Why Request a Consultation?

Because you:

• would like to get a trained consultant's perspective on your teaching, discuss alternate approaches and new ideas, expand your repertoire of teaching strategies.
• want to discuss issues relating to a class or classes you are currently teaching and feel that you would be unable to do so with departmental colleagues who might be involved with hiring, promotion or tenure-related activities.
• have specific questions and concerns related to teaching and learning.
• have multicultural teaching and learning questions and concerns you'd like to discuss.

Types of Consultation

• Classroom Visit: Invite a consultant to visit your class to help address a teaching-learning concern in a supportive, confidential environment. Pre- and post-visit meetings with the consultant enable you to set the context, establish the goals of the visit, and debrief through a non-judgmental conversation guided by reflective questions about the class.
• Departmental Consultation: A consultant collaborates with departmental administrators to assess and/or assist with the support needs of faculty and/or TAs.
• Individual Consultations: Teaching consultants are available to discuss many aspects of instruction. They will, for example, assist you in planning a course, creating a syllabus, planning a single activity, assessing student learning. Multimedia resources on teaching methods may also be provided and discussed. Please contact us also for individual consultations related to multicultural teaching and learning.
• Early or End of Term Student Feedback Consultation: A consultant works with you to create or select an appropriate feedback form and/or to discuss responses to the ratings you have received.
• Student Feedback through Consensus (SFC): A consultant comes into your classroom early to obtain consensus student feedback on the course.

Request a Consultation

Complete the Consultation Request Form