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Welcome to the Sanger team!  The Sanger Learning Center is a unit within the School of Undergraduate Studies (UGS)an Undergraduate College (UC) unit.  For more than 65 70 years, the Sanger Learning Center has evolved to match the changing learning needs of UT Austin students.  Our diverse Our varied programming requires a significant degree of specialization and staff expertise.  Members of the professional staff   Professional staff members hold advanced degrees in mathematics, history, biology, speech communication, educational psychology, marine science, molecular and cellular biology, English, and adult education.  Our agency’s enduring objective is to help UT Austin students reach their highest potential in personal, career, and academic development. 

Our Mission

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We empower students to achieve academic and professional goals by providing holistic learning support.

Goals

To help students become effective learners.
To promote help-seeking behavior.
To provide professional development opportunities that prepare students for lives beyond the university.

To fulfill our mission, the Sanger Learning Center provides a variety of various services and resources for course support and study effectiveness, including content-based discussion sections and classes, peer tutoring, peer mentoring, and professional meetings, and workshops.

The Sanger Learning Center currently operates from Jester Residential Hall (JES) with two four primary support teams; : Course Support and Instruction and , Academic Counseling Tutorial Services, Public Speaking & Outreach and Math Refreshers and Reviews.  Each unit is organized around the program teams’ concept. Each team is led by a Program Coordinator who reports to the Sanger Learning Center’s Director and administers all aspects of their respective programs.The

1. Course Support and Instruction (CSI) area

1. programs are tied to specific historically

1. difficult courses, meet with groups of student participants, and plan instructional events over multiple time points in a semester.

1. Academic Counseling Tutoring Services

1. area includes Peer Academic Coaching (PAC), Learning Specialist appointments, and Tutoring Instruction

1. delivered to groups of students or one-on-one. All programs in the academic counseling area emphasize study skills that will benefit students across multiple courses and disciplines.

In 2014, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies asked the Sanger Learning Center to create a new learning intervention for one of UT’s student Success Programs, the Discovery Scholars Program. New professional positions funded directly from the Office of the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Curriculum’s Office were filled and four to five Sanger professional staff operate as a third team providing academic counseling and content support to a group of approximately 1,500 UT students.

1. Assessment, Marketing and Outreach is tasked with information distribution like html emails, signage, campaigns and other related processes. The Outreach team presents workshops across campus to individual classrooms, student organizations, and student success programs.

2. Math Refreshers and Reviews are designed to support student success in calculus courses. Offered at the beginning of each semester, refreshers provide a series of classroom meetings designed to strengthen students’ calculus prerequisite knowledge and skills. Exam reviews at mid- and end-of-semester are designed to provide thoughtful and strategic problem-solving practice just-in-time.

While the teams act independently in administering their program responsibilities, each team member spends considerable time and energy communicating and collaborating with students, staff members, and other stakeholders across campus. Image Removed

Sanger Learning Center

Math Refreshers & Reviews1,2852,57246DSP Weekly Quizes78539----------------------Total5,78726,62424228Student ParticipantsInstructional HoursTraining HoursStudent EducatorsDeveloping academic skillsGraduate Writing ServiceGSWS19154147DSP Appointments373963----------------------Learning Specialist  AppointmentsLS340466----------------------Peer Academic CoachingPAC2171,7136933Public Speaking CenterPSC80813011Workshops1,3972,00360------------Outreach8151,238----------------------UTransform7,8007,800----------------------Total11,21314,80516351Student ParticipantsInstructional HoursTraining HoursStudent EducatorsWorking with coursesSignature CoursesSCTA113559----------------------Supplemental InstructionSI4,73932,68617916Peer-led Undergraduate StudyingPLUS2,43210,24024.5378Total7,28443,485203.5394Student ParticipantsInstructional HoursTraining HoursStudent EducatorsSanger Learning Center Totals24,28484,914390.5673

Here are two visuals of the center to help you understand how we work.

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