Student Affairs Transformational Experiences
Student Affairs Transformational Experiences (SATEs) are recognized departmental-sponsored student experiences within the Division of Student Affairs that have intentional impacts for students and produce transformational experiences through reflection within the co-curricular.
SATE designated experiences will contribute to participants’ lifelong learning, global citizenship, career readiness/development, and applied learning to a variety of settings.
Student Affairs Transformational Experiences (SATE) offer two tier-level designations available to division departments, both including structured and periodic reflection, assessed student learning and record keeping of student participation.
- SATE: Minimally, to contain structured and periodic reflection and assessed student learning as a requirement. These less involved experiences designated as having high impact practice elements should also include investment of time and effort in purposeful tasks which result in learning.
- SATE (Advance): Meet 4 or more of the 8 domain criteria (high impact practice elements) from the Division of Student Affairs SATE rubric, with structured and periodic reflection and assessed student learning as a requirement. Domains noted below.
Both levels are strongly encouraged to include learning experience outcomes that associate with Texas A&M Undergraduate Learning Outcomes or National Association of Colleges & Employer (NACE) competencies or other theoretical framework appropriated by the experience.
Student Affairs Transformational Experiences Domains
- Quality and connection of shared experience outcomes to Undergraduate Learning Outcomes, and/or NACE career readiness competencies or other theoretical framework.
- Investment of time and effort in purposeful tasks which result in learning.
- Interaction with staff or faculty, and peers which contributes to the personal body of knowledge.
- Exposed to a variety of experiences that will prompt them to engage in thoughtful conversations or introspection about cultural or societal topics.
- Frequent, timely, and constructive feedback which allows for learning and development.
- Integrate learning from students’ curricular and co-curricular experiences.
- Awareness of individual impacts to the self, others, and the larger world.
- Structured reflection and assessment plans to measure student learning occurring in the experience.
SATE recognition process (contact Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research): For both levels include initial identification through the Division of Student Affairs yearly annual reporting/program inventory. Committee on Student Learning members and the Assistant Director of Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research will help departments develop programs identified as potential SATE.