About the Council

CTL Council Mission Statement

The CTL Council works cooperatively within CUNY to prioritize teaching and learning considerations in University planning and decision-making. As a group, we are committed to the following:

  • Sharing resources and promoting best practices of the synergistic relationship between teaching and learning
  • Advocating for sufficient resource allocation for teaching and learning operations on each campus
  • Building and disseminating standards of excellence for faculty development
  • Mentoring and supporting new CUNY CTLs and their leaders
  • Producing research and scholarship about our collective endeavors
  • Promoting best practices and models of SOTL
  • Endorsing good models for the assessment of teaching and student learning

Report on CUNY Centers for Teaching and Learning (CUNY, 2011)