{"id":11,"date":"2025-11-13T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:19:54","slug":"about-cetal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/about-cetal\/","title":{"rendered":"About CETAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETAL) offers programs and services to enhance the quality of education at Clark University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These programs are designed to serve faculty and PhD students, are created in response to faculty-identified needs, and are guided by the&nbsp;CETAL Steering Committee. The CETAL website also serves as a resource for information related to pedagogy and the learning sciences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-yellow-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CETAL services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please review the services we have to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/about-cetal\/cetal-services\/\"><strong>Learn more about these services<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile section has-white-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/cetal-shared-values.avif\" alt=\"art studio\" class=\"wp-image-56 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/cetal-shared-values.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/cetal-shared-values-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/cetal-shared-values-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Assessment and Learning\u2019s (CETAL) mission is to provide opportunities and resources that support, strengthen and recognize excellent and innovative teaching by faculty and graduate students.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull promo\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#d6cdc7\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-63\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/cetal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/cetal-shared-values5-scaled.avif\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:1rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#212121bf;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:38%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-38c298c6eb595f7be0bf28546b4c410f\">Shared values<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51584c0c3ef9e2b008b0a402cf93e2cb\">We believe that despite different disciplines, research agendas, and departmental or administrative concerns, the art of teaching unites us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46d6dec4c4ee5a510617c557230c7cf7\">Recognizing the importance of student learning requires that we, both individually and collectively, need to continually refine our pedagogies as we work to enhance student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3bb3554cf09534294756e31a4a0a3239\">CETAL encourages faculty to participate in disciplinary and national conversations about teaching, student learning, and professional development that facilitates the exchange of ideas and expertise about teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETAL) offers programs and services to enhance the quality of education at Clark University. 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