Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Mission Statement: Foster excellence in teaching and support for faculty.
Vision Statement: The vision of the Casper College Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment is to empower faculty to create transformative learning experiences that prepare students to thrive in a complex and interconnected world. The center will aim to foster experiential teaching in an environment where faculty can achieve their full potential. This will be accomplished through:
Professional Development:
- Opportunities for faculty to increase their own pedagogical and scholarly knowledge to directly impact student engagement and learning;
- Opportunities during orientation, roundtable discussions, workshops, and faculty seminars, CTLA will offer faculty information, presentations, and resources to support and improve instructional skills and assessment of student learning;
- Research-based study that fosters academic engagement, learning, and success for all students;
- Support the development of experiential learning opportunities for students.
Comprehensive Mentoring:
- The CTLA will promote a culture of innovative teaching, active involvement, and scholarly pursuits by using a comprehensive approach to mentoring faculty, from faculty arrival and throughout their career at CC;
- Cohort luncheons, portfolio development workshops, roundtable discussions, and one- on-one consultations; CTLA will support faculty in an ongoing, flexible manner that is responsive to individual needs.
Community & Collaboration:
- CTLA values interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty and seeks to further the mission through a variety of events that foster communication and a sense of community;
- Monthly/semester faculty seminars and a yearly Faculty Appreciation Week, CTLA will provide institutional and informal opportunities for faculty to learn from one another.
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Contact Information
Renee Griffith, Director, M.A. Ed.
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Liesinger Hall, Room 198A
Phone: 307.268.2428
renee.griffith@caspercollege.
