University of North Texas 
Teaching Hub
The 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 development 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.
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.
Communities of Practice
A meeting of the Graduate Student Community of Practice.
Communities of Practice are signature Teaching Hub projects. These groups create an
intellectual nexus for curriculum and pedagogical design work at UNT and engage a
broad base of faculty and staff working together to increase student success.
Each CoP is led by a faculty or staff member and can include small or large teams
of additional educators. To support the work of these faculty, the Teaching Hub provides
facilitation, learning science consultations and necessary data and storytelling support.
CoPs can engage in a variety of topics and methods. Some provide a gathering space
for honest conversation, while others provide a more formal structure to test new
pedagogical models and measure efficacy and student learning outcomes. CoPs may last
a single semester or continue for multiple years.
Graduate Students as Educators
Partnering with the Toulouse Graduate School, this CoP creates a forum for graduate instructors to build community, identify training needs, share resources and test teaching approaches. Activities may include developing peer mentoring models and online training modules. Aligned with the Hub’s commitment to faculty growth and student success, the CoP increases teaching quality among graduate educators, improve retention and prepare them for future faculty roles.
Teaching in the AI Era
Generative AI is reshaping higher education. This CoP, in partnership with CLEAR and the Learning Institute, helps faculty explore the opportunities and challenges of AI in teaching. Participants will discuss ethical use, equity in AI policy and classroom integration strategies. Outcomes may include syllabus statements on AI use, suggested trainings, workshops and more.
Supporting Adjunct Faculty
This CoP is designed to create a supportive space for adjunct faculty to connect with
peers, share effective teaching strategies and explore professional development opportunities.
The group aims to strengthen community, enhance teaching practices and elevate the
adjunct faculty voice at UNT.
Supporting Math Instruction
Introductory math courses have the potential to serve as a model of improvement for
the university. This CoP supports instructors of early mathematics courses by investigating
causes of low student success rates. Educators will rely on evidence and creativity
to develop new, testable strategies to improve student learning.
Future CoPs
Additional CoPs we plan to launch soon include Supporting Staff as Educators, Evaluating
High-Impact Teaching and Principles of College Teaching.
Upcoming Events:
Teaching Hub Leadership
Dr. Amy Petros
Co-Director
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Kathryn Raign
Co-Director
Department of English
Dr. Yolanda Mitchell
Faculty Development Director
Teaching Hub
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