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TLED Print Wall Calendar

Each year the Teaching & Learning Excellence Division (TLED) creates a calendar with a focused theme. The TLED Calendar is produced in collaboration with different partners each year.

2024-25 TLED Calendar:

“Empowering Our Students, One Basic Need at a Time”

Please visit your campus ACC Library to pick up a copy.

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Meeting Basic Needs: Why It Matters

At Austin Community College (ACC), we recognize that fulfilling basic needs is essential for both academic success and personal well-being. Our annual calendar theme, Meeting Basic Needs, underscores our commitment to ensuring that every student has the support they need to thrive in all aspects of their lives and how faculty can direct them to these resources or address these needs within their curriculum.

This year’s calendar highlights the extensive resources and initiatives that ACC provides, addressing crucial areas that affect our students daily.

    • School Supplies & Technology
    • Transportation
    • Food
    • Clothing
    • Health & Wellness
    • Mental Health
    • Financial Support
    • Legal Assistance
    • Childcare & Parenting Student Support
    • Culture & Connection
    • Textbooks
    • Housing

Every Month: Meeting Basic Needs

Each month, the calendar delves into one basic need, illustrating how ACC meets these through innovative curriculum integration, supportive campus resources, and active community engagement.

In the Curriculum

ACC faculty have addressed the basic needs of students within their instruction, from free sewing classes to mental health workshops.

On Our Campuses

From food pantries to technology loans, ACC campuses are equipped with a variety of resources designed to directly support students’ daily needs.

In the Community

We collaborate with local organizations and initiatives to extend support beyond the campus, ensuring that our students have access to comprehensive services and opportunities within the wider community.

Empowering Our Students

Discussing and addressing these needs is essential for creating an educational environment where all students can succeed. By supporting these fundamental areas, we foster a culture of care and resilience, empowering students to focus on their goals without stress from unmet needs. This calendar aims to inform faculty about these resources, allowing them to share directly with students and address these needs in their instruction.

ACC is committed to supporting every student’s basic needs. We are more than an educational institution —we are a community that cares, supports, and grows together.

Month by Month Resources

Each month critical support resources are shared via QR codes within the TLED Print Wall Calendar. Below we share the links once more.

Connect with Social Support Resource Development

Social Support Resource Development (SSRD) would love to offer to come to your department meetings and/or classes to provide more information on how to access resources. Please reach out via SSRD@austinccc.edu.

Connect with SSRD

Join the SSRD email list and/or
submit a resource and more!

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2024-25 TLED Calendar Thank You

The Teaching and Learning Excellence Division (TLED) would like to thank the following partners for their contributions to this year’s calendar and for their ongoing support in helping our students find essential resources and meet basic needs.

Contact

For any questions about the TLED Print Wall Calendar, please email the Office of Faculty Communications at tledcomms@austincc.edu.