The Center for Faculty Excellence has many resources and programs to support faculty in all forms of teaching. View the sections below to learn about some of our services and use the menu to the right to access resources on various topics.
- Peer Assessments of Teaching
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The Center for Faculty Excellence is pleased to offer peer assessments of teaching to all regular-status, full-time faculty in SMHS. The program is designed to enhance faculty teaching skills in the classroom, in conferences and small groups, or in clinical teaching at the bedside. An assessment of teaching is important to continued development as educators, and teaching assessments can be included in teaching portfolios used in the academic promotion process.
In offering this service, we utilize graduates of the Master Teacher Leadership Development Program who have offered their time to assist their peers. Faculty participation is voluntary; the assessment and any related discussions are completed in confidence.
Faculty members interested in a Peer Review should use the consultation form to request a peer review from the options of the question “What type of consultation are you requesting?”
As additional information, include the following:
- The issue(s) they would like assistance with
- The day of the week and time their session occurs
- Any preferences regarding the person assigned to work with them
- Curriculum, Course, and Session Design
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If you would like to have assistance with designing or revising a teaching session, course, block, or clerkship, the Center for Faculty Excellence is available to work with you.
Email: cfe [at] gwu [dot] edu (cfe[at]gwu[dot]edu) for more information and tutorials, visit our page on Session Design and Active Learning.
- Live Workshops
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A variety of workshops are available for department meetings, grand rounds, or retreats. Please see the Workshops page for more details and information on how to request a workshop.
- CFE Self-Paced Online Modules
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The CFE has a a series of self-paced online modules available to take as self-paced professional development and award CME credits.
Modules available include:
- Designing Effective Didactics
- Teaching on the Fly
- Feedback that Sticks
- Best Practices for Scientific Presentations
- Fostering a Psychologically Safe Learning Environment
- Part 1 Assessment of Clinical Learners - The Basics
- Managing Potentially Charged Discussions
- GW Social Media Professionalism
- Writing High Quality Comments to Improve Learner Performance
- Teaching Essentials Series
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The Teaching Essentials Series program is a series of workshops for scientists, clinicians, researchers, post-docs, and graduate students who want to learn more about key aspects of teaching and learning. Each session has a brief online component (video and application activity) followed by a 1-hour virtual session to dig deeper and apply concepts.
Session topics include:
- Learning Objectives
- Assessment
- Designing Instruction
- Writing Questions
- Balancing Teaching, Research, & Service
