CEP initiated the Teaching Development Program in 1996 to help Romanian
university teachers improve their teaching skills and, in 2001, branched out to junior
Bulgarian and Moldovan academics. The project consists of a series of workshops focusing
on practical issues, methods and teaching strategies, and of pairing TDP Fellows with
Visiting and Local Faculty Fellows as mentors. TDP participants are included in nearly all
CEP events and work actively with CEP Fellows in teaching workshops and mentoring
programs. The TDP has proven to be a cost-effective way to expand the country team and the
impact of CEP's activities in Romania. It also serves as a mechanism for identifying
prospective Local Faculty Fellow candidates and for encouraging their applicants to CEP's
programs. In the current academic year the training program on teachings methods is being
conducted jointly with Reading and Writing for Critical
Thinking. For more information on the TDP, please visiting the Teaching and Learning
section of the website.
