TLC Mission Statement

The Teaching & Learning Consortium initiative was created in response to one of the overarching goals outlined in the University Strategic Plan: to provide the best possible learning experiences for our students.

The purpose of the TLC is to promote, facilitate, communicate and recognize the transformation of learning, including already in progress at Penn State.

The Role of the TLC is not to duplicate what is already being done in the different units (i.e., provide assistance for faculty and academic departments to develop and improve methods of teaching and learning). Rather, the purpose of the TLC is to assist in accelerating those efforts across the full breadth of the University.

The Consortium also facilitates an increased level of discussion about teaching and learning, promotes understanding of new strategies to improve learning, influences the university climate regarding the value of implementing meaningful programs and processes to enhance learning, and provides leadership for the establishment of new initiatives and programs dedicated to the enhancement of inspired teaching and engaged learning.

A second purpose of the TLC is to develop leadership for continuous improvement of teaching and learning.

This is done by creating special groups to discuss, guide and implement change. Workshops and special programs will be implemented to further enhance leadership for improvement of teaching and learning.

Prepared by Penn State University, University Park, TLC.