Master Teacher Program

The Master Teacher Program (MTP) was started by Dr. Harvey Brightman, Regents Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences at Georgia State University, in 1988. The University Advisory Council on Teaching (UACT) first brought Dr. Brightman and his two day workshop to Emory University in May 2003. This program brings together exceptional teachers from all nine schools to learn about and discuss strategies to become “master” teachers in the classroom. Topics include: Effective Teacher Attributes and Student Learning Styles,” “Delivering Effective Presentations,” and “Testing and Grading Issues” among others.

The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence will welcome Dr. Brightman and the Master Teacher Program back to Emory in January 2010. If you are interested in participating, please fill out and submit the form at the bottom of this page. We will be sending out an announcement to confirm the specific dates later on in the semester.

For a sample schedule from the 2010 MTP, please click here.

For more information about Harvey Brightman’s Master Teacher Program, please visit the Master Teacher Program website.

It is important to note that the CFDE offers two seminars for teaching, and co-sponsors a third.

MTP is a seminar that focuses primarily on techniques and pragmatics, such as the large lecture class, effective presentation styles, and so on.

The Marshall Gregory seminar focuses more on philosophical reflections about pedagogy and its role in the university.

Finally, along with other units at Emory, the CFDE helps to fund the IPLA (Institute for Pedagogy and the Liberal Arts) with Oxford College.  This is a three day workshop with a specifically liberal arts focus. It hosts a variety of different presenters focusing on both pragmatic and philosophical issues in teaching in the liberal arts environment.