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Using Data-Driven Faculty Professional Development To Promote Change In Undergraduate Education
Gili Marbach-Ad, University of Maryland-College Park; Carly Hunt, University of Maryland-College Park; Patrick Sheehan, University of Maryland-College Park; Kaci Thompson, University of Maryland-College Park
Employers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields report that recent graduates are deficient in important workplace skills (e.g., collaboration, professional writing). This has motivated ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Aligning faculty incentives with systemic change (ASCN WG 6), Student-focused, Faculty development
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:10:30am - 11:10:30am - 11:00am

Measuring Systemic Change in Introductory Science Courses
Cori Fata-Hartley, Michigan State University
Michigan State University has adopted a transformation approach for introductory science courses based on the vision for science teaching and learning described in the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education. This ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Change leadership (ASCN WG 3), Faculty development, Department-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:10:30am - 11:10:30am - 11:00am

Pursuing systemic change in undergraduate STEM education through Departmental and Leadership Teams for Action (DeLTA)
Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia; Sarah Covert, University of Georgia; Erin Dolan, University of Georgia; Paula Lemons, University of Georgia
The DeLTA project aims to promote comprehensive change in thinking and culture related to undergraduate STEM education at the University of Georgia. Our approach is multi-level; we are convening and supporting the ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Aligning faculty incentives with systemic change (ASCN WG 6), Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Faculty development, Department-level change, Institutional-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:10:30am - 11:10:30am - 11:00am

The Sky is the Limit: A Learning Community for Undeclared Students--A Sustainable Investment in Student Success and Retention
Stacey Barnes, Iowa State University; Jenifer N. Saldanha, Michigan State University; MaKayla B. Schroeder, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Andrew J. Sage, Lawrence University; Jo Anne Powell-Coffman, Iowa State University; Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University; Clark Coffman, Iowa State University
Student learning communities have proven to be a consistently powerful strategy for promoting student success. At Iowa State University, approximately 78% of freshmen belong to learning communities, and this ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Student-focused, Institutional-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:10:30am - 11:10:30am - 11:00am

Fostering interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration to provide undergraduate STEM students with authentic learning experiences
Kelly McDonald, California State University-Sacramento; Thomas E. Landerholm, California State University-Sacramento
The Sustainable Interdisciplinary Research to Inspire Undergraduate Success (SIRIUS) Project is broadening participation and institutional capacity for STEM learning at Sacramento State by integrating research ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Student-focused, Institutional-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:11:00am - 11:11:00am - 11:30am

Spreading teaching-reform efforts at the University of Arizona
Lisa Elfring, The University of Arizona; Jonathan Cox, The University of Arizona
It can be difficult for individuals within higher-education institutions to move their work in reformed, evidence-based instruction from the individual to an institutional-adoption level (Foote, Knaub, Henderson, ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Case study, Aligning faculty incentives with systemic change (ASCN WG 6), Faculty development, Institutional-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:11:00am - 11:11:00am - 11:30am

Putting the Teaching Quality Framework Initiative into action: A case-study comparison of three departments engaged in transforming teaching evaluation
Sarah Andrews, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jessica Keating, University of Colorado at Boulder; Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder; Mark Gammon, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniel Reinholz, San Diego State University; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder
The Teaching Quality Framework (TQF) Initiative seeks to create a process and tools for systemic transformation of departmental evaluation of teaching. As part of the Bay View Alliance and NSF funded TTEVAL ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Case study, Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Faculty development, Department-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:11:00am - 11:11:00am - 11:30am

How to be a great embedded expert! Catalyzing change in your department from the inside.
Stephanie Chasteen, University of Colorado at Boulder; Sarah Bean Sherman, University of British Columbia
In this presentation we will share our recommendations for embedded experts; faculty and postdocs with education expertise, embedded within departments. We will share lessons-learned in partnering effectively with ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Change leadership (ASCN WG 3), DBER, Department-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:11:00am - 11:11:00am - 11:30am

National Academies' Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education: Directions and Opportunities
Ann Austin, Michigan State University; Mark Rosenberg, Florida International University; Kerry Brenner, The National Academies; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder
The National Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has initiated a multi-year Roundtable on Systemic Reform in Undergraduate STEM Education to focus on the future of undergraduate STEM education and ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Thematic Symposium
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), National-level change
Time: 1:15pm - 2:1:15pm - 2:45pm

Partnering with Peer Leaders to create inclusive academic support environments
Jennifer Lundmark, California State University-Sacramento; Enid Gonzalez-Orta, California State University-Sacramento; Kelly McDonald, California State University-Sacramento
The Science and Math Success Center at Sacramento State houses a number of peer support p performance and retention. The Success Center's three main programs, Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL), Science Educational ...

Conference Day: April 4, 2019
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Equity and inclusion (ASCN WG 5), Student-focused, Institutional-level change
Time: 1:15pm - 2:45pm:1:15pm - 1:1:15pm - 1:45pm