• About the TLC
• Inside the TLC
• Steering Committee
• Staff

The TLC reflects the mission of the college in its commitment to student success by cultivating and supporting teaching excellence and innovation in a welcoming, collaborative environment.

Goals Year One:

1. Establish the temporary physical set-up for the Teaching and Learning Center in the Cannell Library
2. Introduce the TLC to the campus
3. Conduct Faculty Development Needs Assessments
4. Establish a New Faculty Development Program for both full- and part-time faculty
5. Establish professional development programs for established faculty based on needs assessments
6. Develop a website for the TLC
7. The Steering Committee will evaluate the goals at the end of each year and make adjustments

Goals Year Two:

1. Continue campus-wide education campaign to inform & promote Learning-Centered College concepts
   • Mary Ellen Weimer will present in October 2007
   • Panel discussion consisting of faculty/staff from Learning Centered Colleges
2. Provide adjunct faculty with professional development opportunities
   • Provide a new adjunct orientation for two hours, once a quarter (fall, winter and spring)
   • Implement three Adjunct Faculty Institutes, each 10 hours in length. Sessions for each institute will be two hours, held over a 10 week period every other week (fall, winter, spring)
3. Provide a new full-time faculty three-day Retreat prior to fall quarter
4. Facilitate the new full-time faculty development program which will meet once a month for two hours over a nine-month period of time
5. Initiate a pilot Faculty Mentoring Program
6. Sponsor a Faculty Speaker Series titled “Sharing Our Knowledge”
7. Schedule monthly conversation/listening cafes
8. Provide individual confidential consultations for faculty
9. Maintain the TLC as a place to share ideas with other faculty in a confidential environment
10. Create and maintain resources supporting excellence in instruction
11. Facilitate the Development of  “Faculty Learning Communities”
12. Provide the “Teaching Squares” opportunity campus-wide

Goals Year Three:

All of the goals in year two AND:

1. Provide technology support and training to enhance teaching and learning
2. Sponsor a Great Teachers summer institute