CETL offers confidential, one-on-one consultations on instructional strategies and course design. These can range from short enquiries related to a specific aspect of a colleague's class to a full review of a course - structure, delivery, assignments, and grading.

Consultations are typically most effective face-to-face, though we can also do them over the phone or by e-mail. Our aim is to help faculty find solutions or alternatives with which they are comfortable, since the same approach will not work for all faculty, nor for all groups of students.

The more information you're able to provide us about your course, your students and your own personal style, the easier it should be to help work out strategies which are most likely to lead to satisfaction in your teaching and in the students' learning.

Below are examples of the kinds of consultation enquiries we receive:

• Revising the syllabus
• Changing or redesigning assignments
• Developing in-class activities
• Dealing with classroom incivilities
• Creating grading criteria
• Encouraging group discussion
• Enhancing student motivation
• Making the most of classroom diversity
• Working with non-native English speakers
• Providing helpful feedback
• Finding evidence in the literature to support the work you are doing

Get in touch

If you'd like a confidential consultation with a colleague in CETL, you can either contact us centrally on:

T (206) 296-2144 | E cetl@seattleu.edu | Hunthausen 120

or you can reach colleagues directly:

Dr Therese Huston (Director)
T (206) 296-2378 | E hustont@seattleu.edu | Hunthausen 123

Dr David Green (Associate Director)
T (206) 296-5386 | E greend@seattleu.edu | Hunthausen 124