Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Elliott Hall, Room 200A
275 Varner Drive
Rochester,
Michigan
48309-4485
(location map)
(248) 370-2751
cetl@oakland.edu
About CETL
The mission of CETL is to support, promote and enhance student, faculty and university success in our diverse academic community. CETL enhances student success and learning by supporting the overall success of the faculty and the university community through pedagogical, professional and leadership development opportunities.
CETL Strategic Plan 2016-2020
Cultivating a Culture of Success for All Students, Faculty, University Community through Pedagogical, Professional and Leadership Development Opportunities
It is with great pride and gratitude that the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Oakland University presents our Strategic Plan 2016-2021. Our strategic plan is our way of actualizing the Oakland University Strategic Plan, and in particular Goal #1: Foster student success through a robust teaching and learning environment and comprehensive student services. This strategic plan represents the growth and evolution of CETL since the center’s inception five years ago from focusing solely on faculty development to one that embraces a culture of success for students, faculty, and the institution at large.
Read our guiding statements below, and review the entire CETL Strategic Plan for 2016-2021.
Our CETL Diversity Plan (2019) identifies diversity goals mapped out in the CETL Strategic Plan and articulates additional goals to promote inclusive and culturally competent classrooms and faculty spaces.
The mission of CETL is to support, promote and enhance student, faculty and university success in our diverse academic community. CETL enhances student success and learning by supporting the overall success of the faculty and the university community through pedagogical, professional and leadership development opportunities.
- CETL enhances student success by providing pedagogical development on exemplary learning and teaching grounded in evidence-based practices. CETL works in partnership with the University community to promote Oakland University’s Strategic Goal #1: “to foster student success through a robust teaching and learning environment with comprehensive student support services.” In addition to retention and program completion as measures of student success, CETL aims to promote a university culture that values and promotes deep learning, which moves beyond content knowledge to include critical decision-making, effective communication, personal and professional dispositions, and conflict management skills. Deep learning fosters resilient, life-long learners who are productive and engaged global citizens.
- CETL provides support for faculty success through professional development. CETL views faculty success as one necessary component for student success. In addition to providing opportunities to develop their pedagogical practices and create student-centered learning environments, we support the total professional wellness of OU faculty and graduate students. We provide faculty members support throughout their academic career, including their transition into the university and academic lives, their mid-career engagement, and their roles as leaders in the university, profession, and community.
- CETL provides support to enrich the success of the University as an institution through leadership development. CETL promotes the University’s success by collaborating with other units and programs to execute its strategic plan. CETL aspires to facilitate an integrated umbrella of services to enhance organizational and academic leadership across the institution.
Cultivate CETL success: In order for CETL to support student, faculty and institutional success, we need to ensure the overall success of CETL’s ongoing programs and future goals. In addition to ongoing Center operations, marketing, communication, needs assessments, and evaluation and impact of our programs, additional resources (staff positions and funding) and the Provost’s support will be required to meet aspirational goals.
- Fabia Battistuzzi, CAS
- Diane Baldwin, Community Engagement
- Kristine Thompson, SHS
- Caterina Pieri, CAS
- Darrin Hanna, SECS
- Nic Bongers, e-LIS
- Kristine Condic- Kresge Libraries
- Claudia Grobbel, SON
- Kyeorda Kemp, OUWBSOM
- Rachel Smydra, CAS
- Mark Isken, SBA
- Chiaoning Su, CAS
- Lori Ostergaard, CAS
- Charlene Hayden, CAS, CETL Faculty Fellow
- Tomoko Wakabayashi, SEHS
- Jeff Youngquist, CAS, Chair Fellow
- Sarah Hosch, Faculty Director, CETL
- Christina Moore, Associate Director, CETL
- Mona Rau-Stamos, Administrative Assistant, CETL
CETL's Year at a Glance: 2020-2021
This quick, visual overview shows highlights from our 9th annual report, which reviews Center activity from July 2020-June 2021.