By fostering discussions about teaching, CTL encourages instructors to reflect on their own practices, to gain new insights, and to learn new ideas and strategies from each other.
Resources for your teaching abound at Penn. CTL’s website and staff can help link you to that support.
CTL staff are available to consult with faculty, lecturers and TAs about any aspect of teaching and can observe and provide feedback on classes.
By fostering discussions about teaching, CTL encourages instructors to reflect on their own practices, to gain new insights, and to learn new ideas and strategies from each other.
Resources for your teaching abound at Penn. CTL’s website and staff can help link you to that support.
CTL staff are available to consult with faculty, lecturers and TAs about any aspect of teaching and can observe and provide feedback on classes.
By fostering discussions about teaching, CTL encourages instructors to reflect on their own practices, to gain new insights, and to learn new ideas and strategies from each other.
Designing Your Own Course
Friday, February 10 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Professor Sharrona Pearl, CommunicationLearn more »
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Annenberg School for Communication and so may…
Conversation on Teaching Nursing: What We Test and How We Test It
Monday, February 13 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Learn more »
Conversations on Teaching Nursing are opportunities for Nursing faculty to come together for interactive discussions about teaching. Facilitated by Center…
Engineering Faculty Teaching Forum: Teaching Effectively with TAs
Wednesday, February 15 | 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Professors Russ Composto, Materials Science and Engineering, and Susan Margulies, BioengineeringLearn more »
The Engineering Faculty Teaching Forum brings together faculty from across SEAS for informal conversations about teaching. Each discussion focuses on…
Helping Struggling Students
Wednesday, February 15 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Jennifer Gerrish CTL Graduate Fellow, Classical StudiesLearn more »
Most instructors find their students, even the best ones, struggling with a range of problems : reading overload, test-taking anxiety,…
Do we still have to teach literary formalism?
Friday, February 17 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Professors Gerry Prince, French; Suvir Kaul, English; Max Cavitch, English and Andrea Goulet, FrenchLearn more »
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Comparative Literature department and so may be…
Events & Workshops
- Designing Your Own Course Friday, February 10 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
- Conversation on Teaching Nursing:… Monday, February 13 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Engineering Faculty Teaching Forum:… Wednesday, February 15 | 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
grad student workshops » faculty discussions »
Our Mission
The Center for Teaching and Learning promotes teaching excellence at the University of Pennsylvania. For instructors at all levels — from senior faculty to teaching assistants — CTL offers individual teaching consultations, workshops, and discussions in which instructors talk with and learn from each other. more »
Teaching Resources
CTL can connect you with information about teaching as Penn and with resources to help you do so effectively and efficiently. more »
Programs & Services
Faculty Programs
Faculty and instructors at all levels can participate in CTL’s programs, including teaching workshops, conversations and individual consultations. more »
Graduate Student Programs
CTL works with graduate students to help them improve their teaching at Penn and prepare to become faculty in the future. more »
Teaching certificate
The CTL Teaching Certificate provides Penn doctoral students with support to hone and reflect upon their teaching, and with recognition of their commitment to developing as teachers. more »
Consultation & Observation
Instructors at all levels can consult with CTL individually about teaching. CTL staff can confer with instructors about their teaching in general, about specific questions or strategies, and can observe and discuss classes. more »
Highlights
Become a TA Trainer Applications are now being accepted for graduate students interested in helping to train new TAs.