Author: Ad-Minion
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Benefits of EPRT!
What does the External Peer Review of Teaching do? Goal: to address obstacles to recognizing and rewarding teaching in our colleges Benefits of Participation Most rewarding aspects of being on the“External Peer Review of Teaching Initiative”? Knowing you played a role in a colleagues’ career advancement! Watch the video How can fellows get involved? Indicate…
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Educator Well-Being Initiative
GOAL: Enhancing the Well-Being of Veterinary and Biomedical Educators A short introduction to the RTA and the Educator Well-Being Initiative.
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An Inter-Institutional Collaboration to “Make Teaching Matter”: The Teaching Academy of the Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine
Best Practices Veterinary medical education is a relatively small community with limited numbers of institutions, people, and resources widely dispersed geographically. The problems faced, however, are large—and not very different from the problems faced by (human) medical education. As part of an effort to share resources and build a community of practice around common issues,…
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Inter-Institutional Collaboration for the Development of a Local Peer Observation Process to Enhance Teaching
Best Practices Local peer observation of teaching is considered an important mechanism for instructors to improve the quality and effectiveness of their teaching, but there is an absence of uniformity to establish a best practice for this process in veterinary curricula. The Regional Teaching Academy (RTA) of the Consortium of Western Colleges of Veterinary Medicine…
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Veterinary Educator Teaching and Scholarship (VETS): A Case Study of a Multi-Institutional Faculty Development Program to Advance Teaching and Learning.
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH REPORT Content expertise in basic science and clinical disciplines does not assure proficiency in teaching. Faculty development to improve teaching and learning is essential for the advancement of veterinary education. The Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine established the Regional Teaching Academy (RTA) with the focus of “Making Teaching Matter.” The…
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An Inter-Institutional External Peer-Review Process to Evaluate Educators at Schools of Veterinary Medicine
Institutional Policy Despite its fundamental importance, the educational mission of most schools of veterinary medicine receives far less recognition and support than the missions of research and discovery. This disparity is evident in promotion and tenure processes. Despite the frequent assertion that education is every college’s core mission, there is a broad consensus that faculty…
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Student Assessment Subcommittee Video
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Become an RTA Fellow !
Thanks for your interest in the The Teaching Academy of the Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine (RTA). Please indicate the committees/initiatives/ working groups below in which you would like to become a member. Please enter the following information EXACTLY the way you want it to be spelt. If you email is incorrect,…