The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) promotes your excellence in teaching by getting to know faculty and graduate students, learning together, fostering leadership, and bringing everyone together from across the University. You can reach out to us for consultations, attend virtual or physical workshops, or engage the print and web resources on teaching and academic success. CTE helps you focus on implementing evidence-based, high-impact educational practices within Duquesne's amazing community of teachers and learners.
Whether you're a faculty member or graduate student, CTE helps you to:
- Implement sound instructional strategies focused on student learning by embracing evidence-based pedagogical ideas and a spirit of innovation.
- Create well-designed courses and curriculum that incorporate strong learning-assessment strategies resulting in deep learning.
- Succeed as teacher-scholars engaged in pedagogical development and academic research in whatever stage they are in (tenure-track, tenured, non-tenure track, adjunct, teaching assistants).
- Approach personhood holistically with a view to understanding your students and yourselves as people balancing personal and academic demands.
- Feel like you belong and contribute to a community that values teaching excellence, collaboration and diversity.
Choose from the events and resources offered to determine what best contributes to
your professional and holistic development as an instructor at Duquesne. All Duquesne faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcome to attend CTE's workshops.
You can learn more about our workshops by following the link below. New to Duquesne? The Center for Teaching Excellence offers programs to welcome and
orient you to the teaching community at Duquesne, as well as helping you with the
transition to a new role (e.g., moving from adjunct or TA to full-time faculty). Every year, CTE celebrates the achievements of excellent faculty and graduate student
instructors at Duquesne University. These events allow you an opportunity to formally
celebrate with us and honor the achievements of faculty and graduate student award
recipients (listed below for the most recent academic year) as well as the amazing
support of peer leaders on campus and the hard work of those who have completed their
Certificate of University Teaching. If you want to succeed as a teacher-scholar engaged in pedagogical development and
academic research in whatever stage you are in (tenure-track, tenured, non-tenure
track, adjunct, teaching assistants), CTE has a variety of resources at your disposal
to help. Interested in a professional development certification process for graduate instructors
and teaching assistants? CTE created a certificate process to help build up the foundation
of your teaching competencies as well as understand how to then present your teaching
background as an asset on the academic job market. Each year, CTE forms a committee to review the teaching portfolios of our many talented
graduate student instructors and teaching assistants. You can learn more about the
award and the application process by following the link below. The purpose of the Creative Teaching Awards is to recognize faculty members who have
implemented innovative ways of teaching and have assessed the impact of the innovation
on student learning. The innovation may have been used at other institutions or in
other fields, but must be newly adapted to your field at Duquesne. You can learn more
about this award, previous recipients, and the application process by following the
link below. Events
Recipients of the 2023-24 Creative Teaching Awards are:
The Teacher-Scholar Model
Contact us!
Feel free to reach out to us individually through our contact information here or generally via cte@duq.edu.
Steven Hansen, Ph.D.
Erin Rentschler, Ph.D.
Jeff Lambert, Ph.D.
Bethany Kaser
Center for Teaching Excellence Events
Email Management Strategies to Maximize Productivity
facilitated by Jim Purdy, Writing Center and English Department
Do you feel overwhelmed by writing and reading emails? Does attention to email take time away from your scholarly and teaching pursuits? This workshop will provide faculty and teaching assistants with approaches for responding to this pe
Ecosystems for High-Performing Teams: Transforming Classrooms into Learning Communities
Connecting Content and Skills - A Mini Series on Developing Career Ready Students
Developing Critical Thinking and Communication Skills in Course-based Assignments
Connecting Content and Skills - A Mini Series on Developing Career Ready Students
The skills students develop in their courses are just as important as the content—but skills can sometimes be harder for students to recognize and articulate. Faculty across campus are helping students build confiden
Preparing Students for the 'Real World': Integrating Professionalism in the Classroom
Connecting Content and Skills - A Mini Series on Developing Career Ready Students
The skills students develop in their courses are just as important as the content—but skills can sometimes be harder for students to recognize and articulate. Faculty across campus are helping students build confiden
Embrace the W, Part 3: Planning a Writing-Enriched Course
Facilitated by Jim Purdy, Writing Center and English