CETL: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

The mission of the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) is to foster faculty innovation and effectiveness by providing professional development related to effective pedagogical and assessment practices. CETL facilitates faculty collaboration across the disciplines in order to sustain communities of practice for the scholarship of teaching and learning. Building on faculty strengths, CETL supports a campus culture that recognizes and values inclusiveness, teaching excellence, and student success.

Goals:

CETL provides faculty development opportunities that support the College's academic initiatives and respond to faculty and student needs.
CETL assesses their efficacy in order to continuously improve.
CETL supports faculty teaching in face-to-face, hybrid, or fully online learning environments.

We look forward to working with you!

CETL Events - Spring 2025

March 6, Conversations Advancing Faculty Effectiveness (CAFE) Equity/OER, 12:00 - 1:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313

March 12: Common Read Social Sciences Symposium (with Faculty from CETYS Mexico), 12:10 – 1:00pm in Library Basement, room 29

March 12: CUR Event, Enhancing Undergraduate Research Success with the COEUR 2.0 Assessment Toolkit, 3:00 - 4:15pm (Virtual)

March 19: Common Read Conversation with Author Wendy Chin-Tanner, 12:00 - 2:00pm in Science Center, room S-111

March 19: Common Read Open Dance Rehearsal, 3:00 - 4:00pm in RFK Building, room 214

March 21: CAFE Inclusive Classrooms, 12:00 - 1:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313

March 28: CAFE Career Connected Learning, 12:00 and OER Collaboration- 1:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313

April 1: WI Recertification Info Session, 12:00 - 1:00pm (Virtual)

April 7: “The Open Classroom: Open Pedagogy, OERs, and Publishing Platforms” event: Informal conversations and coffee, 11:00am – 12:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313; Presentations and Lunch, 12:00 - 2:00pm in Academic Computing Center, Library room 117F

April 8: WI Recertification Info Session, 11:00am - 12:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313

April 10: AI Book Discussion--CANCELLED

April 23: WI Recertification Info Session, 11:00am - 12:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313

April 25: Discussion of the Ethan Mollick book Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, 12:00 - 1:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313

April 30: "Striving for Wisdom in the Use of Data to Advance StudentSuccess” workshop. Facilitator: Dr. Eva Fernandez, 12:30 - 2:00pm in CETL Lab, Library room 313

May 2: Spring Student Symposium, 9:00am - 3:00pm in Medical Arts room M-136

May 8: CUR Event, Author Insights: Implementing an Alternative Model of Undergraduate Research, 3 pm (Virtual)

May 9: "Career-Connected Learning" workshop, 9:00AM - 2:00PM in Student Union Building

May 14: CUR Event, Incorporating Archival Work into Undergraduate Research, 3 pm (Virtual)

May 19: Gardner Institute Event, Teaching During Uncertain Times, Register here, 12:00 - 1:00pm (Virtual)

June 4: CUR Event, Undergraduate Research and the Public Humanities, 1:00 - 2:00pm (Virtual)

Contact Information

CETL Office
Location: L-315
Hours: Check our Office Calendar for drop-in hours or email to schedule a meeting
Email: cetl@qcc.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-281-5082

Maria Mercedes Franco, Ph.D.
Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Email: mfranco@qcc.cuny.edu

Christi Saindon, Ph.D.
Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Email: csaindon@qcc.cuny.edu

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Queensborough Art Gallery exterior in the afternoon

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