Gerry Meisels

Project STEER, University of South Florida part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Workshops and Webinars:Working Meeting 2018:Pre-Work
Robert Potter and Gerry Meisels, University of South Florida STEER - Reaching Tenure-Line STEM Faculty (Acrobat (PDF) 18kB Apr30 18)

Systemic Transformation of Education through Evidence-based Reform (STEER) part of Network of STEM Education Centers:Program Descriptions
STEER seeks to create a culture that reflects a strong balance between teaching and research, and values both. STEER promotes the adoption of evidence-based teaching practices in all science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses, especially in the large-enrollment gateway courses. To facilitate systemic change, the University of South Florida (USF) and Hillsborough Community College (HCC) are partnering to offer professional development for faculty and strengthening coordinated student advising, because the number of STEM community college students transferring to USF exceeds the number who began their studies at USF. STEER's comprehensive approach also addresses other factors that may influence students' academic experiences, such as graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training, student advising, course alignment, institutional policies related to teaching, and physical infrastructure such as classroom configuration. This effort is supported in part by the National Science Foundation, grant number DUE1525574.