The Finch Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

About Us

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) began in the Spring of 2004 as a collaboration between Mary Ellen Finch, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Director Marilyn Cohn, who designed a single-year seminar for full-time faculty to inquire about their own teaching more deeply. The one-year seminar developed into a meaningful practice for many faculty members under Marilyn’s direction and is still a seminar available to all faculty today. The CTL continued to evolve to include book clubs, brown bag lunches, and a Scholarship for Teaching and Learning Seminar (SOTL) to study their teaching.

The CTL currently hosts the professional development weeks at Maryville University.

Mission

The Finch Center for Teaching and Learning’s mission:

Creating and implementing faculty learning opportunities
Supporting faculty inquiry and risk-taking
Collaborating with administration and staff to provide frameworks for faculty achievement
Promoting teamwork and community support among faculty
Contributing to Maryville active learning ecosystem

Vision

The Finch Center for Teaching and Learning will:

Provide a central hub and repository for storing information/resources from our professional development activities
Foster community for all and diverse faculty—full- and part-time, on-ground and remote
Create an interdisciplinary faculty community devoted to continuous learning about pedagogy and inclusion
Champion diversity and inclusion in classroom practice