Phyllis Blumberg, PhD
Bala Cynwyd, PA
610 660 8179, 610 324 1786
Blumbergphyllis@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/Phyllis-blumberg
Professional Experience
- University of the Sciences 1999 – 2019
- Director, Teaching and Learning Center
- Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Assessment
- Educational Developer / Faculty Coach
- Assessment Consultant on Accreditation, Student Learning Outcomes and Effective Teaching
- International Leader Promoting Learning-Centered Teaching
- Making Learning-Centered Teaching Work (2019, Stylus)
- Assessing and Improving Your Teaching (2014, Jossey-Bass)
- Developing Learner-Centered Teaching (2009, Jossey-Bass)
What I Do...
- Change the culture of teaching
- Collaborate on accreditation assessments
- Collaborate with faculty to revise or develop curricula to promote lasting learning
- Demonstrate how to integrate assessment and learning
- Facilitate the implementation of learning-centered teaching
- Foster faculty’s use of evidence-based pedagogy
- Promote assessment for improvement, accountability and accreditation
- Offer interactive workshops and presentations on all the above
How I Add Value...
- Enable faculty to thrive and succeed
- Assist faculty to conduct and disseminate Scholarship of Teaching, Learning and Assessment
- Collaborate on program review
- Advise faculty on how to teach to increase student retention and graduation rates
- Foster teaching innovations
- Make learning-centered teaching work for all types of students
- Offer a supportive environment for overcoming teaching difficulties
- Provide effective templates to conduct program assessments, including the assessment of student learning outcomes
- Show faculty, advisers, and student services how to teach students to take responsibility for their own learning.