The CCTL provides confidential one-on-one teaching consultations to all faculty, lecturers, and instructional professors. Consultations are offered on a wide-range of topics, including course and syllabus design, assessing student learning, interpreting student evaluations, inclusive teaching strategies, grant proposals, and teaching portfolios. In addition, for those wishing to get feedback on their teaching the CCTL offers classroom observations and Midcourse Student Feedback sessions.
- Visit your class for 20 minutes to collect survey data and conduct a focus group with your students, or
- Deploy the survey asynchronously to your students.
Aimed at faculty and instructors new to the University, this one-on-one 30-minute meeting will briefly introduce key information to hit the ground running in the classroom, as well as the programs and resources available to support their teaching. Meetings are available in-person or via Zoom. For questions, please contact the CCTL at teaching@uchicago.edu.
The CCTL staff are available to meet one-on-one with individuals and units to discuss topics such as course and syllabus design, inclusive teaching, teaching strategies and challenges, interpreting student feedback, grant proposals, or any other pedagogical topics. You can book a consultation with individual staff members or book a consultation for the first available time that fits your schedule. Consultations are available in-person or can be scheduled for a virtual meeting. All consultations are confidential. For questions, please contact the CCTL at teaching@uchicago.edu.
The CCTL staff are available to meet one-on-one with individuals and units to discuss topics related to AI and pedagogy, such as course, syllabus, and assignment design, assessment strategies and challenges, or any other pedagogical topics related to teaching in the evolving AI landscape. You can book a consultation with individual staff members or book a consultation for the first available time that fits your schedule. Consultations are available in-person or can be scheduled for a virtual meeting. All consultations are confidential. For questions, please contact the CCTL at teaching@uchicago.edu.
Teaching observations are a confidential, individualized way to get feedback on your teaching. The CCTL staff consultants are experienced instructors who have been trained in evidence-informed methods, and the process is designed to give faculty and instructors formative feedback in a confidential and low-pressure setting. We are happy to arrange a classroom visit when it is most convenient for you. If you are interested, please complete the from below. For questions, please contact the CCTL at teaching@uchicago.edu.
New in Autumn 2026! You can now request a survey-only Midcourse Student Feedback session which doesn’t require the use of in-class time for a student focus group.
The CCTL staff are available to collect anonymous student feedback through a Midcourse Student Feedback (MSF) session. A member of the CCTL staff will work with you to develop a survey on your students’ experience in the class and then either:
After collecting the data, we will have a follow-up meeting with you to discuss the results and your students’ feedback. This service is confidential and is meant to provide constructive, in-depth feedback on your teaching.
The MSF with in-class focus group has the benefit of providing you with feedback from individual students and consensus feedback from all students and typically has a very high response rate. CCTL staff can also clarify points of feedback or gather suggestions from students during the in-class focus group discussion. We highly recommend this process for the most comprehensive and actionable feedback.
The survey-only MSF has the benefit of providing you with student feedback without requiring 20 minutes of class time. It is also more suitable for larger class sizes (100+ students), although we can conduct a focus group in a larger class.
If you are unsure which type of MSF you would like, we are more than happy to talk with you about your specific course context and feedback needs. To request either version of an MSF, or to speak with us more about your options, please complete the Midcourse Student Feedback Request Form below. To get the most out of the process, we suggest collecting your feedback between the third and the sixth week of the quarter. For questions, please contact the CCTL at teaching@uchicago.edu.
A Research Review provides the opportunity to learn more about the research and literature on a specific pedagogical topic. After submitting your request, you will have a short meeting (15-30 minutes) with a CCTL staff member to discuss your goals for the Research Review and any additional details about the educational context you can provide. Next, the CCTL staff member will conduct a thorough review of relevant literature and provide you with an annotated bibliography of five to seven peer-reviewed sources about your requested pedagogical topic as well as a synthesis of that research. The typical turnaround time per request is six to nine weeks after the initial meeting. Examples of Research Reviews are available on the CCTL website here. Please use the form below to indicate interest. For questions, please contact Amanda M. Jungels at amanda.jungels@uchicago.edu.