Supporting Learning

With the upcoming REACH training focusing on student learning, I want to share with you how the university is organizing its student learning efforts in Academic Affairs. Under the direction of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), state institutions in Texas are now following six common learning objectives. These six objectives are woven into the core curriculum and measured to ensure students are learning what is intended. Below is a chart comparing these six objectives and the five learning goals of REACH.

I hope you can see the overlap and the connections. For example, as students are learning about critical thinking in the classroom, they also have opportunities outside of the classroom to practice critical thinking through our programs and services in Student Affairs. We play a crucial role in student learning, and we also support what students are learning in the classroom. Assessment then enables us to show how we are doing this.

Here is more information about the THECB core curriculum initiative and UTSA’s role and timelines.

See you next month!
Kasey

Kasey Neece-Fielder
Director of Strategic Planning and Assessment
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
kasey.neece-fielder@utsa.edu
http://utsa.edu/students/assessment/