{"id":76272,"date":"2022-05-13T12:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/cae\/?page_id=76272"},"modified":"2024-07-24T10:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:29:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/cae\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Centre for Academic Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div  class=\"layout-bar content-bar\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<div class=\"r\">\r\n     <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\r\n<div class=\"introduction nob b xs\">\r\n   The staff of the Centre for Academic Excellence is committed to the continuous improvement of academic programs and academic pathways for our students through facilitating effective quality assurance processes, as well as offering a variety of instructional and curriculum development opportunities for members of our academic community.<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p>We serve as a resource to the academic divisions throughout the stages of new program development, program cyclical review, and ongoing program development and renewal.&nbsp; We also serve all of the dedicated, talented, and knowledgeable educators at the college throughout their teaching careers; helping them to enrich teaching and learning at Niagara College through their exploration of research into educational theories and practices, and through their implementation of innovative and engaging approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The staff of the Centre for Academic Excellence invite you to learn about all that we offer and encourage you to get in touch with us to find out how you can get connected to resources, colleagues, services, and events through the CAE.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div><a href=\"#top\" class=\"invisiskip\"><span>Back to Top<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n<div  class=\"layout-bar content-bar lblue\" style=\"background-color:#ebf6fd\">\r\n\t<div class=\"r\">\r\n     <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\r\n\t<div class=\"center-block\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-icon-heading icon-id-6a709350131ed lila\">\r\n\r\n<h4 id=\"\">\r\n    <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\r\n    Mission  <\/h4>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n  \r\n  .wp-block-icon-heading.icon-id-6a709350131ed .icon:before {\r\n\r\n    \r\n              font-weight: 900;\r\n                    font-family: 'Font Awesome 6 Free';\r\n      \r\n          content: '\\f140' !important;\r\n\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  \r\n<\/style>\n\n\n<p>The Centre for Academic Excellence (CAE) engages the whole College learning community; connecting people, data, and ideas that guide and inspire excellence, and innovation in academic quality, teaching, and learning. Our scope of work and responsibilities includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching and Learning<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-arrows wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fostering learning communities; designing and facilitating faculty development opportunities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing educational technology support and instructional design assistance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Celebrating and sharing the experimentation and application of new and best practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Quality Assurance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-arrows wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guiding robust and systematic program lifecycle activities that uphold academic quality and continuous improvement efforts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stewarding curriculum development and modification processes that align with internal\/external standards, responsive to industry needs, and informed by best practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incorporating diverse stakeholder voices with a variety of meaningful data to strengthen the accuracy of our work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div><a href=\"#top\" class=\"invisiskip\"><span>Back to Top<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n<div  class=\"layout-bar content-bar\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<div class=\"r\">\r\n     <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\r\n\t<div class=\"center-block\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-icon-heading icon-id-6a7093501567c lila\">\r\n\r\n<h4 id=\"\">\r\n    <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\r\n    Vision  <\/h4>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n  \r\n  .wp-block-icon-heading.icon-id-6a7093501567c .icon:before {\r\n\r\n    \r\n              font-weight: 900;\r\n                    font-family: 'Font Awesome 6 Free';\r\n      \r\n          content: '\\f06e' !important;\r\n\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  \r\n<\/style>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The CAE will inspire and celebrate innovative, transformative, and evidence-informed approaches to teaching and learning, and academic quality.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div><a href=\"#top\" class=\"invisiskip\"><span>Back to Top<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n<div  class=\"layout-bar content-bar lblue\" style=\"background-color:#ebf6fd\">\r\n\t<div class=\"r\">\r\n     <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\r\n\t<div class=\"center-block\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-icon-heading icon-id-6a709350159c9 lila\">\r\n\r\n<h4 id=\"\">\r\n    <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\r\n    Values  <\/h4>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n  \r\n  .wp-block-icon-heading.icon-id-6a709350159c9 .icon:before {\r\n\r\n    \r\n              font-weight: 900;\r\n                    font-family: 'Font Awesome 6 Free';\r\n      \r\n          content: '\\f4be' !important;\r\n\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  \r\n<\/style>\n\n\n<p>The Centre is built on respectful and responsive relationships with a commitment to dialogue, scholarship, growth, and excellence in learner-centered practice\/s. 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