{"id":504,"date":"2020-09-16T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/cte\/?page_id=504"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:14:29","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/cte\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"504\" class=\"elementor elementor-504\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de465aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de465aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-445072e\" data-id=\"445072e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d212a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d212a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT US<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d634ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d634ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9864869\" data-id=\"9864869\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f235a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f235a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) was designated to facilitate faculty and staff development and maintain inclusive pedagogical practices that promote quality teaching and learning that result in increased student retention and success.\u00a0 The CTE will provide workshops that meet the current needs of faculty as well as plan for the creation of learning communities, pedagogical journal clubs and the promotion of scholarship and pedagogical research. Additionally, the CTE will provide faculty consultations for improved teaching and assessment developments for student learning.\u00a0 Finally, the CTE will contribute to initiatives directed at organizational development and institutional effectiveness.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><h3><b>Mission<\/b><\/h3><p>The mission of the Center for Teaching Excellence is to support, promote and enhance effective teaching and student learning; encourage the scholarship of teaching and learning and serve as a catalyst for institution-wide high impact learning.\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p><h3><b>Vision<\/b><\/h3><p>To champion the advancement of inclusive teaching, learning and use of technology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/h3><p><b>Goals include increasing academic excellence and student engagement and retention through:<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Inclusive pedagogy<\/li><li>Quality course design for all delivery methods<\/li><li>Innovative use of technology and strategies<\/li><li>Continued professional development for new and existing faculty and teaching assistants<\/li><li>Support and promote pedagogical research<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>History<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Nicholls State Center for Teaching Excellence was established in the fall of 2019 by the office of academic affairs.\u00a0 The center was developed from the 2019 Nicholls State Academic Master Plan Objective 4.2: <i>Promote and reinforce faculty development in new pedagogies and methodologies<\/i>. 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