Wayne State College
The CITE
Director's Welcome
 
Welcome to the Web Site of The CITE at Wayne State College!
 
Wayne State College is proud to have established their Center for Improving Teaching Effectiveness (The CITE). We are 
committed to providing our faculty and those who visit our site the most effective resources we can as a part of the growing instructional development initiatives established by WSC.
 
We welcome feedback and insight into how our site can better serve local faculty and visitors. On our Web site, you can find hot links to some of our favorite Internet resources in higher education,learn about some of our faculty and current development activities or join a disussion on teaching and learning on ACT, one of our current list servs. While our 
Web site is currently in its third phase of development, we hope to become a major portal for our faculty and staff. We are proud to carry on the tradition of service initiated in 1998 by Jeff Johnston and Phil Lewis.
 

 
The services provided by the Center include the following:
     
  • Video analysis and consultation on any aspect of teaching 
  • Video documentation of teaching excellence 
  • Consultation on course preparation, evaluation, activities and materials.
  • Strength-based, mid-term teaching evaluation for teachers who want to adjust course work to better meet student needs. The process incorporates formative evaluation that encourages constructive feedback from students and is done in cooperation with director, faculty peer or administered by the faculty member requesting the service. 
  • Selection of course materials and active learning concepts 
  • Portfolio design for tenure or for student projects and evaluation 
  • Multicultural teaching case studies 
  • Writing consultation on faculty articles and dissertations in progress with consultant or peer groups. 
  • Analysis of teaching in relation to mission and curriculum framework of specific division
  • Consultation on use of instructional technologies in teaching and learning
 
Resources: 
  • Books, handouts, videos, newsletters, bookmarked international (Internet) websites for research
  • VCR/TV for video review 
  • “The Faculty Voice” a quarterly newsletter with articles on and by WSC faculty. 
  • Video recording and editing unit. 
  • WEB site 
  • Advisory Committee on Teaching (ACT) list serv


Jon D Kendall
Interim Director of Instructional Development
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