Win-Win: Partnering with Faculty to Promote Research and Data-Based Practices Sally Scott, AHEAD David Parker, Children’s Resource Group (CRG) Larry Markle, Ball State University Roger Wessel, Ball State University Wade Edwards, Longwood University
Overview Why partner with faculty/disability resources on research or data-based activities ? Successful partnerships: Generating ideas from the panel Opportunities for sharing your work
Disability resources: Why collaborate with faculty on research? Inform the work of your office Learn more about the students you work with Enhance your own professional knowledge Educate faculty colleagues Gain access to different opportunities on campus (funding, outreach, scholarship) Build respect for your office Strategically position the disability office to align with academic departments Contribute to the field of postsecondary disability
Faculty: Why collaborate with disability resources on research? Collaboration can tap into faculty reward systems on campus (Teaching, Research, Service) Opportunity to ground research questions in practice Gain greater/easier access to campus data Access to student research participants Learn more about this form of student diversity Collaborate with content experts Broaden insights on student issues Pragmatic perspective on interpretation of data Interact with people outside of your department Improve pedagogy and student learning
Panel discussion: Disability resource / faculty
Ball State University Collaboration Roger Wessel, Professor of Higher Education Larry Markle, Director of Disability Services Knight, W., Wessel, R. D., & Markle, L. (in press). Persistence to graduation for students with disabilities: Implications for performance based outcomes. Journal of College Student Retention: Research,Theory and Practice. Wessel, R. D., Jones, D., Blanch, C., & Markle, L. (2014). Pre-enrollment considerations of undergraduate wheelchair users and their post-enrollment transitions. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 28. 57-71. Harris, J., Ho, T., Markle, L., & Wessel, R. (2011, May/June) Ball State University’s faculty mentorship program: Enhancing the first year experience for students with disabilities. About Campus, 16(2), 27-29. Wessel, R. D., Wentz, J., & Markle, L. L. (2011). Power Soccer: Experiences of students using power wheelchairs in a collegiate athletic club. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 24, 147-159. Wessel, R. D., Jones, J. A., Markle, L., & Westfall, C. (2009) Retention and graduation of students with disabilities: Facilitating student success. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 21, 116-125.
Longwood University Collaboration Wade Edwards, Professor of French Sally Scott, Director of Disability Resources (former) Project LINC: Learning in Inclusive Classrooms Problem Instructional strategies to address student success in the FL classroom Process Local grants leading to federal grants Products Research, workshops, publications
Guiding Questions for the Panel How did your research partnership arise? What are some of the benefits? How do these partnerships enhance the work of your offices and benefit students? What have been some of the challenges? What advice would you offer someone interested in developing a partnership?
Disseminating your work
Getting Wider Exposure for Your Work Two heads (or disciplines) are better than one! Conferences Journals Grants/funding opportunities Disseminate with research and practitioner audiences On-campus professional development opportunities
Opportunities for Disseminating Your Work through AHEAD venues Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability (https://www.ahead.org/publications/jped) Research articles Practice Briefs Special Issue (See Fall 2016 for ideas) The Information Service portal (https://www.ahead.org/isp)* Model programs or procedures Case studies ( See this write up of Ball State’s partnership https://www.ahead.org/isp/strategic-data/mutual-benefits ) The Hub (AHEAD’s new quarterly newsletter) * requires member log in
Questions? Feel free to contact us! David Parker (drdparker@gmail.com ) Larry Markle (lmarkle@bsu.edu ) Roger Wessel (rwessel@bsu.edu ) Wade Edwards (edwardswa@longwood.edu ) Sally Scott (sally@ahead.org )