Teaching Enhancement Program

The Teaching Enhancement Program at the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence offers a variety of programs to assist faculty, adjunct faculty and graduate teaching assistants in meeting their teaching objectives. Contact the CTE at 977-3944 or cte@slu.edu to learn more about any of the services listed below.

Teaching Certificates
The Center enhances the quality of undergraduate and graduate education by offering two certificates for graduate students and faculty: the Participation Certificate in University Teaching Skills and the more comprehensive Certificate in University Teaching Skills. Visit the Certificate page.

Teaching Consultations
Graduate teaching assistants and faculty may arrange confidential consultations with the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence staff to analyze teaching, set goals, and modify teaching strategies.

Midterm Feedback Sessions and Small Group Instructional Feedback
The Center staff is available to facilitate midterm student feedback session s including small group instructional feedback (SGIF) for interested faculty members. SGIF uses small group discussion among students to provide confidential information on what is going well and suggestions for improvement in a class.

Book/Journal Club
The Center sponsors a Book/Journal Club. Generally each semester the Club reads and discusses one book or collection readings on teaching. Last year’s selection was Making Time, Making Change, Avoiding Overload in College Teaching by Douglas Robertson.

Pre-Tenured Faculty Portfolio Development Retreat
The Center hosts an annual retreat each spring for pre-tenured faculty to come together to analyze, reflect and organize evidence of good teaching, research and service into academic portfolio. Participants leave with a draft of their academic portfolio that illustrates their professional expertise and efforts to improve. Click here to read a report on how previous participants have benefited from the annual retreat.

Difficult Dialogues
The Center offers the services of an interactive theatre troupe to address the skills necessary to deal with difficult conversations or behaviors in the classroom. The Difficult Dialogue troupe will perform for and interact with the classroom or audience in resolving a particular interpersonal communication challenge. During the spring 2008 semester, the theme of the play will be on maintaining civility in the classroom.

Last updated 03.26.08

Beth Hill, Ph.D.
Program Director for
Teaching Enhancement
977-3485
bhill7@slu.edu

Resources
Classroom Civility and Management

Integrative Learning
Helping Students Make Connections Across the Curriculum

Universal Instructional Design Leveling the playing field for all students

Podcasts on Teaching

The Adjunct Page

Book & Video Collection
CTE encourages faculty to explore books and videos on teaching by maintaining a growing library on the subject. Note that the list includes call numbers for the books available through Pius XII Library.
Book Holdings
Video Holdings
Online Videos

POD Articles
CTE has obtained access for SLU network users to
full-length articles written for the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) by faculty who are interested in issues of pedagogy. As an organization, POD is devoted to developing competent advisors, teachers, and leaders in higher education. The articles discuss cutting edge issues related to teaching at a university. Contact Dr. Mary Stephen at 977-2197 for more information.