Do you want to recognize a Georgia College & State University instructor who has positively impacted your life? If so, the Center for Teaching and Learning can help. By completing the Thank-a-Teacher @ GCSU form, you can tell us how a GCSU instructor has helped you reach your goals. We will celebrate them by sending them a letter and certificate on your behalf. Your words of thanks help us recognize their positive impact.Follow this link to complete the Thank-a-Teacher @ GCSU form...
At the Center for Teaching and Learning, we know how much instructors contribute to student success inside and outside the classroom. We formally launched the Thank-a-Teacher initiative in fall 2021 to recognize this impact. This initiative allows students to express gratitude to instructors who have made a positive difference in their educational journey. Since the program's start, hundreds of student nominations have highlighted the dedication of Georgia College & State University...
Join us for “We’re on the Same Side: Meeting Students as Fellow Humans,” a session devoted to highlighting small, practical ideas and strategies that can help promote mental well-being for faculty and students, develop and support meaningful faculty-student and student-student relationships, and create more connected (and hopefully engaged) classrooms. Bring your ideas and strategies that you’ve used in the classroom to make teaching and learning feel less like pulling teeth or punishing...
Join us for “We’re on the Same Side: Meeting Students as Fellow Humans,” a session devoted to highlighting small, practical ideas and strategies that can help promote mental well-being for faculty and students, develop and support meaningful faculty-student and student-student relationships, and create more connected (and hopefully engaged) classrooms. Bring your ideas and strategies that you’ve used in the classroom to make teaching and learning feel less like pulling teeth or punishing...
Please see the October issue of Elevate to Celebrate for more information on:Introducing Active LearningPutting Active Learning into Action: Kathy HillJoyful Learning, Lasting Impact: Gina TownerExplore the CTL Special CollectionNews from the LibraryNews from IT
The Small-group Instructional Diagnosis' goal is to provide faculty with important feedback that helps them adjust their teaching and improve student learning outcomes. It also allows faculty to reflect on and document critical teaching behaviors. This process, vetted in research, supports the continuous quality improvement of teaching and learning and shows our continued commitment to creating innovative learning environments, high-impact pedagogies and meaningful student-faculty...
Your feedback matters! We value your feedback and invite you to complete your Fall Term 2025 course evaluations. The survey period opens Nov. 20 and closes Dec. 8. Every survey is confidential, and your thoughtful responses regarding the instructional aspects of the course provide faculty with insights about course effectiveness and give insight into future improvements for the course and programs.Your instructor may set aside time in class to complete the surveys. Any device with...
Now is a great time to consider ways to build on your strengths as an instructor! The goal of Peer Feedback on Teaching is to provide support to help you improve the quality of learning in your classroom. Deliberate, continuous improvement of one's teaching is one of the great joys of being a professor. Our trained observers enjoy working with you as you develop and continuously improve your teaching skills. This process takes a cross-disciplinary approach, pairing you with one (1)...
Now is a great time to consider ways to build on your strengths as an instructor! The goal of Peer Feedback on Teaching is to provide support to help you improve the quality of learning in your classroom. Deliberate, continuous improvement of one's teaching is one of the great joys of being a professor. Our trained observers enjoy working with you as you develop and continuously improve your teaching skills. This process takes a cross-disciplinary approach, pairing you with one (1)...
The Objective Selection Form opens on Oct. 16 for the fall 2025 semester through Dec. 7. The OSF allows faculty to identify targeted learning objectives to measure teaching effectiveness and faculty response to the OSF drives summative results on the Student Rating of Instruction Survey. The primary indicator of teaching effectiveness is how well students rate their progress on learning objectives that faculty mark as important or essential on the OSF. Since every course is different,...