Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching & Learning Excellence (CASTLE) | Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching & Learning Excellence (CASTLE)

CASTLE

Center for the Advancement of STEM
Teaching and Learning Excellence

RESOURCES

Due to the coronavirus, many Drexel students are experiencing learning online for the first time and faculty and staff may be unfamiliar with teaching remotely and engaging with students online. CASTLE has collected tips and suggestions to help faculty, staff and students interact online successfully. Click on the PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES tab for more information.

PROFESS

“I think it’s incredibly valuable for us to have the CASTLE center at Drexel. The PROFESS program allows us to go out there and think more deeply about the way we design learning experiences.”Daniel Christe, MS in Mechanical Engineering

HHMI

This is my third time being a peer mentor and I think the experience just gets better! I like being able to talk to the students and let them vent their frustrations, as well as helping them with advice about life... I feel that I really have developed a connection with my students and I really like that.” Nicole Naranjo, BA in Biology

Drexel CIRTL

“CASTLE is the reason that students like me are going to become fantastic, revolutionary teachers in other departments once we graduate from here.”Meghan Barrett, PhD Candidate in Biology

CIRTL GRFLC

CIRTL and CASTLE collaborated to launch the NSF-funded Online Learning Community on Teaching and Learning for NSF Graduate Research Fellows (GRFLC)

CASTLE stands in solidarity with the movement to dismantle systemic racism and promote equity and inclusivity. As a community, we are reflecting on our work, ways we can continue to learn about these issues, and how to increase our active support of others in their learning about these issues. We are also committing to additional actions to promote inclusivity within academia and STEM education specifically. #BlackLivesMatter

Who We Are

We are scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and educators. We are Drexel community members, and we are members of the Philadelphia community. Above all, we are citizens. We understand that a successful society is dependent on an educated citizenry, and we know the importance of evidence-based education.

Initiatives

CASTLE has several funded initiatives aimed at improving STEM Teaching and Learning at the undergraduate, graduate and faculty levels

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News

CASTLE leads the effort to promote inclusive teaching in STEM with new HHMI award
11/30/22

$1.1 Million Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant Will Support Drexel’s Efforts to Create a More Inclusive Learning Environment for STEM Students.
Adam Fontecchio Elected Director of CIRTL
03/07/22
Fontecchio will lead the national research network preparing future faculty as it transitions from PI-model of project leadership to an organization run on sociocratic principles.
CIRTL and CASTLE collaborate to launch Online Learning Community on Teaching and Learning for NSF Graduate Research Fellows
07/19/21
The CIRTL NSF GRFLC is an NSF-funded Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative to broaden CIRTL’s national impact by supporting STEM teaching and learning professional development for GRFs. CIRTL network co-leaders from Drexel University, Adam Fontecchio and Jennifer Stanford, who are the Director and Co-Director of The Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE), spearheaded this initiative.

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