Teaching Stories

At any university, faculty members are surrounded by peers who engage in brilliant research, collegial service, and excellent teaching. 

Of these three activities, the first two are easily witnessed: with a click of a few buttons, we can access research published by colleagues, and in committee meetings we see the skill and dedication with which colleagues serve their departments and faculties.

The third activity – teaching – is less visible. Teaching typically happens behind the closed door of a classroom, where students witness and experience the teaching practice of their instructor, but colleagues are left, so to speak, in the dark. 

To help bring the excellent teaching of colleagues to light, CTE is developing a series of "teaching stories": brief profiles of Waterloo instructors whose teaching is especially effective, innovative, or otherwise noteworthy. The purpose of these teaching stories is to honour excellent teaching in its own right, and to share good practices that can inspire or benefit other Waterloo instructors. 

To read our teaching stories, click on the photos below.

Bryan      Grimwood	Naila    Keleta-Mae	Troy       Glover	Robert         Sproule	Laura        Johnson	Katherine       Acheson
Christine         Moresoli	Greta        Kroeker	Steve         Furino	Katie        Misener	Christine        McWebb	Owen        Gallupe
Firas      Mansour	Mary Louise      McAllister	BJ           Rye	Hilary ​    Bergsieker	Brendon        Larson	Bill         Power
Robert          Danisch	Rohan     Jayasundera	Jasmin ​        Habib	Ian        Rowlands	Reza        Ramezan	Shannon          Dea
Geoff        Malleck	Stefan          Idziak	Scott    Leatherdale	Mat        Schulze	Cyntha       Struthers	Marcel      Pinheiro
Sue    Stathopulos	Kelly        Anthony	Veronica        Kitchen	Jonathan     Fugelsang	Gordon       Stubley	Gary         Bruce
Barbara      Schmenk	Fiona ​       Dunbar	Jason          Grove	James      ​Skidmore	Jonathan           Witt	Tamara          Maciel
Derek        Suderman	Kanstantsin         Tsedryk	Joseph     Sanderson	Simron         Singh	Patricia       Hrynchak	Denise       Marigold
Brian        Forrest	Wayne         ​Chang	David   Harmsworth	Cynthia       Richard

We'll be adding new teaching stories every term, so if you know of a colleague who would be a good subject, please contact Mark Morton.