what is the Center for teaching excellence?

Maintaining an ongoing dialogue about good teaching is done through seminars,
workshops, individual counseling, and course assessment activities with individuals,
departments, and colleges and schools. CTE supports their improvement, development
and enhancement of university teaching, and the highlighting and rewarding of
excellent teaching is achieved through: the development of teaching effectiveness for faculty and teaching assistants through orientations, instructional development
activities, evaluation of teaching performance, individual consultation on teaching
practice and mentoring; the enhancement of teaching performance of mid-career and
senior faculty by continuing education workshops and activities directed towards
updates on new teaching and learning theory, technology, and pedagogy.

a brief history.

The Center for Teaching Excellence was initiated by the Board of regents in June 1987,
within the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support (OFDAS), to function as
an academic support office with the overall mission of providing instructional and
professional development activities and services for UHM faculty and academic staff.
CTE provides programs that focus on creating teaching and learning environments in
which:

        • • faculty, teaching assistants and students are engaged by and grow in their
          knowledge of the course materials together. Simultaneously, knowledge and
          understanding of students and of teaching and learning develops in a climate of
          greater respect and exchange;
  • • professional development integrates understanding of the culture, history and
    people of Hawai’i. This is critical for faculty and teaching assistants, may of whom come
    from cultures and educational backgrounds very different from our students at Manoa,
    who in great part are born and raised in Hawai’i.

news!

UH Manoa seal April 17, 2012 — Attention Chairs! Leadership Matters

This Department Chairs Series provides new and recently
recruited chairs/directors with a wealth of information to help
manage their academic department. Sessions cover a range of
topics from tenure & promotion to faculty incivility to data
management. Presenters/ panelists include our Vice Chancellors
and staff members ready, willing, and able to assist you in the
important role of leading your academic unit.
for more info: OVCAA Leadership Matters web page
symbol February 28, 2012 — Syllabus of the Month!

We are proud to present a syllabus every month or so for your
perusal. Enjoy!
see the syllabus..
grant tree February 8, 2012 — myGRANT goes Live

The University of Hawai'i will utilize a new electronic research
administration system called myGRANT that will modernize current
research administration practices and reduce paper-intensive
processes for researchers and administrators at all 10 UH
campuses statewide.
learn more..
net zero building January 18, 2012 — Kuykendall Hall - Zero Net Energy Building!

Several years ago, the campus adopted the ambitious goal of
cutting energy use 30 percent by the year 2012 — a goal that we
are on target to achieve. We were one of the first campuses in the
country to set and achieve goals like these, which is why we were
invited to the White House Better Buildings Challenge. At the
December gathering, Presidents Obama and Clinton endorsed nationwide efforts, such as UH-Mānoa’s goal of renovating our half-
century-old Kuykendall Hall into the first zero net energy (non- fossil
fuel dependent) retrofitted building in the state.
learn more..
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