Our Guiding Principles

The Poorvu Center…

1. Supports teachers and learners of all backgrounds and abilities and helps develop practices that promote inclusive teaching.
2. Values research-based decisions about teaching and learning and partners with instructors, departments, and programs to measure and evaluate impact.
3. Encourages collaboration in all our activities.
4. Promotes public conversations about teaching and learning across all Yale communities.
5. Responds to instructors’ vision and students’ needs, and fosters experiments in pedagogy, technology, and student support.
6. Welcomes the Yale community and visitors into our space to advance teaching and learning excellence.
7. Disseminates Yale’s intellectual culture to learners at the University and beyond.
8. Continually reflects on our guiding principles in the context of a changing external environment, to remain nimble and proactive.