Regional Centers for Teaching Excellence

Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique – good teaching

comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher. Parker Palmer

PURPOSE

Regional Centers for Teaching Excellence provides a forum for dialogue and reflection on the art and practice of teaching by focusing on four themes:

• Learning
• Teaching
• Self-Development
• Innovation

PRINCIPLES

Regional Centers for Teaching Excellence embrace the following principles:

• Providing a forum for cross-institutional professional interaction

• Modeling co-learner environments
• Discovering the art of teaching as a developmental process
• Cultivating a community of reflective practitioners
• Building collective ethical wisdom
• Advancing instructional methods through experimentation and innovation
• Fostering cross-discipline collegiality and collaboration
• Recognizing and celebrating diversity

CENTERS

The Five VCCS Regional Centers for Teaching Excellence are:

Central Virginia Region

(BRCC, CVCC, DCC, DSLCC,PHCC, VWCC)

Dr. Juville Dario-Becker and Ms. Janet Laughlin, Co-Chairs

Mid-Central Virginia Region

(JSRCC, JTCC, PVCC, RCC, SSVCC)

Mr. Patrick Tompkins, Chair

Northern Virginia Region

(GCC, LFCC, NVCC)

Dr. Rosalyn M. King, Chair

Southwest Virginia Region

(MECC, NRCC, SWVCC, VHCC, WCC)

Dr. Melba Taylor, Chair

Tidewater Virginia Region

(ESCC, PDCCC, TCC, TNCC)

Mr. Rick Dollieslager, Chair

RCTEs Homepage: http://community.tncc.edu/faculty/dollieslager/rcte/cteshomepage.html