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Impact

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence — CATE — areas of focus. 1: Instructor teaching development & professional learning. 2: Graduate student & postdoc professional development.

INSTRUCTOR TEACHING DEVELOPMENT & PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

WORKSHOPS

– Teaching Tidbits Workshops
– Departmental Requested Workshops

  • 69 workshops
  • 575 unique participants
  • representing 128 departments

“The content and flow of the sessions were well thought out and engaging.”

INTENSIVE PROGRAMMING
  • 41 participants in the inaugural cohort of the Inclusive Education Scholars Certificate Program
  • 8 Action Research Scholars since the program began

“Small group activities were well structured and yet flexible enough for the group to make it our own.”

ONLINE TEACHING GUIDES & TOOLKITS
  • 17 Teaching Guides & Toolkits available and more added all the time

GRADUATE STUDENT & POSTDOC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

TA TRAINING

– Annual New TA Orientation

  • 363 attendees at the Fall 2022 Orientation

“The whole event was very well organized and presented. I liked the emphasis on diversity and inclusion at UIC. It made me excited to help support the university’s mission.”

ACADEMIC CAREER PREPARATION

– CIRTL@UIC offers teaching PD and academic preparation for grads and postdocs

  • 95 unique CIRTL participants across workshops and programs
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP COLLEGE TEACHING KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

– Foundations of College Instruction (FOCI)

  • FOCI is a 3-course campus certificate offered in partnership with the Grad College

 

*Statistics from the 2021-2022 Needs Assessment Survey

**Statistics from the 2022-2023 year is currently under development