Excellence in Teaching Program
The Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP),provides faculty (TFA, LTF) and contract academics (CUPE 1 and 2) with opportunities to enhance their teaching and participate in a supportive community of fellow educators.
The ETP is designed to be as flexible as possible while providing meaningful professional development. Whether you want to go all the way through the program or just attend a few focused workshops, if you are an educator at TMU you are welcome in our programming.
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The Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP) for faculty (TFA or LTF) at TMU is designed to give you a clear pathway from introductory workshops through intensive, peer-supported teaching experiences. Progress through the program has five steps:
- Learning: Attend five ETP workshops
- Practice: Participate in the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) and Course Design Retreat (CDR)
- Evaluation: Implement and evaluate changes to teaching practice with the support of the CELT team
- Reflection: Summarize the impact of the ETP on course design and delivery, the benefits to teaching practice, and the changes to be made going forward.
- Recognition: Receive a comprehensive letter of recognition for tenure and promotion dossiers.
Participants in the ETP are required to complete five workshops from the ETP Workshop Series. ETP Workshops are open to the entire teaching community at TMU, and evolve over time to meet the needs and interests of faculty and instructors.
Our workshop offerings are constantly updating. Please check https://www.torontomu.ca/centre-for-excellence-in-learning-and-teaching/workshops-and-events/ or the D2L site for the ETP for more information on our upcoming offerings.
Participants practice their teaching skills in two intensive teaching development experiences: the Instructional Skills Workshop and the Course Design Retreat. These help participants synthesize and apply pedagogical innovations in course design and delivery.
Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)
This 3-day (24-hour) experiential learning workshop focuses on course delivery and facilitation strategies. These include lesson planning, eliciting learner participation, and evaluating learning. Participants experiment with new strategies and techniques in small, collegial groups. Those who complete the ISW receive a certificate that is widely recognized at Canadian and international post-secondary institutions.
Course Design Retreat (CDR)
The two-day Course Design Retreat helps participants to design (or re-design) a course from first principles. Along the way, they learn about setting effective learning goals and designing effective evaluations that support student development.
Following the Course Design Retreat, participants choose an intervention they plan to make in their classroom because of what they’ve learned in the ETP and, in consultation with CELT, plan how to evaluate its effectiveness. This self-evaluation allows participants to see what they’ve learned from the ETP and plan future teaching interventions in a measured, thoughtful way.
At the end of the ETP, faculty reflect on what they have learned in a one-page document. This is used to compose their a letter of recognition from the Vice-Provost, Academic.
Faculty who complete the full Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP) will receive a letter of recognition for tenure and promotion dossiers signed by the Vice-Provost, Academic and the Executive Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
The letter of recognition will outline the specific outcomes achieved in the program, and emphasize the demonstrated impacts of the participants’ teaching practice on student learning and success.
For more information about the ETP, please contact M Dougherty, Educational Developer mdougherty@torontomu.ca
The Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP) for the CUPE contract academics is designed to give you a clear pathway from introductory workshops through intensive, peer-supported teaching experiences. It has four steps:
- Learning: Attend five (5) self-selected Topic-Based Workshops that meet your individualized professional learning goals.
- Practice: A chance to apply your learnings as you participate in two experiential processes.
- Reflection: Engagement in reflective learning, development, and feedback conversations that will help to build your personal Teaching Philosophy
- Recognition: Receiving a virtual recognition badge upon completion of the program.
Participants in the ETP are required to complete five workshops from the ETP Workshop Series. ETP Workshops are open to the entire teaching community, and evolve over time to meet the needs and interests of faculty and instructors.
Our workshop offerings are constantly updating. Please check https://www.torontomu.ca/centre-for-excellence-in-learning-and-teaching/workshops-and-events/ or the D2L site for the ETP for more information on our upcoming offerings.
As part of the ETP, participants take the Instructional Skills Workshop.
After completing their required workshops and the ISW, participants in the ETP reflect on what they have learned by writing and revising a teaching philosophy statement. CUPE members who are working on their teaching philosophies in this stage of the program join asynchronous peer-review groups to give and receive feedback. This is done on the ETP D2L shell whenever a sufficient number of CUPE members are in the Reflection stage.
CUPE academics who complete the full Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP) will receive a virtual badge confirming their participation and completion of the program.
For more information about the ETP, please contact M Dougherty, Educational Developer: mdougherty@torontomu.ca
For more information or questions about the program, contact teachingcentre@torontomu.ca