Harvard Kennedy School launched SLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence) in the fall of 2007 to reaffirm its commitment to top performance in professional education, ensuring that ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø faculty match their intellectual distinction with a mastery of classroom skills.
SLATE offers professional development, consultation services, and a growing toolkit of tested materials to energize and enable teaching and learning for public service through innovation and evidence-based continuous improvement.
Active Learning at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø
Our Mission
- Preparing and distributing curricular materials such as classic cases, teaching plans, multimedia cases, digital modules, cross-disciplinary exercises, and simulations
- Developing, disseminating, and recognizing teaching capacities required for excellence in professional-school education
- Forging assessment tools that will help faculty gauge student learning
SLATE is committed to supporting Harvard Kennedy School's role as a global leader in public policy education by sharing its work with the larger academic community. In support of this goal, we have made a collection of guides, tip sheets and other teaching resources available for the public to browse and download.
Curriculum and Innovation
SLATE is proud to share the innovative curricular materials and pedagogical practices being developed at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø. We invite faculty across the globe to browse the and the Research and Innovation section of our website to learn more.
For More Information
Anjani Datla
Director of SLATE
617-496-8735
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Erin Baumann
Senior Associate Director, Professional Pedagogy
617-495-1289
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Maria Flanagan
Senior Associate Director, Digital Learning Design
617-495-0799
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Mae Klinger
Associate Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation
617-495-4725
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