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.

Wednesday, April 1, 2-3 PM, Writing Measurable Outcomes, Smith 104A Writing Measurable Outcomes What's involved with constructing good student learning outcomes so they can be measured? Why bother? This workshop will provide information on how the use of learning outcomes is invaluable for continuous instructional improvement and adjustment. To reap the benefits, though, the outcomes must be written so that there are observable student actions which can be measured. This makes measurement of the learning vastly easier and simplifies the process of determining how to help students make better progress toward mastery of the material. The workshop will provide an overview of learning outcomes and will focus specifically on enabling you to write good outcomes. 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.