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Center for Teaching Excellence

Building H - Room 202
1100 S. Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060
(678) 915-3981
cte@spsu.edu

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9:00a.m. - 5:45p.m.
Friday
9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.

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Teaching Fellows

Each Teaching Fellow serves on the CTE Advisory Council and has a major responsibility for either development, research, or programming. 

AY 2013 CTE Teaching Fellows

Professional Development
Jack Zheng jzheng3@spsu.edu 
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)
Adeel Khalid akhalid2@spsu.edu 
Teaching Excellence
Jan Nourollahi jnouroll@spsu.edu 
Advising
Sonia Toson sjohnso6@spsu.edu 
Timothy Zeigler tzeigler@spsu.edu

Responsibilities begin in May 2012 and continue through April 2013.  More information on each position follows.

Teaching Fellow for Professional Development

This individual will focus on coordinating internal professional development for SPSU faculty. Responsibilities include the following:

  • implementing and evaluating the new internal professional development initiative at SPSU
  • identifying the preferences and needs for professional development among faculty
  • developing and coordinating professional development workshops for CTE each semester
  • coordinating the AY 2013 new faculty on-site and online orientation for fall and spring terms based on the programs as developed in AY 2012
  • managing the developed faculty mentoring program at SPSU
  • recommending revisions and improvement for the professional development plan

Teaching Fellow for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

This individual will continue the work done through the 2012 SoTL efforts. Responsibilities include the following:

  • planning and managing SoTL-related workshops and activities for CTE
  • managing program areas including the Book Club and Research Learning Community(RLC)
  • coordinating the SoTL mini-grant project
  • recruiting and encouraging SPSU faculty to undertake SoTL projects
  • collecting, organizing, analyzing, and reporting SoTL evaluations and feedback
  • planning and implementing the SoTL in-house publication
  • recommending processes, programs and recognitions to integrate SoTL into the SPSU community

Teaching Fellow for Teaching Excellence

This individual will focus on designing and implementing programs and activities to assist faculty in improving their teaching. Responsibilities include the following:

  • developing and coordinating a program to provide consultation to individual faculty on improving teaching
  • developing and managing a mid-term survey process to provide faculty with feedback from their students
  • identifying, promoting, and recognizing teaching excellence at SPSU
  • researching and reporting on best practices in teaching excellence

Teaching Fellows for Advising

These individuals will continue the work done with the SSARPG Committee and 2012 Advising Teaching Fellows. Responsibilities include the following:

  • planning and delivery of the required 4-hour Faculty Advisory Training for new faculty
  • developing and delivering the required Advising Update for 2013 in an online format
  • implementing the Master Advisor program
  • planning, development and delivery of advising-related workshops for faculty
  • collecting and analyzing feedback related to faculty advising at SPSU
  • recommending advising plan improvements to the dean’s council