Transcript BEAMS Faculty Engagement Working Group Update

BEAMS Faculty Engagement Working Group
Update
Presented by
Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Co-Chair
Brian Hurwitz, Web Page Liaison
JANUARY 27, 2006
10:00-12:00 p.m.
Gothic Lounge (H202)
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Faculty Team Members
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Joanne Bruno, Co-Chair
Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Co-Chair
Grisel Lopez-Diaz
Brian Hurwitz, WEBPAGE Liaison
Hilary Englert
Christopher Shamburg, Recording Secretary
Gloria Boseman
Kathleen Filak
William Sohoo
Maria Lynn
Student, TBD
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What Have We Done So Far?
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Familiarized ourselves with BEAMS mission
Reviewed and discussed the Data
BEAMS Project and Faculty Working Group
introduced to faculty by VP Academic Affairs (mail
and website)
Faculty Work Group letter sent to faculty (mail and
website)
Included NSSE questions of interest to faculty
http://www.njcu.edu/programs/beams/faculty.html
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Posed Four Salient Questions
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Which practices and programs best promote
[minority] student learning at NJCU?
What can faculty do to promote [minority] student
engagement in learning both in and outside of the
classroom?
What do you do to promote [minority] student
engagement in learning activities both in and outside
of the classroom?
What kinds of new programs or other institutional
changes might we implement in order to increase
[minority] student engagement in learning at NJCU?
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Emerging Questions
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Minority focus seems lost in NSSE data
disconnected from BEAMS initative.
How do we gain faculty buy in around issues of
culture and diversity? (See Peter Incardone
response)
How do we separate minority and majority students
and learning?
How different is learning for minority students?
What types of ongoing faculty training will be
required?
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Faculty On the Right Track
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Peter Incardone on Friday, December 30, 2005 at 11:37
“I have some expertise in student retention, especially for minority
students. Current research holds much promise for improving
retention/graduation rates for today's college students, but one issue
stands out very clearly. Retention rates will improve when instructional
strategies used by college teachers improve! Given our diverse
student population simply standing in front of a lectern and lecturing
for a single or double hour is not a contemporary, research-based
technique for learning amongst hundreds of thousands of college
students today in America. Make no mistake about it: to improve
retention, college faculty will, literally, have to be taught HOW to
teach. Many college faculty… have never had an educational
strategies course; they are content-driven..
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Upcoming Initative
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“Heart to Heart: Engaging Minority Students
in Teaching and Learning”
Monday, February 13th @ 11:30-1:30 p.m.
in Gothic Lounge (H202)
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“Heart to Heart” Initative
Program Goals
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Acquaint faculty with BEAMS project &
Working Group
Provide faculty with a “safe space” for
dialogue via roundtable discussions
Provide resources to faculty
Provide jump start for series of brown bag
lunches hosted by Center for Teaching and
Learning
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BEAMS Faculty Engagement
Working Group Update
January 27th, 2006
Gothic Lounge (H-202)
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