The CTA has no established programs in place at this time. Here are three programs, however, that we are working on for this year:

1. Shared Classroom Initiative -- Involves coordinating opportunities for faculty to observe the teaching of a colleague either in the same discipline or in a different discipline. The purpose of the program is to offer GU faculty opportunities to converse about teaching by observing other instructional methods and models. See Spring 2007 draft announcement of program.
2. New Faculty Mentorship Program – Involves pairing new GU faculty members with a formal faculty mentor on campus. The purpose of the program is to offer new facutly a more immediate means of getting oriented to GU, its campus, its academic community, and its institutional culture. See Spring 2007 draft announcement of program.
3. Peer-to-Peer Classroom Consultations – Involves establishing a pool of experienced instructors across a range of disciplines to provide 'on-call' classroom observations and post-teaching consultations with requesting faculty members. The purpose of the classroom consultation program would be to provide teaching faculty with a means to obtain an 'third party,' confidential perspective on one’s teaching abilities and methods.