Teaching and Learning Center
The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) inspires and promotes excellence in teaching throughout Drexel University’s diverse learning environments.
The TLC serves a number of critical functions within the institution, including:
- Ensuring positive student learning outcomes through evidence-based teaching.
- Supporting specialized needs of new and part-time faculty hires.
- Implementing teaching practices that accrediting bodies require.
- Increasing the profile of teaching at Drexel through research and scholarship.
- Improving interdisciplinary communication and collaboration across campus.
- Assisting instructors in designing holistic learning experiences that integrate experiential learning, community and industry partnerships and academics.
Goals
Among the goals of the Teaching and Learning Center are to:
- Foster a community of leaders, administrators, and instructors who value the practice and scholarship of teaching and learning.
- Increase participation among all instructors at Drexel University in educational development that is grounded in the art and science of teaching.
- Advance and support the implementation of evidence-based, innovative, and experiential pedagogies at Drexel University.
Join us!
There are a number of ways for faculty to get involved in the Teaching and Learning Center. Every quarter, the TLC hosts a number of workshops open to all, including book groups and special events. The TLC also runs more intensive, cohort-based programs, including the Drexel Teaching Academy and the Drexel Institute for Inclusive and Equitable Teaching.
For resources and programs, check out:
Faculty Flowchart for Student Disengagement and Mental Health
This resource shares action items and suggested language for referring students to support services.
