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Agenda Announcements 1.Announcement Block on Network group home page 2.First Initiative Presentations, Schedule to date 3.In-person meeting Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, WiFi 4.Needs Assessment for cross-Network Activities and Opportunities 5.Other? First Initiatives Organizational Network for Teaching as Research Advancement & Collaboration The University of Texas - Arlington In-person Network meeting in Pittsburgh Funding Proposals in support of Local CIRTL Learning Communities

Organizational Network for Teaching as Research Advancement & Collaboration Kevin A. Schug (Chem/Biochem), Institutional Leader Joe Jackson (Grad School), Institutional Co-Leader Lisa Berry (Grad School), Project Coordinator

The University of Texas at Arlington Approaching 34,000 students enrolled Students from every state and 116 different countries ~47.5% UG Minority; ~55% UG Women; ~ 50% 1 st Gen Research expenditures tripled over the past 10 years CY 2010, 95 STEM Ph.D.’s produced (~85 th )

The University of Texas at Arlington 16 STEM-producing doctoral programs NSF/DOE (STEP, S-STEM, GAANN, LSAMP, GK-12) Office Graduate Studies (EDGE, IEngage) University QEP: Active Learning  However, no CTL and minimal integration

ON-TRAC Vision Integrate current efforts (CTL-like) –Minimize duplication and maximize dissemination Coordinate efforts through web portal Credit-neutral curriculum of low/high engage TAR chapters in Ph.D. dissertations 5 yr goals –“Future-faculty interested” 36%  50% –80% of STEM departments participating in TAR activities –Two on-line courses contributed

ON-TRAC First Initiatives Creation of web portal Creation of learning community Contribution of network course (f 2013) –Prof. Ann Cavallo, Curriculum & Instruction –“Issues and Concepts in STEM Educational Research”

ON-TRAC Web Portal Build from OGS EDGE / MyEDGE Register and track progress Dissemination: future and current faculty Curriculum and forms (electronic) Forum for announcements

ON-TRAC Learning Community Collect and integrate current efforts for wider dissemination, e.g. … –COEHP/Math Ed. programming –BioEng GAANN: 2 cr. course on “Best Practices in Teaching and Learning” –UTA STEP: Treisman Style Emerging Scholar Program GTA training Primary series of low engagement activities Current faculty involvement/broader impacts

ON-TRAC Acknowledgments Housed in the Office of Graduate Studies Internal support through Office of Provost, Office of Research, Office of Graduate Studies, and Colleges of Science, Engineering, Education & Health Professions Kevin A. Schug, Chemistry & Biochemistry Joe Jackson, Graduate School/Psychology Pranesh Aswath, Materials Sci & Eng Ann Cavallo, Curriculum & Instruction Phil Cohen, English/Former Dean OGS James Epperson, Mathematics Lynn Peterson, Computer Sci & Eng David Silva, Linguistics/Interim Dean OGS Steering Committee