What services does LES offer?
LES exists to help faculty improve their teaching effectiveness. To this end, we offer a number of group activities each semester, as well as individual consultations. The latter can range from a brief conversation about a syllabus or technique to more extensive classroom observations. The LES team also does Small Group Instructional Diagnoses (SGID) sessions with students in order to provide faculty with in-depth, structured student feedback on a particular class. LES also has a substantial library on pedagogy, and provides some funding for attendance at conferences focused on pedagogical issues. Finally, LES provides individual mentors for new faculty as well as a number of other programs designed to make it easier to get acclimatized.
