{"id":8987,"date":"2020-01-17T18:17:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T18:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-tufts-provost.pantheonsite.io\/celt\/?page_id=8987"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:29:46","slug":"mission-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/home\/about\/mission-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission, Vision &amp; Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-8987\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-8987-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-8987-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-8987-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p class=\"size-large wp-image-1418 \" title=\"CELT Team\"><strong>ABOUT US<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"> Founded in 2006, Tufts University's\u00a0<strong>Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT)\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0a division of the Office of the Provost and a central resource for all schools on our four campuses.\u00a0Tufts' dual mission as a university is teaching and scholarship. At Tufts, we pride ourselves on valuing both. Even as we advance our research and scholarship, we strive for excellence in teaching and renew ourselves as educators in light of new evidence of how students learn, rapid developments in the fields we teach, changing demographics of our students, and new technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8987-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div align=\"justify\">\n<p title=\"CELT Team\"><strong>MISSION STATEMENT:<\/strong>\u00a0CELT collaborates with faculty, departments and schools to advance a culture of learner-centered, critically reflective teaching and leadership rooted in evidence and equity.<\/p>\n<p title=\"CELT Team\"><strong>VISION STATEMENT:\u00a0<\/strong>We aspire to influence and advance the Tufts educational mission by creating an environment that nurtures faculty growth, values the student as a whole person, and promotes innovative and equitable learner-centered practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-color-000000 font-size-medium\">Find out about our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/events\/\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-color-ea1f43 font-size-medium\">events.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-color-000000 font-size-medium\">Discover intensive and extended <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/programs\/\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-color-ea1f43 font-size-medium\">programming.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Explore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/mission-and-vision\/consultations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consultations<\/a>\u00a0with CELT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8987-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-8987-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-8987-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8987-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 id=\"g-m0o6u3rh\" class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">CELT\u2019s Confidentiality Policy<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">Developing relationships built on trust and confidentiality are critical to CELT\u2019s mission of creating a culture of critically reflective teaching and leadership rooted in evidence and equity. Our work with faculty is intended for formative teaching improvement, and can be used at the individual\u2019s discretion for other purposes. 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