Strategic Priority #1: Teaching and Learning
Consistent with Saint Louis University's Ignatian educational identity, we will prioritize inclusive, evidence-based and learning-centered instruction.
Goal 1.1
Recognize and reward inclusive, evidence-based and learning-centered instruction and curriculum design.
Priority Actions
- Develop shared definitions of inclusive, evidence-based and learning-centered teaching
- Revise protocols for the evaluation of teaching (including student feedback on teaching)
- Align P&T standards to ensure appropriate valuing of effective teaching and participation in the University Core
- Expand investments in faculty development programs to advance inclusive and Ignatian instruction and course/curriculum design
- Create an annual recognition event to celebrate effective teaching
Goal 1.2
Expand/enhance experiential learning for both graduate and undergraduate students
Priority Actions
- Continue to invest in full implementation of the Core, especially those Core Components requiring/supporting experiential learning
- Expand support for and student participation in credit-bearing internships
- Expand support for and student participation in non-credit bearing applied learning experiences
- Assess and strengthen the residential learning curriculum, particularly the relationship between the Core and Learning Communities
- Assess and strengthen partnerships with industry, community organizations and alumni to better support reciprocal learning and professional development opportunities for students