Teaching Hub LogoThe Teaching Hub is a collaborative center dedicated to empowering educators and advancing transformative, evidence-based teaching in support of student success. As a catalyst for academic excellence, we aim to inspire curiosity and nurture confidence in anyone who has a forward-facing role with students.

The Teaching Hub provides both in-house resources and external referrals. We'll help connect educators with the right expert, group of colleagues or campus entity with whom they can best achieve their goals to support student success.

Our work includes

  • Developing instructors' potential with strategic support, practical resources, and innovative tools to foster faculty growth
  • Creating supportive spaces for educators to share their struggles and strengths
  • Fostering creativity and community through multidisciplinary and cross-unit collaboration around the role of educators as teachers and mentors
  • Highlighting and elevating the teaching expertise that already exists throughout the UNT System
  • Supporting the work of the Learning Institute and Curriculum Connector to develop new strategies, policies and practices for student success

The Teaching Hub works to support all educators, including faculty, staff and students. We will engage teachers through a series of oppourtunities: community-building gatherings, seminars featuring both external and internal experts, individual and academic unit consultations and professional development oppourtunities.

Teaching consultations

Whether you have a quick question, need a resource recommendation, want support with course planning and material review, or would like to talk through student concerns and opportunities, the Teaching Hub is here to help.

Schedule a 1:1 consultation on the Teaching Hub bookings page. Meet with any Hub staff member based on faculty and staff calendar availability in 15-, 30-, 45-, or 60-minute intervals.

Communities of Practice

Within the Teaching Hub, CoPs serve as collaborative learning spaces where educators build community, exchange strategies, test innovative ideas and collectively build practices that enhance the impact of teaching and learning.

Each CoP is led by a faculty or staff member and can include small or large teams of additional educators. They may last a single semester or continue for multiple years.

Explore the Hub's active CoPs and learn how to join here.

Educator Support Hour

Educator Support Hours are designed to help UNT instructors enhance their teaching practice. Faculty can drop in anytime for support and resources and to connect, collaborate and recharge their teaching with colleagues.

These come-and-go sessions take place on the second Monday of each month from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Specific dates can be found on the Hub's calendar.

Additional teaching resources

Visit the Hub's Teaching Resources pages to explore workshops, certificate programs, needs assessments surveys and more internal and external tools for campus educators.

Upcoming Events:

Teaching Hub Leadership

Dr. Amy Petros
Co-Director
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Amy Petros
Dr. Kathryn Raign
Co-Director
Department of English
Dr. Kathryn Raign
Dr. Yolanda Mitchell
Faculty Development Director
Teaching Hub
Dr. Yolanda Mitchell

The Teaching Hub leaders are joined by a steering committee composed of faculty and staff from across the university who have relevant expertise that will provide a breadth of perspective and ensure involvement of different campus units. The steering committee members will help to shape the development, direction, goals, and practices of the units; prioritize projects and recruit participants; and oversee financial and human resources to best achieve meaningful impact.

Partners

The Teaching Hub is intended to be a unit that connects the many nodes of teaching expertise at UNT. In particular, we anticipate working closely with the following groups.

Connect with us!

Contact the Teaching Hub via email at teaching.hub@unt.edu