Faculty Instructional Services Center
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The Faculty Instructional Services Center provides instructors with valuable resources for improving their teaching effectiveness. Services include confidential course observation and consultation on teaching, student course assessments, as well as seminars and workshops, and a clearinghouse for information about research and innovation in higher education. All of the resources of the CTD are available to faculty. Additional services are available upon request.
Consultation
CTD Consultation Services include Individual Consultation as well as Course Consultation. Individual Consultation includes a feedback conference with a CTD staff member following observation of the instructor's teaching methods as well as a review and analysis of student feedback. Course consultation provides instructors with valuable resources for improving their teaching effectiveness.
Individualized Report of Teaching Effectiveness (PDF) (Word)
Because it is difficult to evaluate a faculty member's teaching effectiveness based on a single visit to a classroom supplemented by student responses to questionnaire questions, the Center for Teaching Development has developed an approach to evaluation based on an in-depth analysis of several components of the teaching process; namely, preparation, implementation, and evaluation. See the following example of an actual faculty development report provided with permission of the faculty member requesting this report. These services are available to faculty upon request.
Student Course Assessments
CTD offers a series of questionnaires available for download if you are interested in receiving customized student feedback for your course(s).
Seminars and Workshops
CTD a series of seminars and workshops to supplement a faculty member's teaching needs.
The Professor’s Practice: Part One: Teaching
This handbook was created for the new instructor who generally comes to a research
university like UCSD with considerable training and expertise in research, with
perhaps less experience in teaching. The purpose of this handbook is to provide
information that can be useful as you plan your own approach to teaching. It can
be used to supplement information and advice you receive from colleagues and mentors
in your department. If you would like further assistance with any aspect of teaching,
please contact the Center for Teaching Development at ctd@ucsd.edu.
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Center for Teaching Development
9500 Gilman Drive
Center Hall 307
La Jolla, CA 92093-0030
Phone: (858) 534-6767
Fax: (858) 822-0318
