Mission Statement
The mission of the William H. Koehler Center for Teaching Excellence is to support teaching and learning at Texas Christian University.  The resources and activities of the Koehler Center are focused both on honoring the present needs of instruction and informing the TCU community of the increasing possibilities brought by changing pedagogical theory, innovative practice, and new technologies.  The staff of the Koehler Center is dedicated to working with individual faculty and groups of faculty to design and implement meaningful learning opportunities and to facilitate ongoing, reflective participation in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Confidentiality Statement
The Koehler Center maintains the confidentiality of the individual faculty or groups of faculty with whom we work, mindful that our faculty voluntarily engage our services in order to enhance and enrich teaching and learning at TCU.

February Teaching and Learning Conversation: The Grant-Writing Process Demystified Feb. 10, 2010, 10 AM – 11:30 AM, Smith 104A How do you increase the odds of acceptance for the grant application you're putting together?  What strategies work well in making overtures to funding sources?  What TCU resources are available to help with all of this?  “The Grant-Writing Process Demystified” will address these questions and many more.  TCU's Office of Sponsored Research along with successful grant writers from among TCU faculty will share information that will help increase the odds that your proposals will be accepted.  This workshop will be helpful for faculty seeking both internally- and externally-funded grants.  This will also be the place where the case story tutorial about the grant-writing process will be premiered! Click to Register   TCU Learning Management Information System   Series of Articles about Learning Outcomes Since August 2008, the Koehler Center eNewsletter has contained an article in each issue about learning outcomes. These articles build on one another, but each is also a stand-alone reference about the specific learning outcomes topic discussed. Our newsletters are archived on our site – just click on “Faculty Services” above to access a link to our archives. The articles are short, and reading them will provide a good overview of how working with, measuring, and adjusting outcomes to improve student performance can be accomplished.