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Navigating the Path from Eager Graduate Student TA to Successful Teaching Faculty

Dr. Darren Hoffmann
Weds., May 27
Noon-1:00pm
226 Weill Hall
Sandwiches provided
RSVP 5-3990 or cornellcte@cornell.edu

On July 1, 2008, Cornell launched the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). It encompasses three of the units of the former Center for Learning and Teaching: the International Teaching Assistant Development Program, the Teaching Assistant Development Program, and Faculty Instructional Support Program. The CTE emphasizes the importance of life-long learning for the development of outstanding teachers, including faculty members and teaching assistants. The new center strives to strengthen teaching across campus in a multitude of ways, from disseminating research-based best-teaching practices to ensuring that instructors have the support and resources needed to help their students learn better. These programs support graduate students as they begin their careers as well as faculty members as they continually aspire to achieve excellence in teaching.

For Faculty:
3 things you can do
to assist in Cornell's
Accreditation Process

  • The International Teaching Assistant Development Program offers academic programs and courses with small group instruction and individual consultation to international teaching assistants who want to improve their communication and pedagogical skills in American classrooms.
  • The Teaching Assistant (TA) Development Program provides workshops and individual support to teaching assistants to improve their teaching skills.
  • Faculty Instructional Support provides individual assistance to faculty members who want to learn how to be more effective teachers.
  • Future Faculty Teaching Certificate ProgramThe purpose of Cornell’s Future Faculty Program is to provide doctoral students considering academic positions in higher education with advanced teaching and professional development opportunities to become excellent teachers. Participants will receive a Future Faculty Teaching Certificate that reflects their fulfillment of program requirements, their active participation in coursework, workshops and events, and their commitment to teaching excellence.
  • Master Teaching Assistant Program (MTAP)The CTE-MTAP has a dual purpose: 1) To provide current TAs at Cornell opportunities to enhance their teaching skills and, 2) to work collaboratively with CTE staff and faculty and other Master TAs to design and implement teaching programs, events, and resources that foster teaching excellence at Cornell. Upon successful fulfillment of the program's requirements, participants will receive a Master TA Program Certificate.