Workshop Program

DATE: Friday, November 22, 2019

8:45-9:30: Registration & Coffee, Millie Green Room

9:30-9:45: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:45-10:30: Growing our Programs- Presentation and discussion regarding current research on student persistence in sciences

Presentation: Persistence_in_Science.pptx (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 6MB Nov22 19)

10:30-10:45: Break

10:45-12:00: Recognizing our Strengths to Market our Programs and Recruit Majors

  • Participants will perform a SWOT analysis of their individual departments to develop strategies to broaden participation, increase student success, and further recruitment of majors.
  • Gallery walk of developed strategies
Presentation: Recognizing_Our_Strengths.pptx (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.2MB Nov22 19)

12:00-12:30: Lunch

12:30: 1:45: Achieving our educational goals: how, where, and when are our students exposed to program level goals?

1:45-2:00 Discussion about observed gaps and/or program continuity

2:00-3:30: Increasing success in the classroom and Retaining our Students: Aligning course activities with Course and Program Objectives

  • Participants will work in small groups to determine how individual assignments align with course and program objectives. Using Blooms taxonomy as a guide participants will work to better align one class activity to course/program objectives and summative course assessments.
Presentation:Retaining_Students.pptx (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.6MB Nov22 19)

3:30-3:45 Lightning presentations of revised activities.

3:45-4:00: Workshop evaluation and closing remarks

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