Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG): Programs, Services and Resources to Enhance Student Learning

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TitleCentre for Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG): Programs, Services and Resources to Enhance Student Learning
Faculty/College/UnitVP Academic
StatusCompleted
Duration1 Year
Initiation04/01/2000
Completion03/31/2001
Project Summary

The Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG) has operated since 1986 as a key academic service provider. Our many programs, services and resources promote interactivity and interdisciplinary to enhance teaching and learning at UBC. Members of the UBC teaching community depend upon TAG to achieve their goals of enhancing student learning through the process of active inquiry.

We ask for TLEF funding to:

(a) Continue to pay:

  • our TAG part-time staff (one Clerk, three faculty Associates, three graduate students and one undergraduate student), who design, oversee, implement or assist with each of the programs, services and resources described below;
  • our facilitators (faculty and staff members, graduate and undergraduate students from a wide variety of faculties and units at UBC, and members of the broader community; approximately 100 people in total) who lead workshops and seminars each year;
  • the cost of facilities bookings, print materials and other expenses; and

(b) Allows to adapt or expand modestly specific programs, services and resources to meet the stated needs of members of the UBC teaching community and the goals and strategies outlined in TREK 2000 and the Draft Academic Plan.

The programs, services and resources for which we seek funding are:

  • Enhancing Instruction and Presentation Skills
  • Faculty Certificate Program on Teaching in Higher Education
  • Academic Growth - Support for New Faculty Members
  • Teaching and Learning Resources
  • Outreach
  • Peer Consulting
  • Seminar Series and Institutes
Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2000/2001
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorAlice Cassidy
Year 1: Funded Amount320,000
Year 1: Team Members

Alice Cassidy, Acting Director, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth
Lynne Abbott, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth
Catherine Bennington, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth
Greg Chan, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth / English, Faculty of Arts
Shibao Guo, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth / Educational Studies, Faculty of Education
Harry Hubball, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth / Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education
Janice Johnson, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth / Educational Studies, Faculty of Education
Ingrid Price, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth / Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Tanis Shippy, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth / Human Kinetics, Faculty of Education