Center for Teaching Excellence

Best Practices for Online Teaching

Migrating courses for online delivery

The mission of the Center for Teaching Excellence is to foster the enhancement of teaching excellence in all its forms.

We seek to provide constructive and developmental mechanisms for nurturing the excellence in teaching which already exists at IUP. These mechanisms will honor our differences and build on our strengths.

Reflective Practice discussion

Reflective Practice

A professor teaches an economics class.

Teaching Resources

A professor using an ipad advises a student.

Advising


Professors take part in Promotion Box Night

Programs and Services

Dean Yaw Asamoah presents professor Dan Weinstein with an award

Faculty Showcase, Awards and Grants

Events are held to welcome new faculty.

New Faculty Support

Faculty Café

The Faculty Café is a place for all IUP faculty to mingle with each other online and serves as a space to engage in professional development related to teaching and learning.

Support IUP Students

When you make a gift in support of the Center for Teaching Excellence, you invest in the world's next generation of leaders. Scholarships and program support create the best possible student experience.

Support Our Students

News

Center for Teaching Excellence Advances Advising

Associate Director of Advising Erin Conlin describes new platform IUP Advise and the way it strengthens and streamlines advising.

  • Laura Ramie
  • 08 September 2021

Transformative Texts Reflective Practice Large Group Meeting

The Center for Teaching Excellence Reflective Practice Large Group Meeting, Transformative Texts, will be presented Wednesday, February 17. This interactive workshop introduces participants to the ideas and approaches of transformative text teaching. It is an opportunity to consider how to incorporate such texts across all disciplines.

  • 27 January 2021

The IUP String Project: An Outstanding High-Impact Practice

This video highlights the IUP String Project. The video, directed by Linda Jennings, associate professor in the Department of Music, showcases great teaching practice that integrates service learning for exceptional instruction and experiential educational opportunities for IUP students.  

  • 21 January 2021

Save the Dates: Faculty Wellness Workshop Spring Series

Funded by state APSCUF, the Spring Faculty Wellness Workshop Series offers seven sessions that will draw  upon shared readings, reflection, and the skills of faculty, staff, and nationally known consultants to promote personal wellness and build resilience in the face of challenges and change. 

  • 13 January 2021

Register Early for Faculty Wellness Workshop Series to Receive Books Prior to Spring Semester

The Center for Teaching Excellence is offering a Faculty Wellness Workshop Series, seven sessions that will draw  upon shared readings, reflection, and the skills of nationally known consultants, as well as IUP faculty and staff, to promote personal wellness and build resilience in the face of challenges and change. Register by December 9 to receive books prior to spring semester.

  • 07 December 2020

Events

  • Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Rachel DeSoto-Jackson, Director
    103 Stabley Library
    429 South Eleventh Street
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-7800