Peer Associate Program

What is the Peer Associate Program?

The goal of the CTLD Peer Associates Program is to develop additional expertise across campus for teaching-related ideas and support and to provide multiple overlapping resources and channels that instructors can call upon as needed.

Peer Associates become experts in “all things CTLD” to bring awareness of these resources back to the faculty in their departments. Additionally, Peer Associates bring their own teaching expertise to share with the other Associates, the CTLD, and potentially other groups on campus.

Broadly speaking the CTLD hopes that no instructor at MSU Denver ever feels like there is nobody to ask when they have a question about their work. Creating a saturation of support means having multiple overlapping resources and channels that instructors can call on as needed.

CTLD Peer Associate Program

There are five main areas of responsibility. 

Learn –Peer Associates will gain in-depth knowledge about the various teaching-related resources available through the CTLD, as well as learn from their fellow Associates in other disciplines. 

Explore – Each Peer Associate will choose a small specific teaching-related topic in which they will collect information and develop expertise to add to the knowledge and expertise available on campus. 

Connect – Peer Associates will be asked to share insights from their departments and help inform the CTLD about faculty needs and practices regarding teaching. In addition, the Peer Associate becomes a departmental resource, inviting instructors to reach out to them and answering questions or referring instructors to the appropriate resources regarding teaching, learning, design, and accessibility. 

Deliver – The Peer Associate will create a small “deliverable” about their chosen topic to a share with the broader MSU Denver community, for example a short video, blog post, handout, or resources summary. 

Report – At the end of the term, each Peer Associate will record a final summary of what they did through a survey.