CTSI Voices

Words from our active, creative and passionate CTSI community:

Sarah Pierce, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Geography, FAS
Having participated in many webinars, workshops, and consultations, I find it difficult to describe how much the CTSI helped me over the last year. I was tasked with teaching six courses this year, none of which I had taught before. In addition, I had to design one of those courses from scratch. I do not think I would have been able to successfully complete the year without the help and feedback I received from the CTSI. Thank you and everyone at CTSI!

Jessica D’eon, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Chemistry, FAS
The SoTL cohort program pushed me to try different mechanisms of assessing the student experience outside of the surveys I had conducted in the past. With these supports I successfully planned and executed a focus group, the results of which highlighted aspects of the laboratory experience that I hadn’t realized were so important to the students.

Ken Tallman, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Communication Coordinator: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, FASE
CTSI helped me immensely in my research by sharing some of its data on teaching effectiveness and explaining its relevancy. CTSI was knowledgeable, accessible, and always professional.

Diane Michaud, Reader Services & Instructional Librarian, UTL
I believe that programs like the TATP are invaluable as they provide future educators with time outside of their immediate practice to reflect on and develop strategies for teaching and learning.