Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Click here for a brief video about CETL.

The mission of the CETL is to promote excellence in teaching by providing assistance to faculty who are investigating ways to inspire learning, to promote innovative teaching programs and to assist faculty reflection and self-evaluation.  

Specific Aims

1. To provide on-going mentoring and development in scholarship of teaching and learning through workshops and interactive learning environments.
2. To provide a basis to advance instructional development through mentoring, peer-coaching, teaching improvement workshops and consultation.
3. To prepare effective leaders who understand formal and informal leadership styles.
4. To promote the acquisition of instructional technology tools. To provide training and support to prepare faculty to use available technology in the presentation of their instruction and research.
5. To create an effective institutional climate that values and rewards education and research, fosters continual learning, commits resources to faculty development programs, and formulates policies and procedures that shape educational excellence and guide faculty behaviors.

Resources for faculty development, including current programs, grant request applications and information can be found on the Blackboard course Faculty Development eCenter, FD101.This BB course is maintained by members of the Faculty Development Committee.

Blackboard

Events

CETL Calendar

Weekly CETL Spotlight

Location: The CETL is located in the Learning Resource Center (Annex A)

Center Hours:

At all other times, please obtain key from Library Front Desk with Life ID
It’s your place! The Faculty Atrium and CETL are available to you whenever the Library is open; present your Life ID at the Library Front Desk to check out the door key.

PERSONNEL INFORMATION

CETL Staff

Kathryn Hoiriis, D.C.
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Professor, College of Chiropractic, Chiropractic Sciences Division

kathryn.hoiriis@life.edu

(770) 426-2639  

Rebecca Wright, Reference Services
Library/ Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
rebecca.wright@life.edu
(770) 426-2688 or (770) 794-3050

Faculty Development Committee (FDC)

Quarterly Meetings are Thursdays Weeks 1,3,5,7, and 9 in the CETL at 11:05 AM

Committee Chair  

Ed Billmire, Ph.D., Professor
College of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Department of Natural Sciences
(770) 426-2733 x 1101
billmire@life.edu

Faculty and Staff Representatives  

Deloss Brubaker, Ph.D.
College of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Department Head
Sport Health Science
brubaker@life.edu
(770) 426-2771 x.1471

Sandy Everage B.S.R.T.(R) (T)
College of Chiropractic
Department Head
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Science
Administration Building
Diagnostic Imaging
severage@life.edu
(770) 426-2670 x 2670

Sandy Pannell, R.T.
Assistant Professor
College of Chiropractic
Department of Clinical Science
Administration Building
Diagnostic Imaging
spannell@life.edu
(770) 426-2672 x.2672  

Michael Headlee, D.C.
Faculty Clinician
Center for Health and Optimum Performance
mheadlee@life.edu
(770) 426-2931

Karen Preston
Electronic Resources Librarian
kpreston@life.edu
(770) 426-2688 x.2690  

Morris Braum, D.C.
Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Affairs
Office of Faculty Affairs
mobraum@life.edu
(770) 426-2704

Ex-officio Committee Member

Kathryn Hoiriis, D.C.
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Professor, College of Chiropractic, Chiropractic Sciences Division
kathryn.hoiriis@life.edu
(770) 426-2639

PARTNERS:
The CETL works closely with the Library and the Office of Sponsored Research and Scholarly Activity to meet its mission. Links to their webpages are:

Library

Sponsored Research and Scholarly Activity (OSRSA)

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