Susan Albertine and Rebecca Dolinsky Adrianna Kezar and Daniel Maxey Association of American Colleges and Universities The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success University of Southern California PROMOTING HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES AND ASSESSMENT EFFORTS IN AN ERA OF PART-TIME FACULTY GROWTH Practical Solutions to Challenges AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C.

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW Understanding the Importance of Engaging Part-Time Faculty AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C.  Part-time faculty now represent half of instructional faculty among nonprofit institutions in the U.S.  Often, part-time faculty encounter conditions that prevent their use of high-impact practices and involvement in assessment efforts  Ensuring student success and attaining other important institutional goals requires the effective engagement of part-time faculty in efforts  AAC&U and the Delphi Project have sought to provide resources to help campus leaders to address challenges and promote faculty and student success

HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES AND HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. Susan Albertine

PROMOTING PART-TIME FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN ASSESSMENT AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. Adrianna Kezar and Daniel Maxey

CONSTRAINTS FOR PART-TIME INVOLVEMENT Areas to Target for Improving Part-Time Faculty Participation AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. The ways in which part-time faculty are engaged—or not engaged—constrains their contributions and affects efforts to reach institutional goals:  Exclusion from decision making about curriculum design and assessment  Limits on role expectations for part-time faculty  Recruitment and hiring practices  Insufficient orientation, mentoring, and professional development opportunities  Lack of evaluation  Limited access to instructional resources, staff support, and communications

CAPITALIZING ON THE POSSIBILITIES Leveraging Part-Time Faculty Strengths AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C.  Part-time faculty members’ passion and commitment to teaching is an untapped resource  Build assessment work into part-time faculty expectations and provide proper support, rather than treating it as an add-on  Part-time faculty are focused on teaching  Emphasize assessment as part of their scholarly identity and encourage involvement  Part-time faculty possess knowledge about subject matter and how to best apply it  Draw upon their knowledge, expertise, and perspectives to help develop student learning goals that are aligned with challenges and opportunities students will encounter

MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE Promoting Meaningful Engagement for Part-Time Faculty AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. The following steps can be taken to support the involvement of part-time faculty:  Increase awareness about how changes in the faculty affect assessment efforts  Foster a culture of inclusion  Involve part-time faculty in faculty meetings and curriculum development; encouraging their participation  Provide mentoring opportunities  Ensuring access to communications, resources, and professional development  Acknowledge the contributions of part-time faculty to the institutions and students  Enable the connection of part-time faculty to the campus community

MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE Promoting Meaningful Engagement for Part-Time Faculty AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. The following steps can be taken to support the involvement of part-time faculty:  Better support and communicate with part-time faculty about expectations for assessment  Include assessment training in graduate education and increase research on support for NTTFs

INTRODUCING LEAP FOR INSTRUCTORS AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. Rebecca Dolinsky

THINK–PAIR–SHARE ACTIVITY Please focus on the following worksheet questions for this exercise: AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. High-Impact Practices: Assessment:

ACTIVITY DISCUSSION AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C. What efforts have been effective on your campus? What have you learned that can be taken back to your campus? What questions do you still have?

For your convenience, the PowerPoint slides, URLs for resource sites, and documents mentioned in this presentation, can all be accessed online at: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION! AAC&U CENTENNIAL ANNUAL MEETING  JANUARY 21-24, 2015  WASHINGTON, D.C.