Professional Staff

Sue Barnes Instructional Technology Coordinator	442-3106 sbarnes@uamail.albany.edu
Billie Bennett Instructional Consultant	442-4850 bbennett@uamail.albany.edu
Steven Doellefeld Assistant Director	442-3657 steven@albany.edu
Kathy Plunkett Office Manager '03 Excellence Award Winner	442-3659 kplunkett@uamail.albany.edu
Bill Roberson ITLAL Director	442-3656 wroberson@uamail.albany.edu
Ruth Scipione Instructional Consultant	442-3654 rscipione@uamail.albany.edu

Assistants

Graduate Assistants Roger Vandawalker Lina Rincon

Future Faculty Fellow Kimberly Van Orman

ITLAL Mission

The University at Albany's Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership serves as an agent for innovation and transformation, to foster excellence in university teaching and learning practices. Toward this goal, the Institute provides programs of professional enhancement to the faculty and instructional staff.

The Institute focuses on three areas:

• Promoting teaching effectiveness and innovation, both in the traditional classroom and online
• Facilitating academic paths to success in teaching, research, service and leadership
• Supporting graduate student instructors in professional preparedness and development of exemplary teaching practices

ITLAL Values

The individuals who work within ITLAL strive to act upon the following values...

Collaboration and Teamwork
Leadership at all levels
Professional Integrity
Creativity and Originality
Individual and Collective Responsibility
Attention to detail
Responsiveness & Follow-through
Reliability