1. Onboarding Online Session 1 CIRTL 101
February 24th, 2016
2:30-4:00PM ET/1:30-3:00PM CT/12:30- 2:00PM MT/11:30-1:00PM PT

2. Welcome to CIRTL!

3. CIRTL Mission Statement
Enhance excellence in undergraduate education through the development of a STEM national faculty committed to implementing and advancing effective teaching practices for diverse learners as part of successful and varied professional careers.

4. Strategy to Achieve Mission
Undergraduate Education
Masters University
Comprehensive University
Liberal Arts
Research University
2-yr College
80% Ph.D.’s
100 Research Universities

5. What Makes Us CIRTL? Mission: To Advance STEM Undergraduate Learning
Strategy: Prepare Future Faculty
Core Ideas
Teaching as Research
Learning Communities
Learning Through Diversity

6. Who We Are Your Institution
46 PhD-granting institutions from across the US and Canada
Common support for CIRTL Mission, Strategy and Core Ideas
CIRTL History
Began in 2003 with 3 institutions
Expanded in 2006 to 6 institutions
Expanded in 2012 to 25 institutions
Current expansion to 46 institutions
Open expansion moving forward
Each institution shapes CIRTL
Implements CIRTL programming locally
Contributes ideas, time, leadership and programming to the Network
Your Institution

7. Who We Are

8. CIRTL 2016

9. CIRTL Culture A shared vision that is compelling yet flexible
Alignment of CIRTL goals with local priorities
Strong, consistent, committed leadership
Efficient, effective project management
Involvement at multiple levels – students, post-docs, faculty, staff, administrators
Collegial, cooperative and collaborative environment

10. What are you most excited about with joining CIRTL?
Type onto the whiteboard below.
Type on the whiteboard by using the text box tool

11. Michigan State University, FAST CIRTL Program
“The professional development opportunities facilitated by CIRTL/FAST have contributed significantly to my development as an independent teacher-scholar. CIRTL/FAST have provided me with the tools needed to implement student-centered teaching pedagogy in my Biology courses and evaluate the efficacy of my teaching.”
Allison Rober
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biology
Ball State University
Michigan State University, FAST CIRTL Program

12. CIRTL Core Ideas Teaching-as-Research Learning Community
STEM Professor as Change Agent
Hypothesize, experiment, observe, analyze, improve
Self-sustained improvement of STEM education
Learning Community
Support growth in teaching and learning
Graduate student, post-doc, faculty community
Foundation for institutional and national change
Learning-through-Diversity
Excellence and diversity are necessarily intertwined
All students bring an array of experiences and skills
Learning of all students is enhanced if all engaged

13. CIRTL Learning Outcomes
Associate: describe and recognize value
Practitioner: engage and improve
Scholar: advance and disseminate

14. Associate: Describe and Recognize

15. Practitioner: Engage and Improve

16. Scholar: Advance and Disseminate

17. Calendar of Important Dates
CIRTL Administrative Meetings occur every 1st Wednesday of the month
CIRTL Network Meetings occur every 3rd Thursday of the month
July 2016
Fall 2016 cross-Network course registration opens
August 2016
CIRTL Membership Dues are due
September 2016
Fall Cross-Network courses start
Spring cross-Network in-kind proposals due
October 2016
Fall 2016 In-Person Network Meeting
November 2016
Spring 2017 cross-Network course registration opens
December 2016
January 2017
Spring cross-Network courses start
February 2017
Summer cross-Network in-kind proposals due
March 2017
Spring In-Person Network Meeting
April 2017
May 2017
Fall in-kind cross-Network proposals due
Invoices for CIRTL Membership Dues sent
June 2017
Institutional Portrait due

18. Michigan State University FAST CIRTL Program
“The FAST program provided me with the invaluable tools, resources, and support needed to constantly improve my teaching, and develop a student centered classroom environment based on active learning. ”
Chris Richardson
Assistant Professor
Physics Department
Elon University
Michigan State University FAST CIRTL Program

19. What challenges do you see in starting your local learning community?
Raise your hand
Turn on/off your microphone:

20. Organizational Structure
Candice Dalrymple
Johns Hopkins University

21. Organizational Structure: how are you organized?
Centralized? De-centralized?
Grad School? No grad school?
Division/School home base?
Department/discipline home base?
Center for Teaching and Learning?
Physical location: 1 campus? more than 1?

22. Where did your institution’s CIRTL interest start?
Office of Provost or President?
Divisional Deans? How high?
Education School interested?
STEM department faculty?
Significant administrative offices?
Center for Teaching & Learning?
Career Services Office?

23. Advisory Committees Who should represent which interests?
Represent all STEM depts? Some?
Mix of tenure track and teaching faculty?
Career services offices?
Representatives of non-STEM teaching initiatives?
Provost Office representatives?

24. Getting the Word Out
Start local: Department admins are your friends and your faculty actually read their messages!
Faculty meetings
Institutional publications
Graduate student and postdoc listservs – make friends with student leaders!
Videos
Mail Chimp
Facebook
eNewsletters

25. University of Wisconsin-Madison Delta CIRTL Program
“The CIRTL network was a jump-start to my career in teaching. ...I referenced my internship experience extensively when I applied for teaching positions. I was selected for a competitive teaching position at a 2-year college immediately after grad school.  The Delta program gave me the skills to be very successful in my first year teaching. ”
Christen Smith
Chemistry Instructor,
Madison College
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Delta CIRTL Program

26. Operational Structure
Jeffrey Franke
University of Maryland

27. Operational Structure
Financial management
Payment of dues
Ongoing support
Compensation of faculty and staff
Local programing
Network contributions
Support of student activities and projects
Community building
Travel
Tracking of grant and institutional funds

28. Operational Structure
Administrative Support
Local programming logistics
Within existing programming
New programming
Cross-network programming logistics

29. Operational Structure
Evaluation
Tracking data
Participation
Associate – Practitioner – Scholar advancement
Evaluation forms

30. Michigan State University Food Science and Human Nutrition
“The FAST fellowship profoundly influenced my approach to teaching. One goal of the fellowship was to complete a teaching-as-research (TAR) project, and the contributions from our diverse fields of study and approaches in our own disciplines enhanced the quality of each others' projects. Since then, “diversity” developed a new meaning to me. ” 
Julie Plasencia
Michigan State University
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Doctoral student
FAST CIRTL Program

31. Getting Started with CIRTL on Your Campus
Wendi Heinzelman
University of Rochester

32. Quick Start for Future Faculty on Your Campus
CIRTL Courses
Fall, spring, summer options
Asynchronous and synchronous components
CIRTLCasts
February: Active STEM Teaching, organized by University of Houston
March: Creating an Inclusive STEM Research Environment
April: Creating an Inclusive STEM Teaching Environment
MOOCs
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching
Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Asynchronous learning, 8 weeks, start and end dates TBD
MOOC-Centered Learning Communities (MCLCs): facilitator's’ guide

33. Developing Your Local Learning Community
Organize local “viewing sessions” for CIRTLCasts
Facilitate a MOOC-Centered Learning Community (MCLC)
Advertising and “branding” of programs
Weekly CIRTL Newsletter
Develop local programs
“CIRTLize” existing programs
Create new “CIRTL-born” programs
Develop paths to Associate and Practitioner that
Meet CIRTL Learning Outcomes
Fit within institutional culture

34. Example: This Week at CIRTL

35. What are your immediate plans for CIRTL on your campus?
Raise hand, turn on mic, and let us know. Or type onto the whiteboard, below
Raise your hand:
Turn on/off your microphone:

36. Broad Onboarding Timeline
February/March 2016: Connect with Mentor institution
Spring/Summer 2016: Develop leadership team and initial operations infrastructures for local CIRTL learning community
September 2016: Complete 2-page “roadmap” for local learning community and contributions to the Network, similar to the ones created by current members:

37. Broad Onboarding Timeline
Fall 2016: Broad promotion of local CIRTL learning community; pilot a few initial programs; first future faculty participants in cross-Network events and programming.
Spring 2017: Launch local CIRTL learning community; start planning for cross-Network contributions to begin during the academic year. (Earlier contributions or participation in Network leadership welcome.)

38. Next Session Session 2 – CIRTL Core Ideas Tuesday, March 15th
3:00-4:30PM ET/2:00-3:30PM CT/
1:00-2:30PM MT/12:00-1:30PM PT