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Since its founding in 2020, the��Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) has been a hub for fostering excellence in inclusive, evidence-based teaching and supporting educator development. For the past five years, the CTL has empowered thousands of educators—faculty, postdocs, graduate instructors and staff—through free consultations; teaching observations; programs and communities of practice; online teaching resources; campus teaching and learning initiatives; and a robust calendar of workshops, conferences and community events.��

From launching four annual conferences to cultivating partnerships with key units to lead campuswide teaching and learning initiatives, CTL’s dedicated team is helping to shape a campus culture that values curiosity, creativity and innovation in the classroom.��

The recent integration of ASSETT (Arts & Sciences Support of Education Through Technology) into the CTL in July 2025 marks a new chapter—uniting expertise in pedagogy and educational technology to serve 51�Թ���’s diverse teaching community.

"As we celebrate five years of the Center for Teaching and Learning, I’m deeply proud of our accomplishments and the ever-expanding resources, consultations and workshops we offer,” said Kirk Ambrose, CTL’s founding director. “I look forward to our center’s continued growth and to working collaboratively with the recently launched��Buckley Center for Sustainability Education,” as we explore and integrate best practices for teaching and learning throughout our campus,” said Ambrose.

CTL’s achievements since its founding:

• Hosted over 250 workshops and events for CU educators in key areas such as instructional design, inclusive practices, assessment, and innovation and technology.
• Supported over 400 graduate students through the completion of the Lead Graduate Student Fellowship Program, Certificate in College Teaching, or Future Faculty Development Certificate.
• Partnered with other campus units to carry out three major BUS (Buff Undergraduate Success) initiatives to support teaching, learning and student success campuswide: the��BUS Innovating Large Courses Initiative,��BUS Canvas Grading Initiative ���Ի���BUS Canvas Templates Initiative.
• Sponsored the Innovation Incubator Interdisciplinary Data Science team, who won National Science Foundation ($300,000) and National Endowment for the Humanities ($150,000) grants to create eight new interdisciplinary data science and humanities courses.

“Faculty at 51�Թ��� have always valued excellent teaching,” said Katherine Eggert, vice chancellor and senior vice provost for academic planning and assessment. “What CTL has done for the university is give faculty and graduate students a vibrant, one-stop resource for gaining new skills, benefiting from new research in pedagogy and assessment, and learning from each other in a shared community around crucial topics in teaching and learning.”

As the CTL marks this milestone, be sure to participate in the following:

• Attend the��Fall Teaching, Learning, and Technology Conference Oct. 2–3, and register for��workshops throughout the academic year.
• Explore new resources and partnerships through the��merged CTL-ASSETT website.

for teaching strategies, resources and events geared toward the campus teaching community.��.