What is CIRTL? What is Pitt-CIRTL? Mary Besterfield-Sacre Associate Professor & Fulton C Noss Faculty Fellow Director, Engineering Education Research Center Swanson School of Engineering

Mission –To advance STEM undergraduate learning by preparing future faculty Core Ideas –Teaching as research –Diversity through learning –Learning communities Funded by the NSF

Pitt-CIRTL History Feb 2011 – Alberta Sbragia contacted May 2011 – Pre-proposal submitted Aug 2011 – Became a member Feb 2012 – Full proposal to the NSF Sept 2013 – Launch NSF Oct 2014 – Additional funding Great Lakes Since then – Pilot in Engr and BioSci Now – time to expand!

Pitt-CIRTL

Theory of Change Model for Pitt-CIRTL Henderson et. al.

Vice Provost Sbragia Blessed Certification

Our Programming Learning Community TAR Projects Fall 3001 Alignment Model Spring 3002 Advanced Pedagogies Summer Journal Club NSF WIDER 2 MOOCs MOOCs w/ weekly LC Course credit (optional) CIRTL network offerings

Our Website is Up!cirtl.pitt.edu cirtl.pitt.edu

Post-docs and PhDs –Trained in how to do research; now can be trained in evidence based teaching –Improved disciplinary research –Access to STEM education resources Faculty –Gain assistance in address classroom learning issues –Further develop effective teaching practices –Create faculty-student partnerships –Mentor stipends So why should I care?

STEM Associate Deans for Academic Affairs –Promote STEM department heads –Promote to faculty, grad students & post-docs –Department website –Cross-list 3001/3002 STEM faculty –Promote to PhD/Postdocs –Potential mentors Constituents –UPPDA –GPSG Partners –EERC –dB-SERC –CIDDE –OACD Expanding… aka Marketing Campaign