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Teaching and Learning Toolkit

Created By:
Achieving the Dream (ATD) in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere November 2020

Topic: Effective Teaching Practices Evidence-based Teaching Practices Professional Development

Role: Administrator Faculty

A Research-Based Guide to Building a Culture of Teaching and Learning Excellence

Grounded in research and informed by the strong work of many of our network colleges, we have designed this resource to support college teams in building institutional capacity in teaching and learning. This Toolkit synthesizes research from the field and stories from our colleges and offers you and your team a vast array of worksheets and planning templates to take this work forward at your institution. Our goal is that college teams of faculty, faculty/educational developers, Student Affairs professionals, and Academic Affairs leaders will use this resource as you collaborate to change your institutional culture. ATD colleges have worked hard over the past 15 years to build cultures of evidence. It is now time to build on that foundation as we build cultures of excellence in teaching and learning. We hope this Toolkit will offer a roadmap as you strengthen your work in this key capacity area.

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Recommended citation:

Eynon, B. and Iuzzini, J. (2020, September 15) Teaching & Learning Toolkit: A Research-Based Guide to Building a Culture of Teaching & Learning Excellence. Achieving the Dream. https://www.achievingthedream.org/teachinglearningtoolkit

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