FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

"The teacher must not confuse Information with Education, otherwise the student may become a well-taught but wholly unlearning individual."  S.E. Whitnall, 1933

The goal of Faculty Development and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is to encourage, support, share, and applaud innovative teaching and learning methods.  Faculty and staff share techniques in/and discuss critical thinking, active learning, instructional technology, writing, assessment of student learning, and best practices.  We also seek to cultivate community bonds between students, staff, faculty, and the administration.

This web site is owned by the Anoka-Ramsey Community College Faculty Association; it is maintained by the Faculty Development Committee and CTL leadership team.  All  faculty members are invited to contribute to this site by sending comments to any of your faculty representatives for your campus.  The purpose of this site is to improve communication among faculty about resources and opportunities for professional development. It is also a center for improving teaching not only through conferences, workshops, and seminars, but also through on-going exchanges of ideas and practices and a sharing of talents and expertise.  One helpful site for ideas is ARCC's Best Practices for Course Design.  Be sure to visit this site when planning for courses.