Teaching and Learning Center

The Teaching & Learning Center is dedicated to helping faculty discover resources to promote effective student learning. Towards that end, we are offering three programs in 2022-23 with three different levels of involvement.

This program is premised on a three-part distinction between (a) Reflective Practitioners, (b) Scholarly Teachers, and (c) Scholars of Teaching and Learning (see, for example, Richlin, 2001). Reflective practitioners seek improvement through feedback from peers and students, personal reflection, and dialogue with others about evolving teaching techniques. Scholars of Teaching consult the pedagogical literature that considers evidence-based best practices within particular learning contexts and use this literature to inform teaching choices. Scholars of Teaching and Learning consult the existing literature and then move on to investigate particular teaching techniques and learning strategies, collect evidence, and contribute to the pedagogical literature.

Reflective Practitioner Program: full and part-time faculty can earn a certificate if they complete each of the following:

• Participate in at least three Teaching & Learning Center workshops during 2022-23
• Observe a faculty peer in the classroom (or online)
• Be observed by a faculty peer in the classroom (or online)
• Meet with the faculty peer to discuss teaching observations. Note: these observations are for learning purposes only and not to be considered any other teaching evaluation process.
• Write a summary reflection of their experience that can be shared with other members of the Buffalo State Community

To apply, fill out the following short application

Scholarly Teaching Program: selected full and part-time faculty are eligible to receive a $1,000 stipend during 2022-23 if they complete each of the following:

• Identify a particular learning challenge facing higher-education in general, and Buffalo State in particular
• Conduct a literature review related to the learning challenge
• Compile an annotated bibliography to be made available to Buffalo State colleagues
• Present findings to the campus in a public forum

To apply, fill out the following short application

Scholar of Teaching and Learning Program: selected full and part-time faculty are eligible to receive a $2,000 stipend in 2022-23 if they complete each of the following:

• Identify a particular learning challenge facing higher-education in general, and Buffalo State in particular
• Conduct a literature review related to the learning challenge
• Design and conduct a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning study (with guidance from the Teaching & Learning Center)
• Present findings to the campus in a public forum

To apply, fill out the following short application

**Applicants will be selected by a committee associated with the Teaching & Learning Center