Join us Friday, May 10 at 4:30 pm on the waterfront (Semans-Griswold) for a reception with members of the Board of Visitors and Governors and a celebration of teaching and learning at Washington College, co-hosted with the Associate Dean of Faculty. Selected colleagues will share informally some recent achievements and development in the areas of collaborative teaching, community engagement, experiential learning, innovation, and scholarship into teaching. Preview the banners you will see at the celebration (and thereafter around campus). And below, you can review with us a robust year of discussions, programs, and workshops in which you have joined with Cromwell CTL.
Mission
Established in 2013, the Barbara and George Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington College advances the practice and scholarship of teaching and learning across the liberal arts and sciences. The CTL supports the development of Washington College’s learning community, initiates programs and activities that enrich and sustain reflective teaching, and facilitates partnerships and collaborations with a broad range of groups and colleagues both on campus and across the country. The Center cultivates an institutional climate that values, rewards, and supports the teacher-scholars of Washington College throughout their careers. In our programs and communications, we focus on encouraging innovation, fostering inclusion, and building communities of teacher-scholars.
Selected Cromwell CTL Events and Programs: 2023-2024
- Book Club: Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom (Hogan and Sathy).
- Lunch discussions plus virtual Q&A with the authors.
- Fall 2024 book selection: Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge (Cavanaugh)
- Cromwell Award for Innovation in Teaching (2024)
- Cromwell Fellowships
- Cromwell Learning Communities
- Alternative Grading
- Civic and Community Engagement
- Data Across the Curriculum
- Facutly/Staff Writing (co-hosted with the Writing Center and Writing Program)
- Mental Health and Wellness
- Discussions and Workshops
- Learning Accommodations and Disability Access
- Conducting Peer Observations
- Academic Integrity and AI (student panel)
- Supporting Student Learning and Wellness
- Brian Fair: Free Speech and Hate Speech
- Free Speech and Inclusion
- PEN America Campus for All faculty and staff retreat
- Coming Fall 2024: PEN America workshops for students