TLC Mission Statement--Trinity Unversity

Teaching & Learning Committee
Mission Statement

The following statement is from the Faculty Handbook Part II, Chapter 5 ("Standing Committees of the University").

The Teaching and Learning Committee shall be the organ of the Faculty for assessing the general status and needs of teaching and learning, and be a coordinating body for facilitating the enhancement of instruction in the University. Specific activities of this committee shall include, but not be limited to, new faculty orientation, facilitating discussion among faculty members and also between faculty and students on the subject of teaching and learning, by means of workshops, seminars, documents, etc., and acting as a conduit or clearing house for new and existing educational methodologies and materials. The Committee shall report to the Faculty Senate. The Committee shall consist of the Vice President for Academic Affairs or his/her designee, six members of the faculty, provided that each one of the divisions and the Library are represented, and two students recommended annually by the Student Association. Faculty members shall serve for three years in three classes of two, and will be recommended by the Faculty Senate after the usual process of nomination by the faculty Representation and Elections Committee of the Senate. One of the faculty members shall be the Chair of the Committee. The Committee shall not be involved in evaluation of specific courses or programs, or in evaluation of the teaching of individual faculty members.