Workshop on Engaging Faculty: Agenda
June 4-5, 2015 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans
June 4, 2015
Welcome (3:15 – 3:30 pm)
Elizabeth S. Boylan, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Objectives of the Workshop
Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics; Director of the Center for STEM Learning; and President's Teaching Scholar, University of Colorado at Boulder
Kacy Redd, Director of Science and Mathematics Education Policy, APLU
Goals of the Teams (3:30 – 4:00 pm)
Teams will share two things that are working and a challenge that you want to tackle on your campus
Resources (4:00 -5:00 pm)
Understanding institutional change, engaging institutional leadership, and assessing the climate for change - Charles Henderson, Professor, Department of Physics and Mallinson Institute for Science Education; Co-Director, Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education, Western Michigan University
Physics curricular innovations - Steven J. Pollock, Professor, Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Chemistry curricular innovations - Gabriela Weaver, Vice Provost for Faculty Development; Director, Center for Teaching and Faculty Development; Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
APS resources for upper division course reform - Eric Brewe, Associate Professor of Science Education; Associate Director of Research, STEM Transformation Institute, Florida International University
ACS resources for upper division course reform - Jodi Wesemann, Assistant Director for Educational Research, American Chemical Society
Reflection on SMTI conference: What did we learn? (5:00 – 5:15 pm)
Team Meeting Time (5:15 pm)
June 5, 2015
Breakfast (7:45 – 8:30 am)
What is Our Challenge? (8:30 – 9:50 am)
Define the challenge with your team
Consultation with experts
Feedback on Preliminary Plan (9:55 – 10:40 am)
Each team shares their preliminary plan for 5 minutes with 10 minutes of discussion.
Questions to consider:
- What are your concerns?
- What are potential effective strategies?
- What are your resources and possible way forward?
Coffee Break (10:40 – 11:00 am)
Refine the Plan. Create template or modify as needed for local challenge. (11:00 -12:00 pm)
We have provided an template that includes: overall goals/need being addressed; your strategy; resources available; anticipated challenges; action plan; possible leaders; metrics of success; what you will do tomorrow.
Lunch (12:00 – 12:45 pm)
Complete the Plan for workshop presentation (12:45 – 1:15 pm)Share the Plan. 3 minute presentations for each team. (1:15 – 2:15 pm)
Taking a Broader View of How to Engage Faculty (2:15 – 3:00 pm)
Adjourn (3:00 pm)