{"id":1486,"date":"2026-08-20T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:50:37","slug":"a-message-from-the-cats-new-director-becoming-great-teachers-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/2026\/08\/20\/a-message-from-the-cats-new-director-becoming-great-teachers-together\/","title":{"rendered":"A message from the CAT&#8217;s new director: Becoming Great Teachers Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1486\" class=\"elementor elementor-1486\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2539e47 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2539e47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-171e096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"171e096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dana Dawson, Ph.D.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31bef4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d31bef4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc88e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc88e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/files\/2026\/08\/Edvice-headers-4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1492\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/files\/2026\/08\/Edvice-headers-4.png 896w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/files\/2026\/08\/Edvice-headers-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/files\/2026\/08\/Edvice-headers-4-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f3c4fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f3c4fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3bda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d3bda6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m delighted to post my first \u201cWelcome to the fall semester\u201d message as the new Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT). In the short video below, I share a bit about how I understand the work of the CAT and particularly the importance of building community and learning from one another as we strive to best support our students\u2019 learning and development. 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