. Prior to her role as project manager, Sarah worked asthe SEI Coordinator for a local high school and has also developed an inclusion program for Migrant andImmigrant students that utilized co-teaching and active learning as keystones of the program. She beganher educational career as a high school teacher, teaching courses in English, math, and science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Coaching and Feedback in a Faculty Professional Development Program that Integrates the Entrepreneurial Mindset and Pedagogical Best Practices into Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper reports on the impact of individualized coaching as part of abroader
great asset to the institution, however, the lack of effectiveways of integrating faculty into the college has presented a significant barrier to the establishmentof an inclusive and supportive faculty community. In addition, in a unionized environment,bargaining unit rules may make it difficult to require adjunct faculty to attend professionaldevelopment meetings.In 2015, Inside Higher Ed conducted a Survey of College and University Faculty WorkplaceEngagement in conjunction with researchers from Gallup [2]. The survey results found that onlyabout 34% of faculty are engaged in their workplace, meaning that they felt their opinions werevalued, their work was meaningful and rewarding, and they had good interactions with colleagues.Among the
conflict of interest forms and their curriculum vitaeto help the PI and co-PI evaluate the richness of their professional network and contributions,respectively.Following the survey, an individual structured interview with the PI and co-PI occurred todetermine the specific needs of each ASSERT Fellow, providing validation or perhapschallenging our a priori observations of risk inhibitors at Boise State that prevent germinatingbold ideas. By studying the ASSERT Fellows, we were able to look at what may inhibit themfrom taking risks—personal attributes and beliefs, and the structural and cultural barriers withintheir academic unit, the university, and in their academic field.During our individual structured interviews with the ASSERT Fellows, we
the integration of active learning and technology-enabled frequent feedback. Prior to her role and Director of Instructional Effectiveness, she worked as the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program, as a high school math and science teach teacher, and as an Assistant Principal and Instructional & Curriculum Coach.Prof. Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University Robert J. Culbertson is an Associate Professor of Physics. Currently, he teaches introductory mechanics and electrodynamics for physics majors and a course in musical acoustics, which was specifically de- signed for elementary education majors. He is director of the ASU Physics Teacher Education Coalition
Century, G. C. Weaver, Ed. West Lafayette, UNITED STATES: Purdue University Press, 2015.[47] P. C. Abrami, C. Poulsen, and B. Chambers, "Teacher motivation to implement an educational innovation: factors differentiating users and non-users of cooperative learning," Educational Psychology, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 201-216, 2004/04/01 2004.[48] L. R. Lattuca and J. S. Stark, Shaping the college curriculum: Academic plans in context. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.[49] J. W. Dearing, "Applying diffusion of innovation theory to intervention development," Research on social work practice, 2009.[50] J. W. Forrester, "System dynamics and the lessons of 35 years," in A systems-based approach to policymaking: Springer
educational impact, WPI conducted a mixed-methods study of 38 years of alumni of thePBL-based curriculum [7]. Alumni attributed a wide range of professional skills and abilities as well asaspects of personal growth and broader world views to their formal project experiences. Interestingly,women reported more strongly positive impacts than men in 36 of 39 growth areas, suggesting that PBLcould be an effective means for attracting and retaining women in engineering programs [8]. With regard to support of faculty development, all faculty are expected to engage in some form of PBL.WPI has featured a PBL-based curriculum for nearly 50 years, so the current faculty composition mayreflect self-selection for comfort with project learning. It is notable
high need for assessment in change projects is often paired with a low prevalenceof formal assessment activity (Beach et al., 2016). To avoid this, a structured approach toassessment should be used from the very beginning, and conducted as an integral component ofthe entire project. During planning, assessment of “readiness for change” is critical (Reeves,2009; Lehman, Greener, and Simpson, 2002; Combe, 2014; Lynch & Smith, 2016). Movingthrough the project, assessment plans should be mindful of Banta et al.’s (1996) principle ofassessment stating that “Assessment requires attention to outcomes, but also and equally to theexperiences that lead to those outcomes”. To do this, Hall (2013) argues that direct assessment ofthe extent of
Paper ID #25701The Use of Chatbots in Future Faculty Mentoring: A Case of the EngineeringProfessoriateDr. Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Dr. Sylvia Mendez is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She earned a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Kansas, a MS in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University, and a BA in Economics from Washington State University. Dr. Mendez’s research centers on faculty mentoring initiatives, the
students.In this paper, an overview of the IMPACT program will be presented. The curriculum of the FLCand discussion of the theoretical framework will be discussed. Evidence is given of IMPACT’ssuccess as a faculty development and course transformation program since it started in thesummer of 2011. Specific evidence will be discussed regarding the program’s positive influenceon instructors’ teaching practices as well as student success and learning gains in STEM courses.Overview of the IMPACT programThe IMPACT program originally built upon the work of Carol Twigg and the National Center forAcademic Transformation (NCAT). Twigg and NCAT created a tightly structured program bysynthesizing research on active learning5. NCAT targeted large, introductory
, REU, RIEF, etc.).Mrs. Samantha Michele Shields, Texas A&M University Samantha Shields is an Instructional Consultant at the Texas A&M University’s Center for Teaching Excellence. She is currently working on her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M Uni- versity, where she is concentrating on Teacher Education and Technology. Mrs. Shields taught an adjunct lecturer in the College of Education’s Teaching, Learning, and Culture department before transitioning to serving as a graduate assistant in the Center for Teaching Excellence, where she helps to develop curricu- lum.Dr. Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Luciana R. Barroso, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Structural
Effectiveness, she worked as the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program, as a high school math and science teacher, and as an Assistant Principal and Instructional & Curriculum Coach.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. Her re- search interests focus on higher education equity and access, particularly within STEM.Prof. Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause is professor in the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and
. Collaboration is a vital skill for all students, across the spectrum. For example, thechallenge by Prince [12] for engineering faculty to promote collaboration in their classes isexplicitly required by the accrediting agency for engineering programs [14]. Collaboration isspecifically linked to the engineering curriculum via two of the 11 required student outcomes: (1)the ability to function on multidisciplinary teams and (2) the ability to communicate effectively[14]. Employers also desire graduates who can collaborate on teams; however, they reportstudents are not well prepared in this area [15]. Engineering graduates of a large publicuniversity reported in an extensive survey the most important ABET competencies for theirprofessional practice were
and S. Scachitti, “Flipped Classroom or Active Learning : Integrating Alternative Teaching Meth- ods into Engineering Technology Curriculum,” in 2018 ASEE Annual Confererence & Exposition, 2018.[9] R. M. Lima, P. H. Andersson, and E. Saalman, “Active Learning in Engineering Education: a (re)introduction,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 1–4, 2017.[10] R. M. Felder, R. Brent, and M. J. Prince, “Engineering Instructional Development,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp. 409–436.[11] M. McLean, F. Cilliers, and J. Van Wyk, “Faculty development: Yesterday, today and tomorrow,” Med. Teach., vol. 30, no. 6