Mission
In keeping with Hostos tradition, the Center for Teaching and Learning promotes excellence in teaching and learning with innovative pedagogies and state-of-the-art technologies by fostering interdisciplinary and cross-divisional collaborations.
Goals and Objectives
In order to fulfill its mission, the Center for Teaching and Learning strives to accomplish the following goals and objectives:
- Provide faculty development to build a culture of teaching and learning excellence and transform faculty teaching experiences.
- Promote best practices of teaching excellence in both traditional and online pedagogy of teaching and learning.
- Provide faculty with opportunities for research, scholarship, service, and leadership development to create and use pedagogical innovations to improve student outcomes.
- Work with and support OAA and other offices to promote a culture of collaboration.
- Develop strategies to boost awareness and involvement in all CTL activities and initiatives.
Additional offerings by the Center for Teaching and Learning include: Support for student participation programs (honors programs, WAC, Study Abroad Program, etc.); collaboration with the Grants office to propose strategies to support faculty engagement
in grantsmanship and provide development support for faculty research initiatives.
“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
Not failure, but low aim is sin.”—Benjamin Mays
Carlos Guevara, M.S.
Center for Teaching and Learning
Cguevara@hostos.cuny.edu
718.319.7974
Room: B-418A
Cynthia Jones, M.A.
Center for Teaching and Learning
Cjones@hostos.cuny.edu
718.518.6807
Room: B-523
Luz Rivera, B.S.
Center for Teaching and Learning
Lrivera@hostos.cuny.edu
718.518.6611
Room: B-418B
Victoria Pogue
Center for Teaching and Learning
victoria.pogue02@login.cuny.edu
718.518.6639
Room: B-418C
Itzel Ortega Mendez
Center for Teaching and Learning
Iortegamendez@hostos.cuny.edu
718.518.6804
Room: B-418D
Juberth Tueros
Center for Teaching and Learning
Jtueros@hostos.cuny.edu
718.518.2514
Room: B-418C