Program
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Spring Sessions:
28 April
Files we will be using today:
- April 28 Session Workshop Presentation Slides (Acrobat (PDF) 856kB Oct25 23)
- Workshop Participant Folder Contents (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) PRIVATE FILE 141kB Oct26 23)
- Code of conduct
12:00-4:00 pm ET / 11:00-3:00 CT / 10:00-2:00 MT / 9:00-1:00 PT
12:00 ET Session 1.1 Workshop Welcome and Introduction
- Intro plenary, introductions, code-of-conduct, community guidelines, overview of workshop and action plan, followed by breakout group meetings.
- Benefits of strengthening collaborations between two-year colleges and disciplinary societies (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 50kB Oct25 23)
- Session 1.1 Top goal for action plan (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) PRIVATE FILE 33kB Oct26 23)
12:55 ET Break
1:00 ET Session 1.2 Action plan: Strategies for one or more goals
- Action Plan Process with Examples (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 45kB Oct25 23) Work in your disciplinary group.
2:00 ET Break
2:15 ET Session 1.3 Strategies to enhance 2YC-disciplinary society engagement
- Concurrent multi-disciplinary breakout groups, followed by disciplinary breakout groups
- Session 1.3 Breakout Groups (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) PRIVATE FILE 18kB Oct25 23)
3:30 ET Session 1.4 Closing plenary, reflection and next steps
5 May
Files we will be using today:
- May 5 Session Workshop Presentation Slides (Acrobat (PDF) 654kB Oct25 23)
- Workshop Participant Folder Contents (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) PRIVATE FILE 141kB Oct26 23)
- Code of conduct
12:00-4:00 pm ET / 11:00-3:00 CT / 10:00-2:00 MT / 9:00-1:00 PT
12:00 ET Workshop Welcome, Roadcheck Results, Goals, Overview
Session 2.1 Action plan resources, start work on timeline
- Work in disciplinary groups: Slides for Action Plan Session (Session 2.1) -- from here, choose your discipline, then choose the first file in the folder, which should be an Action Plan Google Slide. Participants will be able to move themselves to their disciplinary break out room.
12:55 ET Break (5 minutes)
1:00 ET Session 2.2 Getting feedback from others in your discipline
- Work in disciplinary groups: Slides for Action Plan Session (Session 2.2) -- from here, choose your discipline, then choose the third file in the folder, which should be a Google Slide labeled Session 2.2 Getting Feedback... Participants will be able to move themselves to their disciplinary break out room.
- Small group (3 people) of randomly assigned participants: share one highlight from your plan, 3 minutes per person. We will randomly assign participants to groups
2:00 ET Break (15 minutes)
2:15 ET Session 2.3 Cross-disciplinary working groups
- We will assign you to work in small groups on the topic you had chosen in the Google Sheet. Click on the document that matches your group's topic for a notes page (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 928kB Oct26 23). We will assign you to topical groups.
2:50 ET Break (5 minutes)
2:55 ET Session 2.4 Finalize action plan, timeline, & summer work
- Participants work in disciplinary break out groups. Participants will be able to move themselves to their disciplinary break out room.
- Revise draft action plan
- Finalize the timeline for your draft action plan
- Who will do what and when?
- How might you measure your progress/success?
- How will you arrange for summer check-ins and updating of action plan for presentation on Day 3 in the fall?
- Please consider what feedback you want on your draft action plan and put in the team's action plan google slide
3:30 ET Session 2.5 Closing plenary, next steps, roadcheck
- Reflection
- What are you most excited about doing relative to your plan?
- Think on your own
- Share (in 3-person random breakouts) (9-10 minutes)
- Report (in chat)
- Next steps
- Workshop Roadcheck - Please complete ASAP after today's workshop sessions, and by May 10
- Workshop email list consent/opt out - Please complete ASAP, and by May 10
Fall Sessions:
29 September
12:00-4:00 pm Eastern / 11:00-3:00 Central / 10:00-2:00 Mountain / 9:00-1:00 Pacific
Pre-Meeting Assignments:
- Prepare your action plan report slide and decide who will give the 90 section lightning talk about in the first session.
- Scan the NSF program descriptions:
IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC), Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU), Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI), Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) and come with any questions for the program officers who will give a short presentation about their program. Presentations will be followed by breakout groups (program officers will rotate from breakout to breakout).
Files we will be using today:
- September 29 Workshop Presentation Slides (Acrobat (PDF) 439kB Oct25 23)
- Lightning Talk Slides (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 646kB Oct25 23)
- Workshop Participant Folder Contents (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) PRIVATE FILE 141kB Oct26 23)
- Code of conduct
Opening plenary: Welcome, overview of day (12:00-12:15ET / 11:00-11:15 CT / 10:00-10:15 MT / 9:00-9:15 PT)
- Welcome
- Random breakouts - Think about ONE of the following questions related to your action plan: (1) What is one thing you are excited about? OR (2) What is one piece of valuable feedback you received this summer (from disciplinary community or this workshop)?
- Instructions for action plan presentations
Discipline-specific action plan lightning talks and poster sessions (12:15-1:15 ET / 11:15-12:15 CT / 10:15-11:15 MT / 9:15-10:15 PT)
- 90 second presentations, then breakouts (while at least one team member stays in their discipline's room to field questions and get feedback)
Break (1:15-1:30 ET)
NSF Funding Opportunities Presentations and Breakout Sessions (1:30-3:20 ET / 12:30-2:20 CT / 11:30-1:20 MT / 10:30-12:20 PT)
- NSF Overview & conference proposals - Kalyn Owens
- Brief overview 4 programs: ITYC, IUSE, HSI, Experiential Learning for Emerging & Novel Technologies - Program Officers
- Breakout groups (4)
- IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)
- Kalyn Owens (ITYC)
- Christine Delahanty (ITYC)
- Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)
- Ellen Carpenter (IUSE)
- Connie Della-Piana (IUSE/ITYC)
- Eleanor Sayer (IUSE)
- Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI)
- James Alvarez (HSI)
- Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT)
- Karen Crosby (ExLENT)
- IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)
Break (3:20-3:30 ET)
Closing session, with disciplinary breakouts, next steps, daily roadcheck (3:30-4:00 ET / 2:30-3:00 CT / 1:30-2:00 MT / 12:30-1:00 PT)
- Think and react to the following question:
- What is one thing that inspired you from any of the earlier sessions today and gave you an idea regarding your action plan or a proposal?
- Share one thing in disciplinary breakouts - round-the-room in 1 minute or less to get ideas from everyone on the table, then discuss
- Ideas for cross-disciplinary groups (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 36kB Oct25 23) (use sticky notes to add ideas by Oct 6)
- Daily Roadcheck
6 October
12:00-4:00 pm Eastern / 11:00-3:00 Central / 10:00-2:00 Mountain / 9:00-1:00 Pacific
Pre-Meeting Assignments:
- Scan the resources for the disciplinary projects. After micro-presentations, there will be three breakout sessions and you'll select which three you'd like to go to. Coordinate with your team if you'd like.
- Learn about the programs that will be featured in the micro-presentations in these short descriptions (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 108kB Oct25 23) and explore the slides (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 1.3MB Oct25 23), organized by discipline.
- (Optional) Suggest a cross-disciplinary topic (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 36kB Oct25 23) to work on as a cross-disciplinary group.
Files we will be using today:
- Workshop Participant Folder Contents (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) PRIVATE FILE 141kB Oct26 23)
- Code of conduct
Introduction to the day, Opening Plenary, Micro-presentations, and Breakout Groups (12:00-1:00 ET / 11-12 CT / 10-11 MT / 9-10 PT)
- Opening plenary
- Micro-presentations by discipline of programs funded by disciplinary societies or other resources including NSF followed by Q&A breakouts. Learn more about these programs in this descriptive table (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 108kB Oct25 23).
- Micro-presentations by disciplines (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 1.3MB Oct25 23), followed by Q&A breakouts
Break (1:00-1:10 ET)
Disciplinary groups: Insights, action plans and proposal ideas (1:10-2:15 ET / 12:10-1:15 CT / 11:10-12:15 MT / 10:10-11:15 PT)
- Insights: What is one thing from a previous session that has inspired you and given you an idea regarding your action plan or a proposal?
- Generate a list of ideas for your action plan and/or potential proposals - 4.2-Disciplinary breakout notes (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) PRIVATE FILE 74kB Oct26 23)
- Make plans for next steps
Break (2:15-2:30 ET)
Cross-disciplinary break out groups (2:30-3:15 ET / 1:30-2:15 CT / 12:30-1:15 MT / 11:30-12:15 PT)
- Cross-disciplinary topics slide (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 36kB Oct25 23)
- This session is an opportunity to share ideas and consider how to move forward.
Closing plenary - Reflections, keeping the momentum going, end-of-workshop evaluation(3:15-4:00 ET / 2:15-3:00 CT / 1:15-2:00 MT / 12:15-1:00 PT)
Participant Folder Contents
These are also embedded in the program above. List of all files in the participant folder, including a link to download directly as well as to visit the file online. Please do not share folder contents outside of the workshop participants unless you have permission to do so.
- Workshop Participant Folder Contents (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) PRIVATE FILE 141kB Oct26 23)
Disciplinary Group Action Plan Files
These .zip files include your action plan worksheet, feedback, and summer slides from the spring and summer.
- Biology Action Plan Files (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 296kB Oct26 23)
- Chemistry Action Plan Files (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 298kB Oct26 23)
- Econ Action Plan Files.zip (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 301kB Oct26 23)
- Geography Action Plan Files.zip (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 294kB Oct26 23)
- Geoscience Action Plan Files.zip (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 274kB Oct26 23)
- Mathematics Action Plan Files.zip (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 322kB Oct26 23)
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Sci Action Plan Files.zip (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 324kB Oct26 23)
- Physics Action Plan Files (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 785kB Oct26 23)
- Political Science Action Plan Files (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 353kB Oct26 23)
- Psychology Action Plan Files (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 344kB Oct26 23)
- Sociology Action Plan Files (Zip Archive PRIVATE FILE 335kB Oct26 23)