Welcome
The Crown Center for Teaching (CCT) is a resource for educators who want to expand and hone their teaching toolkits. Crown provides educational development programming for new and experienced faculty, such as New Faculty Orientation, the Mentoring Alliance Program, Instructional Coaching, Educational Learning Communities (ELCs), Blocks of Opportunity, and Crown Workshops. We also collect and disseminate teaching resources (sample syllabi, DocuGuides, policy statements), and offer professional development opportunities, including Faculty Fellowships, Leadership Projects in Teaching and Inquiry, and Scholarly Writing and Research Groups (SWARGs).
Vision & Mission
Our Vision
The CCT mobilizes students, staff, and faculty to collectively cultivate a learning community that co-creates innovative, inspiring, inclusive, and equitable educational experiences.
Our Mission
The CCT aims to do the following through its programming and services:
- To foster curricular innovation through collaborative partnerships between faculty, staff, and students.
- To build educational awareness, knowledge, and skills about innovative pedagogies and curriculum development.
- To provide opportunities to learn and implement evidence-based pedagogies to facilitate dynamic, inclusive, and equitable educational environments across the institution.
- To support educators in varied institutional roles, at different career stages, and working in a multitude of disciplinary areas.
- To promote scholarship across field areas including research on teaching, learning, and educational development.