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Teaching and learning are central to the mission of Middlebury College.

Middlebury College is a residential learning community that educates students within the tradition of the liberal arts. We emphasize reflection, discussion, and intensive interactions between students and faculty members. We believe that teaching is a craft, a set of skills and approaches that can continually be refreshed and enhanced.

CTLR is here to work with all faculty to advance their teaching and scholarship through

Teaching Resources
Using a syllabus, advising, course-based tutors, Middlebury programs that support teaching and other shared resources.
Development Opportunities
Annual workshop series and retreats, communities of practice, and other opportunities for mentoring and collaboration.
Funding
Middlebury funding to support teaching, research and scholarship. OGSP supports external funding opportunities.
Research Support
Working with research assistants for all disciplines, as well as programming supporting scholarship.

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CTLR Faculty Updates

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Stories of exciting approaches to teaching by Middlebury faculty and recommended articles, books, and research on teaching and learning.

Upcoming Faculty Development Events

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  • PBL Community of Practice Breakfast Conversations (9/24)

    Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024
    Time: 8:00am - 9:30am
    Location: ShireTown (54 College St)
    Are you practicing Project-Based Learning (PBL) in your work with students or interested in learning more about this pedagogy? If so, please join us for a monthly meeting over breakfast. We’ll cover your meal on Tuesday, September 24th, 8:00 AM (or whenever you can make it) at Shiretown Market.  

  • How to make the mid-course review your MOST valuable teaching strategy (10/1)

    Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
    Time: 4:15pm - 5:15pm
    Organizer: Thomas Preston
    Location: CTLR (Davis Family Library 225)
    Mid-semester check-ins are a useful way for teachers to course-correct at a point where it can make a difference in student learning. Thomas Preston, our colleague from the German Department, returns to the CTLR this Fall with his workshop on taking these mid-semester checks to a new level: collegial mid-course reviews. In this late afternoon session, we will introduce you to the process of conducting a brief, collegial mid-course review with a partner, dispel common feedback anxieties, discuss the program's value, and begin planning visits for faculty pairs this semester. Faculty and students alike have described this process as a transformative experience. Come learn more about it over tea and cookies in the CTLR. Please register by Monday, September 30 at 5 PM.

Faculty Deadlines

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  • Ada Howe Kent Faculty Development Funding Deadline (9/27)

    Date: Friday, September 27, 2024
    Time: All Day Event
    Location:
    The Dean of the Faculty invites applications for Ada Howe Kent grants for academic year 2024-25 (ranging between $2,000 and $4,000) for faculty who are developing new pedagogical directions, new courses, and research projects focused on teaching and pedagogy that would benefit from such support. All members of the faculty are eligible for Ada Howe Kent grants. The funds must be used between October 14, 2024 and September 30, 2025. Ada Howe Kent funding, which is awarded on a competitive basis, is designed to promote faculty members’ ambitions in advancing their teaching and their research about teaching and the learning process. The competition is open to a wide range of proposals including, for example: support for attending conferences and workshops related to teaching, funding for travel to develop materials for new courses or new modules in courses, or tuition to cover costs for training in a skill or an approach that would advance teaching. Individual faculty members, a team of faculty members, and even faculty comprising a department, or a program may submit proposals. The Academic Administration is especially interested in proposals that stretch the expertise of faculty members, enabling them to offer courses or supervise student projects in areas that are new to them. Applicants should provide a current CV and a brief yet detailed summary of the project for which support is sought, together with a calendar and detailed budget. All applications should be submitted via this google form, Ada Howe Kent Faculty Grants.  There will be two rounds of funding. The first deadline will be on Friday, September 27, 2024; the second will be on Friday, January 24, 2025. Some funding will be reserved for the second round, but applicants are advised to submit for the first deadline, if possible. For further information, please contact Jim Ralph (ext. 5320), Grace Spatafora (ext. 5431), or Kathleen Parent (ext. 2207) Ada Howe Kent

  • Conflict Transformation Faculty Research Grants Deadline (10/28)

    Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
    Time: All Day Event
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    The Conflict Transformation Collaborative (CT) invites faculty to apply for 2025 faculty research grants. The deadline to apply is October 28, 2024. Grants typically range from $10,000-$50,000 and can be used toward a variety of research-related expenses, such as travel for interviews or to visit archives; presenting at conferences; open-access publication fees; hiring RAs; collecting data; or summer salary. All full-time Middlebury faculty and research associates are eligible to apply. Additional details and the link to the application can be found on the CT Faculty Research page.