SoTL Certificate Program
Program Overview
Faculty participating in the Scholarship of Teaching Yield Learning Excellence (STYLE) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Certificate Program will learn foundational knowledge in the research of effective teaching and learning strategies. Participants will design a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) study related to an area of interest in a course they teach. Participants will execute their SoTL plan over the second long semester in the program. The STYLE program leadership team and the IDEALS lab (a SoTL focused lab of research assistants) will support faculty in planning, executing, and analyzing data from their SoTL project. Each STYLE cohort will be mentored and coached to create an active, supportive, and collaborative community of scholars.
Vision
To foster a collaborative and supportive community of forward-thinking educators, dedicated to the pursuit of scholarship in teaching and learning through the rigorous application of evidence-based methodologies
Mission
To enhance teaching and learning at Texas A&M, the STYLE program aims to create a transformative, student-centered, and evidence-based educational environment. This will bel achieved by reshaping the teaching and learning identities, practices, and behaviors of faculty who are participants of the STYLE Program. The goal of the program is to cultivate collaborative educators striving to enhance their teaching through evidence-based practices. The end objective is to increase the quality and impact of teaching at Texas A&M by engaging faculty in a focused Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program.