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El Corazón Teaching and Learning Center

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El Corazón TLC

1300 Fifth Street
Wenatchee, WA 98801

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Email: elcorazonCTL@wvc.edu

Phone: (509) 682-6767

Working Together to be Student-Centered

“Learning is not depositing knowledge—it is becoming and transforming” – Paulo Freire

Logo for El Corazón Center for Teaching and Learning showing a heart that contains a book, a flower and other shapes with a flame coming out the top

Welcome to El Corazón Teaching & Learning Center  

Who we are

The El Corazón Teaching & Learning Center advances student success by creating space for faculty and staff to build community, develop as educators, and share their expertise with one another. Grounded in a commitment to equity and inclusion, the Center fosters a data-informed culture of inquiry that supports staff and educators to meaningfully improve their practice across all learning modalities. 

Why we do this work

  • Build Community: Serve as a collaborative space for gatherings that foster connection, intellectual curiosity, and shared learning. 

  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement: Offer faculty-led academic enrichment and professional development based on community needs and requests. 

  • Support Onboarding: Facilitate comprehensive onboarding to support new faculty as they integrate into the college. 

  • Connect to Resources: Bridge faculty and staff with campus-wide resources, keeping them informed on student data, college culture, and institutional priorities, and with research in trends in teaching and learning.  

How we do this work

Four key priorities are used when developing and evaluating programs and support offered through the Teaching & Learning Center:

  1. Respond to Institutional & State-Level Priorities  
  2. Support Efforts to Improve Student Learning Outcomes   
  3. Support Educators as Scholars
  4. Provide a Grounding Point for Racial and Social Equity in Educational Outcomes  

The TLC facilitates orientation and onboarding support for new faculty throughout the year.

Self-paced Canvas course: If you are a new faculty member interested in enrolling in a self-paced onboarding and orientation course, enroll in our New Faculty Academy on Canvas! For questions or more information contact, the NFA manager Angie Redmon. 

Indigenizing Leadership and Character Education

Join collaborative efforts to learn and unlearn practices to become more culturally responsive leaders to tribal, indigenous, and native populations. If interested, email Saxon Spillman at sspillman@wvc.edu. 

To get access to a variety of professional development resources and links, enroll in our Faculty & Staff Resources Canvas course. Here, you can obtain information about: Intro to CLOs, PLOs and SLOs (including mapping in Clean Catalog), Curriculum, Syllabus Design and Equity, Using AI to Personalize Student Learning, Academic Integrity Module, and more! 

Diversity and Cultural Enrichment Committee 

Put your interests and skill set to work - join the Diversity and Cultural Enrichment Committee!

 

WVC Staff at El Corazón Teaching & Learning Center

El Corazón is excited to offer a variety of ways for faculty and staff to engage. From new faculty onboarding modules to our ongoing Lunch & Learn series to professional development opportunities related to serving Latine students and redesigning curricular materials, El Corazón is here to help you advance your teaching pracitce.

Engage with El Corazón