CTL Programs and Events

The Center for Teaching and Learning organizes a number of programs and events for faculty each semester.

These programs seek to provide faculty opportunities to exchange ideas regarding teaching and learning with each other and with outside experts.

Unless otherwise noted, the following programs are open to all full-time and part-time faculty at Stonehill. Please contact the CTL with any questions.

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT DAY -- a day-long series of programs devoted to curricular and faculty development (held every semester)

FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES -- a pilot program that brings small groups of faculty together for semester-long conversations about various classroom topics.

FACULTY/LIBRARIAN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM -- a program meant to encourage better collaboration between faculty and librarians

NEW FACULTY SEMINAR -- a monthly lunchtime seminar for all new full-time faculty

OPEN CLASSROOM INITIATIVE -- a program meant to encourage faculty to visit each other's classes.

PRE-TENURE RETREAT -- a retreat organized each spring for all faculty on the tenure track

SOTL WRITING RETREAT -- a summer retreat for faculty interested in working on a SOTL research project.

SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS SERIES -- a series of roundtables and workshops meant to address ways faculty can better work with students with disabilities as well as students with emotional and other psychological challenges

TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES SEMINAR -- a semester-long seminar open to all Stonehill faculty (application required)

WRITING PEDAGOGY BROWN BAGS -- informal discussions on the teaching of writing organized for faculty offering First Year Writing Seminars, but open to all faculty

Past Programs:

SOTL RESEARCH METHODS SERIES -- a series of faculty-led discussions about how different research methods can ben applied to classroom-based research on teaching and pedagogy.

TEACHING ROUNDTABLES -- faculty-led conversations about various teaching topics

TEACHING SQUARES -- an opportunity to visit the classes of three other faculty members at Stonehill