Center for Teaching Effectiveness

The University of Texas at Austin

Main Building 2200

Publications

The National Teaching and Learning Forum (NTLF):

To aid the University in its teaching and learning goals, The Center has purchased a University-wide site license for NTLF, a publication dedicated to research, implementation, and discussion of teaching and learning ideas.

Preparing for Peer Observation:

Peer evaluation of teaching is an essential part of a faculty member's promotion and tenure file. This Guidebook prepared by CTE reviews key aspects of peer observation and contains sample forms.
(A PDF version is also available for printing.)

Preparing a Teaching Portfolio:

A teaching portfolio consists of samples of a professor's teaching accomplishments that illustrate how his or her teaching is carried out in the various venues in which teaching occurs. This Guidebook developed by the CTE goes through the steps for compiling a teaching portfolio.

Teachers and Students Handbook:

This handbook has been compiled to help professors at the University of Texas at Austin deal more effectively with the teaching portion of their work. The articles and handouts included in this handbook relate to many teaching issues that may be encountered as a professor.

• Preparing for final exam review sessions and stress management
• Promoting freshman success and discussing controversial topics in the classroom
• Negotiating difficult relationships with supervisors and successful time management
• Hearing from Your Students: The Value of Student Feedbac