Paper ID #24038Executing COE Faculty Development at the Intersection of a Strategic Planand Faculty Well-beingDr. Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University Dr. Christine S. Grant joined the NC State faculty in 1989 after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. (Geor- gia Institute of Technology) and Sc.B. (Brown University) all in Chemical Engineering (ChE). One of less than 10 African-American women full ChE professors in the country, her research interests are in interfacial phenomena and recently biomedical systems. She is the first Associate Dean of Faculty Ad- vancement in NC State’s College of Engineering. Awards
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] to support instructors as they learned about and implementedresearch-based interactive teaching strategies. The structure of these learning communities isdescribed in more detail in the next section. A main element of the communities is thatparticipants were asked to select a research-supported interactive teaching strategy to implementin the course(s) they taught. The learning community served as a forum for gaining ideas ofpossible strategies, as well as for sharing plans and results and receiving informal feedback andsupport on both. Rather than adopting particular prescribed strategies, participating facultyidentified strategies that were of interest to them and/or addressed a challenge they were facingin their course(s). Hence, we are
, especiallyfor untenured, tenure-track faculty who have expectations for being able to share passions for notonly research but also teaching. The TLC is supporting our professors of practice as theytransition from industry to academia and teaching. The support by the department chair reducesperceived risk of trying new teaching pedagogies. Finally, we are building a diverse communityof faculty dedicated to teaching in a department that has not has a strong teaching community inthe past.Ambrose, S. A., M. Bridges, M. DiPietro, M. C. Lovett and M. K. Norman (2010). How learning works : seven research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco, CA :, Jossey- Bass.Cox, M. D. (2004). "Introduction to faculty learning communities." New
effective engineering andSTEM learning and teaching in higher education.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.#1525345. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. This work is done in collaboration with the University of Kansas, IndianaUniversity, Queen's University at Kingston, University of British Columbia, University ofCalifornia, Davis, University of Colorado Boulder, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.References[1] M. W. Ohland et al., "Race, gender, and measures of success in engineering education," Journal of
surrounding the usefulness of faculty evaluation measures—studentevaluation in particular. We argue that in order to improve faculty perceptions of teachingevaluation practices, future work should explore the potential of AOE questions for moremeaningful approaches to faculty evaluation. Such approaches might provide faculty withconcrete, useful suggestions, and empower them to make positive pedagogical changes. ReferencesAlbanese, M. A., Schuldt, S. S., Case, D. E., & Brown, D. (1991). The validity of lecturer ratings by students and trained observers. Academic medicine, 66(1), 26-28. 11Aleamoni, L. M. (1999). Student rating myths versus research facts
. Summarize 3-5 evidence-based instructional strategies s/he will implement. At least one of these will be a discipline-specific instructional strategy relevant to the participant’s field of study. Leverage the Literature Search relevant sources (e.g., journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, blogs, disciplinary communities of practice) to identify pedagogical best practices and discipline- specific teaching practices. Engage in Discussion Critique discipline-based education research or instructional case studies. Facilitate a
activity conducted over two consecutive course periods, students, in teams, choosefrom a list of articles about different types of technologies, such as a bridge, a GPS app, airconditioning in office buildings, and airbags. Many of the articles were non-academic includingsome blogs. Our intent here was to push students to not only be able to discern the key points theauthor(s) raise(s) and what information and evidence (or lack thereof) is used to support theirclaims, but also critically consider what the stance of the author is and how this might havecolored his/her assumptions and viewpoint.After evaluating the article as a whole, students are asked to analyze the technology itself andcreate a single presentation slide to summarize their
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ofsustainable innovation scaling which occurs at the organizational level [5]. Wenger et al.’s,model of Community of Practice was implemented as to encourage the sustainability ofinnovation central to Coburn’s model [6]. Briefly, Rogers outlines a model of personal adoption of innovation which includes fiveaspects. First is knowledge or awareness where there is exposure to innovation. In our facultydevelopment program, this occurs during the workshops. Secondly, to adopt innovation, onemust exhibit a growing interest. Next, the individual must either accept or reject the innovationfollowed by the implementation or trial phase where the innovation is tested. Lastly, theinnovation is sustained through the confirmation or adoption phase. The second
strategies to be better communicated Encourages innovative teaching Threatening to participants-- Encourages discussion what happens with the data? Encourages critical questions Feedback after observations? Creates awareness of teaching goals References CitedAmrein-Beardsley, A., & Popp, S. E. O. (2012). Peer observations among faculty in a college ofeducation: investigating the summative and formative uses of the Reformed TeachingObservation Protocol (RTOP). Educational Assessment, Evaluation and
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include specific goals associatedwith the improvement of specific competences (teaching and professional).As part of the reflective memorandum (self-evaluation), each faculty member is invited toidentify weaknesses and opportunities for improvement, which are included in s self-managedimprovement plan. The Department Head uses this input to identify and consolidate trainingopportunities, workshops, communication or seminars; to establish spaces for cooperation andthe presentation of improvement plans; and to assess the faculty member’s level of commitmentto and compliance with her or his proposed improvement plan.Current planning at the departmental level is considering the use of the CDIO twelve standardsframework [8]. This framework takes the
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