编者按: 这是a的一部分 每月系列 of campus updates on CU Boulder’s efforts to build a common student-centered approach to teaching and learning. 这个系列将贯穿整个学年.
Leadership team cites accomplishments for student success during fall semester, 期待春天继续进步
的 大学生成功领导力实施团队 (BUS-LIT), 哪个在本学期早些时候就开始工作了, met regularly throughout the fall to define student success from an undergraduate student perspective and identify common roadblocks that prevent students from achieving their goals and earning their degrees.
的 team has supported the following fall accomplishments in support of undergraduate student success:
Buff信息服务中心
的 Buff信息服务中心’s role is expanding to become the “front door” for student support questions. Buff Info was formed in January 2021 to provide the CU Boulder community a centralized point of connection and information. 自成立以来，Buff Info团队已经 了16,502案例答疑并提交给学生, 教师, 工作人员 and families with connections with campus information and resources.
Buff Info liaisons can be reached at 303-492-INFO (4636) or via email at buffinfo@scfxdg.com, 9 a.m. 到下午6点.m.星期一至星期五. 如有需要，学校会延长上课时间. Buff Info also offers a live chat that can also be accessed by students at scfxdg.com/students. 的 Buff Info team is available to answer questions on a wide variety of topics related to CU Boulder, 帮助教职工, 工作人员, students and parents connect with the appropriate campus office/service center for additional information or assistance as needed.
航向警报系统
的 课程提醒 系统扩展到所有本科课程. Course alerts are an important component in ensuring undergraduate student success. 如果学生在学期早期就收到通知, 他们有时间采取行动, whether that means seeking additional instructor help or guidance, 聘请家庭教师或相应地修改他们的课程表.
Instructors are asked to submit a course alert for undergraduate students who are not completing assignments, 缺课吗?, 在考试和作业中表现不佳, 或者在其他方面挣扎，可能需要帮助. Students are notified via email shortly after an instructor identifies them; additionally, advisors and other student success 工作人员 are then able to reach out to students to offer resources and suggestions for improving performance.
新的工作小组
的 team has identified a number of working groups that are forming for the spring semester. Each group will provide proposed solutions directed toward the goal(s) of the following:
- 提高学生留校率和毕业率, including retention and graduation rates for students from underserved groups.
- Improving students’ sense of social and/or academic belonging and academic confidence, 包括来自弱势群体的学生.
- 提高技术的有效整合, data and communications to enhance the digital student experience and bolster ease of access to student support services that enable student success.
- Aligning student success outcomes with the undergraduate curriculum and the improvement of teaching and learning, 是由全体教员推动的.
的 Buff Undergraduate Success team will compile each group’s input in January and begin prioritizing and moving projects forward during the spring semester.
Common curriculum planning committee drafts themes and considers learning outcomes
的 共同课程策划委员会 is continuing its work focused on creating a common learning experience and a common set of learning outcomes for CU Boulder undergraduate students.
委员会正在完成第一项主要任务, development of common learning goals and outcomes to support a common curriculum. 这些共同的学习目标已经被告知 学术未来报告, 想法的计划 and input from colleagues and students across campus collected via white papers submitted to the committee and via the spring 2021 common curriculum open forums and listening tour, 涉及近80个部门, 大学, 学校, shared governance and student advisory and student support groups. 的 goal is to present a draft of common curriculum framework options to the campus community for review and input in February 2022.
Both the creation of a common curriculum and a consistent campuswide system for assessing student learning will be reviewed as part of CU Boulder’s 所需的后续认证报告 查阅高等教育委员会保证检讨, which will be submitted for evaluation by the commission in early June 2024.
Hone your teaching skills, schedule a confidential consultation with the Center for Teaching & 学习
的 教与学中心 提供个性化的, confidential consultations free of charge to all educators on the CU Boulder campus. CTL 工作人员 members can consult on specific aspects of your teaching or simply hold a general conversation. CTL 工作人员 also provide confidential classroom observations and conduct classroom interviews. When needed, 工作人员 can quickly connect you to appropriate campus support and resources.
