Clear Course Design is a collection of templates and guides that walks instructors through the course planning process, ensuring alignment with departmental and programmatic standards, and course levels.
Teaching Principles and Resources
The Montclair Teaching Principles were written by the Office for Faculty Excellence Advisory Board in consultation with the University’s provost, deans, and faculty who provided suggestions and feedback during the drafting process, in college meetings, through surveys, and in University Senate reviews. The Dean’s Council and the Provost approved these Principles in April, 2021. In August, 2022 these Principles were re-titled and re-ordered to provide the backbone of OFE’s Teaching Resources, found on the OFE website (www.montclair.edu/faculy-excellence.
Montclair faculty are advised to use these principles, organized in these pages, to guide their teaching development. They reflect our values and research in teaching, and they are a useful to guide to self-evaluation and evaluation of other instructors. The original document in pdf form is found here.
Pedagogical strategies to help instructors focus attention on student learning: active and engaged learning, collaborative learning, community and belonging, and more.
Strategies to incorporate diverse perspectives in course materials; employ inclusive teaching practices; cultivate diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; mitigate implicit bias; and promote intercultural learning.
Ideas to design and deliver your course in ways that are accessible and support learning for all people.
Tools to gather information about your teaching to better understand your teaching, its effect on students and their learning. Observation guidelines, templates, and rubrics.
References and guides to connect faculty to their disciplines’ resources on teaching and learning. *Invitation to contribute
Montclair’s Teaching Principles, written by faculty for faculty, provide the backbone for OFE’s teaching resources that support instructors across disciplines, modalities, and levels of experience.
Resource Index: a list of all of OFE asynchronous teaching resources, ordered alphabetically and linked.
OFE Sample Course Materials
Canvas community offering a collection of sample syllabi, assignments, and other course materials from and for Montclair instructors
OFE Event Archive
OFE Annual Teaching and Learning Showcase
Slides and video recordings from the 2023 Showcase. Montclair NetID required.