Helping Students Thrive in Geoscience at Two-Year Colleges: Selected Strategies
October 21, 2017 8:30 am - 4:30 pm in Seattle, WA -- in Conjunction with GSA's 2017 Annual Meeting.
The workshop/short course is in the Sheraton Greenwood Room - 1400 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101. The Greenwood Room is on the third floor of the main Sheraton Hotel building.
Short Course Goals
- Sharing information on strategies that support the academic success of 2YC students in the geosciences
- Explore strategies that help students develop their science identity and Infusing geoscience career Information into your teaching
- Share strategies for supporting transfer students in their pathways from 2YC to 4YCU at the department, program, and institution level.
- Share and learn from others, increasing communication and collaboration of those interested in helping students thrive in geoscience at 2YCs
Program
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Saturday, October 21, 2017
8:30-8:45 Welcome and Introductions
8:45-10:15 Supporting Student Success in Your Teaching: Active Learning Methods
Active Learning Powerpoint Slides (Acrobat (PDF) 849kB Oct21 17)
- Session Goals:
- Learn more about various active learning strategies and teaching practices that support student success.
- Consider what you might want to implement in your teaching
- Active Learning Methods Posters (Acrobat (PDF) 4.9MB Mar24 16)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Helping Our Students Develop a Science Identity & Infusing Geoscience Career Information into Your Teaching
Science Identity Powerpoint Slides (Acrobat (PDF) 2.4MB Oct21 17)
- Session Goals:
- Learn strategies to help our students to identify as a scientist and make them aware of the breadth of careers in geoscience.
- Discuss implementations used to broaden participation in the geoscience workforce.
- Share ways to infuse career information into your classes, online, and outside of class time.
- Science Identity Gallery Walk Posters
11:45-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Supporting Students Through the 2YC-4YCU Transfer Process at Department, Program, and Institution Level
- Session Goals:
- Explore promising practices and share strategies for supporting transfer students in their pathways from their first geoscience course at a community college to graduation from a four-year college or university.
- Share and learn from others, increasing communication and collaboration of those interested in building pathways to success for transfer students.
- Supporting Transfer Gallery Walk Posters
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45- 3:55 Small Group Discussions on Strategies to Support Geoscience Students
- Session Goal:
- Share and learn from others, increasing communication and collaboration of those interested in helping students thrive in geoscience at 2YCs
- Panel Presentations:
- Kaatje Kraft – Undergrad Research (or "4 most impactful things")
- Karen Kortz & Jessica Smay–Lecture Tutorials
- Adrianne Leinbach – Teaching Online Strategies
- Mike Phillips – Getting Students in the Field – Benefits & Challenges
- Sean Tvelia - Metacognition Strategies
- Rob Viens – Fitting Your Work into the Bigger Picture and Getting Administrative Support
- Carla Whittington – Google Earth Activities
3:55-4:20 Reflection and short version of action plans and sharing of those
4:20-4:30 Closing remarks and Evaluation
