Instructor Resources
The University of Arizona is a large institution with many programs, people and departments available to support students.
It is difficult if not impossible to know everything available, but there are resources to support the academic, social, financial, health and wellness factors impacting student success.
We know instructors at the University of Arizona care deeply about our students. Here are some things every instructor can do to encourage student success.
- Share success resources with your students.
- Encourage help seeking behaviors, like using SOS or encourage students to by incorporating SOS Resources.
- Provide them with feedback by using Trellis Progress, the Arizona progress report system.
- Create a culture that celebrates Growth Mindset through your own experiences, or SSRI materials.
- Encourage students to connect with you at office hours or during other opportunities outside of class.
- Learn their backgrounds and tell them your story. If you were you a first-generation college student, participate in a training to receive materials you can display or share during courses.
- Encourage connections with other students in the classroom. Help students connect with each other so they can ask each other questions or create community.
- Support college and institution persistence and completion efforts, participate in the annual Student Success Conference.
Timely Student Success Resources
News
How SSRI Departments Work With Instructors
THINK TANK
- Will provide information and promotional materials for students in your courses.
- Can meet with instructors to discuss support for your course (tutoring, supplemental instruction).
- Instructors can request workshops related to a variety of academic skills.
- Support for creation of writing rubrics.
Thrive Center
- Can provide mentoring for students you work with: Culturally specific; first-generation; transfer; undocumented, immigrant, and refugee students; Wildcats seeking community and connections.
- A resource for students on a variety of topics like Financial Wellness and identity, or students seeking social connection.
- Provides professional development on: first-generation students, Immigrant Student Resources, DACA, and Undocumented Students, and Transfer Students.
Learn More About Impacts on Student Success
Share Success Resources
Connecting Students in Crisis
Counseling & Psychological Services
Dean of Students - Student Assistance
Connect With University Center for Assessment, Teaching and Technology (UCATT)
The mission of UCATT is to build capacity for excellence in teaching. UCATT offers a learning-centered toolkit packed with everything instructors need: professional development courses, mentor programs, multimedia solutions, digital technology and support services.