Teaching for Student Success

TSS is a faculty learning community that brings together instructors committed to helping students thrive through evidence-based teaching practices and course design and supportive learning environments. The program will include special emphasis on creating learning experiences that respond to student needs, with the goal of reducing DFW rates and improving successful course completion.

CTE’s Teaching for Student Success (TSS) is a faculty learning community that brings together instructors committed to helping students thrive academically through evidence-based teaching practices and course design and supportive learning environments.

The TSS provides space for faculty to share expertise and explore approaches to enhance student engagement, persistence, and achievement. The program will include special emphasis on creating learning experiences that respond to contemporary student needs and challenges, with the goal of reducing DFW rates and improving successful course completion. Student pedagogical partners will join us on some occasions to provide direct insights and help you refine your approaches. Instructors from all disciplines and modalities (in person or online) will come away with practical strategies for improving their students’ success. Facilitated by CTE Director Dea Follmer and Faculty Fellows Sarah Ngoh (English) and Brad Osborn (Music).

The group will meet four times in the spring semester. Meeting dates and proposed topics (all from 3:00-4:00 pm):

February 4. Understanding Why Students Don’t Succeed: From Insights to Action– Examine contemporary challenges affecting student success while developing tools to investigate which ones most apply in your own courses and develop concrete strategies to address them.
February 25. Real-Time Course Refinement: Student Check-ins That Drive Success– Explore strategies for checking in with students and their learning to create feedback loops and make timely course adjustments to enhance student success.
March 25.Topic TBD– Topic will be selected based on participant interests (e.g. creating effective teams with UTAs and GTAs).
April 15. Teaching Slam: Lightning Round of Learning Innovations – Close out our learning community with an energetic showcase. Participants will share strategies and impacts on student learning in rapid-fire 3-5-minute presentations.

While designed as an ongoing community that builds connections and shared knowledge across the semester, we welcome colleagues to participate in individual sessions that match their interests and availability. However, consistent participation allows for deeper engagement with colleagues and more comprehensive development of teaching strategies for student success.

Questions?

Contact Judy Eddy at jeddy@ku.edu.