college, or current topics in higher education.
Lunch and Learn (LL) – LLs meet once a month in September, October, November, February, March, and April with all six sessions focusing on a specific area of faculty training.
Workshops – Workshops are stand-alone one-time events given at various times throughout the academic year to support faculty development initiatives.
Open Classroom Days (OCD) – OCDs are held in the Spring to help faculty observe how other colleagues use their teaching skills to engage students in various styles of classes. OCDs are given for face-to-face and hybrid courses only.
Tech-free Tuesdays (TT) – TTs are an opportunity to tune off all technology while engaging in personal pedagogy: reading a new book or text that might be useful next term, reviewing an article on high impact practices within a specific field, grading a stack of essays, editing a manuscript or book chapter. Whatever the need is, TTs allow faculty to have a quiet place to come work where no phones, laptops, or other tech is used during the time.
Student Success and Teaching Summit – Each spring, faculty members engage in a Student Success and Teaching Summit dedicated to teaching and learning practices focusing on relevant topics in higher education today. The all-day event features a variety of talks and workshops ranging from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
For more information, please contact CETL’s faculty coordinator:
Dr. Dereth Drake-Scheuermann
ddrake@gordonstate.edu