Strategic Plan

Mission 

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) aims to advance passionate, reflective, and evidence-informed teaching. We contribute to Wake Forest’s distinctive mission by encouraging the development of teacher-student relationships that prepare all students to live examined, purposeful lives. 

Goals and Objectives

GOAL 1: ADVANCE TEACHING*
Prepare educators to teach in ways that align with the university’s educational mission.

  • Objective 1.1: Serve educators from all demographics
  • Objective 1.2: Increase knowledge of teaching and learning
  • Objective 1.3: Increase motivation to improve teaching
  • Objective 1.4: Increase pedagogical experimentation
  • Objective 1.5: Increase reflective growth as teachers 

*Teaching refers to all activities (inside and outside of the classroom) that support student learning through the creation of learning experiences

GOAL 2: CULTIVATE SYSTEMS
Facilitate structural support for teaching.

  • Objective 2.1: Contribute to improvement of curricula and assessments
  • Objective 2.2: Facilitate evaluation of educational structures and policies
  • Objective 2.3: Foster culture of reflective teaching

GOAL 3: CONTRIBUTE KNOWLEDGE
Contribute to national conversations about higher education.

  • Objective 3.1: Develop faculty capacity to contribute to national conversations
  • Objective 3.2: Increase faculty participation in scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Objective 3.3: Raise the teaching profile of Wake Forest University

Learning Outcomes

Participants in CAT programs will….

  1. Develop relationships that enhance teaching
  2. Increase knowledge 
  3. Feel motivation to improve teaching
  4. Design high-quality courses
  5. Use feedback to inform teaching
  6. Integrate knowledge with practice
  7. Experience reflective growth 
  8. Consider content in the institutional context
  9. Advance scholarly skills and output