The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) and Office of Faculty Advancement (OFA) have teamed up to launch the New Dragons Faculty Learning Community (FLC). The New Dragons FLC supports faculty who started in a full-time position at Drexel University within the previous three years. Participants explore the crucial role faculty play in supporting Drexel’s mission to prepare graduates of diverse backgrounds to become purpose-driven professionals and agents for positive change.

This past winter term the Teaching and Learning Center launched two new ongoing programs; The Thank a Teacher program and the Drexel Institute for Inclusive and Equitable Teaching, through a partnership with Office for Institutional Equity and Inclusive Culture.

Beginning in January 2021 Valerie Klein, Associate Clinical Professor and Program Director for the teacher certification pathways within Drexel’s School of Education (SoE) will serve as the Teaching and Learning Center’s Interim Associate Director. Klein’s previous experience includes working for the Math Forum where she implemented professional development workshops, both in person and online, that provided support to teachers as they worked to develop their own mathematical thinking and implement meaningful problem-solving experiences for students in their classrooms.