Primary Sources and Community Engagement The Library of Congress teaching with primary sources program Tps – California University of Pennsylvania tps – middle Tennessee state university

California University of PA Transforming our Classrooms through the Exploration of Community History California University of PA

Teaching with Primary Sources @ Cal U Funded by the Library of Congress - 2004 Train K-12 teachers to effectively use the Library’s online digital primary sources for classroom instruction – the largest collection of primary sources in the world

Special Projects Veterans Oral History Project Community Projects Mirrors the LC Veterans History Project Cal U is listed as a Founding Partner 100 OH’s in Manderino’s Special Collection Community Projects Provided the groundwork 7 Competitions, largest feeder organization to the NHD district competition at the Heinz History Center Led local school involvement – Many have gone on to state and national competitions

PASSHE Faculty Professional Development Council Est. by a Board of Governors’ Policy 1985 “to encourage continuous attention to the professional growth and development of System faculty as teaching scholars.”

FPDC Grant PASSHE Faculty Professional Development Programs and Activities Related to Innovation in Teaching and Improvement of Student Learning Outcomes FY 2013 – 2014 The purpose of funding: - to provide professional development that is required to gain expertise in – to learn – innovative methods of teaching that improve student learning outcomes. Came about as a result of wanting to share the expertise I developed as director of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program and the desire of faculty to engage in faculty professional development that results in im[proved student learning.

Funding Categories Classroom Engagement & Active Learning Strategies Critical Thinking & Inquiry Strategies Professional and Experiential Learning Strategies Persistence, Retention, and Degree Completion Strategies Assessment to Improve Learning and Students’ Experience Strategies Teaching and Learning with Technology Strategies Adapting Teacher Education Programs Conferences/Webinars

Cal U received $11,960 FPDC grant April 2014 Grants Innovation in Teaching and Improvement in Students Outcomes Grants $71,266 awarded for 9 proposals selected from 20 requests Cal U received $11,960 FPDC grant

Idea Generation Office of Programs and Sponsored Research announcement TPS @ Cal U - oral history expertise Contacted Dr. Laura Tuennerman from History & Political Science Dept. 11/14/2015 Dr. Tuennerman reached out to colleagues

Validating the Need Recent literature supports the idea that student involvement in collecting oral histories and historical documents, preserving them, and digitizing them leads to greater student engagement, increased understanding, and investment in purposeful research and writing (Dayton-Wood, 2012; Siler, 1996).

Project Team OSPR staff Michael J. Brna – TPS @ Cal U Dr. Laura Tuennerman – History & Political Science Dr. Pamela Twiss – Social Work Julia McGinnis – Library staff William Meloy – Library Staff

Project Timeline November 2013 Grant & Brainstorming January 2014 Grant drafted & submitted April Grant approved May - August Planning Meetings September Infor. Mtg. Faculty/Others October Basic Skills O.H. Workshop January 2015 Advanced O.H Workshop March Preservation Workshop April Digitization Workshop

Workshops Oral History Basics – TPS @ Cal U Oral History Advanced – TPS @ Cal U Preservation – University of Pittsburgh Digitization – Sen. John Heinz History Center

O.H. Workshops Basic Skills Workshop Advanced Skills Workshop Oral History Basics IRB, Interviewing, Resources Advanced Skills Workshop Developing Projects Reviewing University-based Projects

Rural Policy - Twiss 2 professors collaborating -embedded existing oral history videos on social work “pioneers” into online course shells as a class enrichment. -working on training right now.

Rural Policy - Twiss -hoping to get two interviews done this semester and next and to feature these as teaching enhancements in the spring 2016 semester. -beginning to work with a small set of students to begin collecting oral histories of social work/human service workers from our area

Human Diversity - Pham -piloted oral history in our Human Diversity course (MSW level) for students to interview people with different background from them. -had the students go through 2 hours of interview training using an guided oral history interview schedule.

Human Diversity - Pham -students practiced with each other before interviewing participants who were current and former FDI scholars at Cal. -interviews were recorded and transcribed by the students.  -total of six graduate students participated in this project. 

Next Steps Continuation in Social Work Add History & Political Science Recruit Other Faculty/Departments Build Special Collection Celebrate Successes