THE CENTERPIECE - A website for professional development sponsored by:
The Catonsville Center For Learning and Teaching Excellence

The purpose of The Center is to assist faculty and staff in the performance of their assignments through formal and informal programs and to provide a quiet, welcoming place where they can meet, read, work, or relax.

Responsibilities of the Center

• Act as an "information center" for faculty and staff development
• Promote the goals and spirit of a LearningFirst college
• Serve as a primary bridge that connects student services staff with faculty
• Sponsor workshops about innovative teaching methods and other topics of critical interest to CCBC faculty and staff
• Collaborate with CCBC’s Council for Innovation in Student Learning to help administer grants, offer professional development opportunities, and other related initiatives
• Coordinate informal social activities that help faculty and staff connect
• Provide newspapers, magazines, books, and journals about professional development
• Survey faculty and staff to address professional needs
• Provide a comfortable coffee lounge for the informal gathering of faculty and staff