Conference Session

Two year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Ellen Hause, AACC; Benjamin Taylor, Seminole Community College

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12.1445.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The MentorLinks Program: Advancing Technological Education Program of the AACCIn the spring of 1998, a small but forward looking group of community college faculty andadministrators from across the United States gathered in Seattle, Washington for the openingreception of the Working Connections program. For the next several days they met on thecampus of Microsoft’s Cooperate headquarters in Redmond where they became betteracquainted, exchanged ideas, and made plans for how they would proceed forward over the nexttwo years. Chosen through a competitive grant application process, the meeting participants werefrom thirteen different community colleges but

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Richardson, College of the Canyons; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons; Joseph Gerda, College of the Canyons; Floyd Moos, College of the Canyons

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is based on a facilitator development workshop that is offered in two parts, a five-day and a four-day segment. During these two segments participants are trained to conduct threeprofessional development workshops, the Teaching Skills Workshop (TSW), the TeachingDemonstration workshop (TD), and Teaching in the Community College (TICC).The Teaching Skills Workshop focuses on a specific set of instructional skills, which are the basisfor planning and implementing any successful lesson. The workshop creates opportunities forfaculty members to practice and develop these specific skills. Teaching Demonstration reliesmore heavily on mentoring. A full-time faculty member meets with a group of adjuncts tofurther discuss the lesson structure and

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Duane Akroyd, North Carolina State University

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must be evaluated by an outside agency. The externalreview for this project is being conducted by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) 5. RTI isconducting electronic skill inventories during each course, reviewing portfolios of student work,collecting and analyzing contact logs between students and faculty, reviewing recruitment plans,and reviewing curriculum materials from each course. Table 1 shows demographic data from thefirst three cohorts. Table 1. Demographic Data from the Cohorts. Gender Male Female Total Cohort 1 3 (33%) 6 (67%) 9 Cohort 2 7 (41%) 10

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Caroline Van Ingen-Dunn, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

scheduled meetings. There was no consensus among Page 12.611.6the students on additional workshops that should be held. One student had attended aGuaranteed 4.0 Plan Workshop and found that very useful. What do you like about the Center? Number of Students (n=33) Space to Study 9 Computers 9 Good, Relaxed, Comfortable Atmosphere 8 People: Helpful, Friendly 6 Free