Thursday, October 9, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Data Driven Strategies to Tailor Teaching Practices for Maximum Involvement & Impact

Many institutions face challenges in translating values of belonging and social
connectedness into daily classroom practice. While evidence shows that a strong sense
of feeling like one matters and growth mindset significantly improve retention and learning, faculty often lack the dedicated structures, actionable data, and cross-campus partnerships needed to identify and dismantle barriers. This leaves many faculty feeling frustrated and demoralized by what they perceive to be a lack of interest from their students.

Join us on October 9, 2025, when our expert presenters will review strategies to tailor teaching practices for maximum involvement and impact in the classroom. Through student response data, they identified hidden barriers to belonging and developed specific teaching practices to advance engagement. They’ll share practices that have proved to be effective - and that you can implement on your campus immediately.

Create a proactive, systemic shift in how learning environments are designed and more effectively reach all student learners in ways that excite them and help them succeed in the classroom. 

Topics Covered

You will gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Leverage partnerships amongst faculty, student success professionals, students, and academic innovation experts to break down silos and align effort toward holistic student learning and thriving.
• Adopt growth-minded teaching practices to create welcoming classroom environments.
• Draw from data on students’ sense of belonging and engagement to inform real-time adjustments in teaching and course design.
• Create more effective learning environments for ALL student learners by delivering information in varied formats, allowing for flexibility, and based on their cognitive strengths.
• Establish and build faculty communities of practice that foster shared learning, experimentation, and accountability – making innovation sustainable and scalable.
• Move from intention to institutional impact to collectively transform student outcomes and advance your institution’s mission through building a truly thriving, inclusive campus.

Presenters

Dr. Amy Buechler-Steubing currently serves as the Associate Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Learning Innovation at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) an R1, Hispanic Serving Institution.
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Dr. Mary Dixson is currently a Professor Instruction in Communication at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
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