Teacher and students at during class at the Spencer Library

Center for Teaching Excellence

CTE strives to foster an intellectual community of instructors dedicated to improving their teaching practices and increasing student learning.

About CTE

2025 KU CTE Student Learning Symposium

Join colleagues for an fun morning of community and appreciation of assessment.
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Crucial Conversations Podcast

Crucial Conversations in the Classroom, is a podcast series where the hosts explore strategies for creating inclusive, respectful, and productive discussions in our classrooms.
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2024 KU Teaching Summit

The annual KU Teaching Summit was a chance for KU faculty and staff to be inspired and go. See a collection of images from the annual KU Teaching Summit.
KU faculty members in lecture hall listening to keynote speaker.

2024 Celebration of Teaching

Celebration of Teaching annual poster session was held May 3 at the Kansas Union Ballroom. See a gallery of images from the event on the Celebration of Teaching page.
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Course Portfolio Gallery

Visit our gallery of course portfolios that exemplifies some of the best teaching and course redesign work accomplished by faculty members, instructional staff members, and departmental programs at KU.
Poster presenter at the 2019 Celebration of Teaching



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