1. SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents Webinar with Administrators October 12, AM Pacific | 9 AM Mountain | 10 AM Central | 11 AM Eastern
Heather Macdonald, College of William & Mary Eric Baer, Highline College Debra Bragg, Bragg & Associates Pamela Eddy, College of William & Mary
Heather/ Eric. Recording

2. Agenda: Webinar with Administrators
Welcome and introduction
Highlights of project activities with Change Agents
Developing Change Agents as mid-level leaders
What additional strategies could we use to support them?
What are you doing/could you do to support them and leverage their work?
Research and evaluation highlights
Looking forward
Please ask questions and offer comments after each section
Goals – give an update about some of the project activities associated with the Change Agents, help us consider how to continue to develop the Change Agents as mid-level leaders (Pamela) , share our work on project research and evaluation (Pamela and Debra). . Recognize that some are administrators who have attended a workshop and been part of the program from the beginning and others are new to the project. Thank you all for your time.

3. SAGE 2YC Project Team
Project Leaders SERC Staff Evaluation & Research Team
Heather Macdonald
Eric Baer
Carol Ormand
Debra Bragg
Pamela Eddy
Introduce the people in the project – our project team ….
Jan Hodder
Norlene Emerson
John McDaris
Ellen Iverson
Yi Hao

4. Administrators
Seyed Akhavi, Dean of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Thomas Nelson Community College
John Bakken, Dean of Curriculum Support, Wake Technical Community College
Joe Bergman, Dean of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Illinois Central College
Mary Edith Butler, Dean For Mathematics and Sciences, Waubonsee Community College
David Douglass, Dean of Natural Sciences, Pasadena City College
Alycia Ehlert, Associate Vice President, College of Arts and Sciences, Daytona State College
Christopher Gherardi, College Associate Dean of Faculty & Professional Advancement, Suffolk Community College
Terry Giugni, Vice President of Instruction, Pasadena City College
Ghazala Hashmi, Coordinator Center for Faculty Engagement, Reynolds Community College
Daniel Lewis, Director of Educational Programs, Virginia Community College System
Karen Schmitt, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Wisconsin Colleges
Cheryl Scott, Dean of Instruction, Portland Community College-Rock Creek Campus
Scott Stallman, Vice President of Instruction, Lone Star College-Tomball
Administrators are also part of our project – we appreciate you and your involvement and support. Welcome to those here today and those who will be listening to the recording.

5. SAGE 2YC Change Agents: Cohort 1 & 2
Delta College
And of coruse the Change Agents are part of our project. We’ve added a second cohort of Change Agents – Cohort 1 – face to face workshops and associated virtual PD activities; Cohort 2 – virtual (asynchronous work and synchronous meetings)
Cohort 1
Cohort 2

6. Highlights of Project Activities with Change Agents
Annual Change Agents workshop - June 13-16, 2017
Virtual professional development activities
SAGE Musings ( s and blog)
Work by Change Agents
Courses
Geoscience program
Regional work
Project strands:
Supporting academic success of all students
Broadening participation
Facilitating students’ professional pathways
Highlights – a bit more on each of these four. Annual workshops – this is the third – 3 days for CA), some of you participated in the 2nd.
Ongoing leadership development
Engaging Change Agents in assessment of their programs and courses

7. 2017 June Change Agents Workshop
Change Agent updates on their work
Sessions on project strands

8. 2017 June Change Agents Workshop
Course & program outcomes assessment and associated action planning and more
Articulate measureable outcomes of success, Administrators critical for success. Program is on the SAGE 2YC website
Administrators critical for success
Deans, associate deans, VPs, provost
Learned more about each other
Increased understanding of geoscience program, administrative roles, and how things work on campus
Placed action plan in context of campus, institution, state, national initiatives
Facilitated campus connections and resources
Supported collection of data and Institutional Research connections
Provide ongoing support for Change Agent(s) and their plan

9. Virtual Professional Development
Series of three 1-hour virtual sessions
Two options each fall and spring
Active learning pedagogies
Teaching geoscience in online and hybrid environments
Blooming your course
Book discussions: Teach Students How to Learn
Book discussions: Small Teaching
Book discussion: Whistling Vivaldi
Another component of the work we are doing – PD and community development – Virtual activities. Virtual - fall and spring (recognizing that for those on quarters, spring is winter/spring
Musings – build and support the PD through another medium – topics of interest beyond the geosciences. Leading in place. Blooming your course

10. Change Agents Work in their Geoscience Program
Our focus is on supporting the academic success of all students. To this end, we are teaching students metacognitive strategies, fostering a growth mindset, and increasing the level of active learning in our courses.
We are incorporating career preparation into our courses and programs, and building relationships with our institutions' career and transfer counselors.
Our work focuses on recruiting a diverse student population and working with all of our students to help them thrive.
Now, work the change agents are doing, examples of their work. Link to three strands – work in progress, by end, will include work on all three strands. Individual.courses and program (may extend across campus and beyond)
We are also working with our faculty colleagues to share these strategies for adapting our teaching.

11. Change Agent Teams Lead Regional Workshops
10 one-day workshops in fall 2016
132 participants
60% full time; 40% adjunct faculty
Empowering 2YC Geoscience Faculty to Improve Student Learning (Wake Tech CC)
Supporting Geoscience Student Success Through Active Learning, Metacognition, and GRIT (Lone Star College)
Not Just Rocks! We Know Other Stuff, Too! Geosciences in the Modern World (University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc)
Developing Active Learning Strategies to Increase Retention in STEM-related Courses and Programs (Daytona State College)
Supporting Student Success in the Geosciences: Why Can't They Do That? (Suffolk CC)
Active Learning: Hood to Coast (Mount Hood CC)
Cultivating Geoscience Students (Illinois Central College)
Revitalizing Connections with Geoscientists within the VCCS through the Science Peer Group: Sharing Best Practices for Engaging our Students (Lord Fairfax CC)
Improving Instruction and Supporting Transfer Opportunities in the Geosciences in the San Francisco Bay Area (De Anza College)
Supporting Academic Success in the Geosciences at 2-Year-Colleges in Southern California (Mt. San Antonio College) – participants included five counselors
Third component – in addition to individual/courses, program, they are extending the reach and connections into their region. 2yc geo and more

12. Questions? Comments?

13. Developing Change Agents as Mid-Level Leaders
Bolman & Deal leadership survey
Workshop sessions
Web resources
What additional strategies could we use to support the Change Agents in their work?
What are you doing/could you do to support them and leverage their work?
Other comments or questions?

14. Research and Evaluation Highlights
Individual CA measures:
Educational Practices Inventory
Reformed Teacher Observation Protocol
Bolman and Deal leadership questionnaire
Social network analysis
Interviews and focus groups
Action plan, reflection surveys
Geoscience program measures:
Program/department Inventory
Program and course outcomes measures
Connections to National Geoscience Faculty Survey
Regional workshop evaluations
Site visits: Over the next few years
Community of Practice
In depth individual CA data
Broader inventories of CA sites and region
Connections to national community

15. Outcomes Assessment Measures
Engaging Change Agents in assessment of their programs & courses Thanks for the support and contributions of administrators and Institutional Research offices
Participation
Geoscience course enrollment
Broadening participation in geoscience courses
Course Success Outcomes
Success in geoscience courses
Geoscience course success by student sub-group
Pathways Progression Outcomes
Enrollment in multiple geoscience courses
Major in geoscience program

16. Questions? Comments?

17. Moving Forward
You are invited to our workshop for Change Agents and Administrators - expenses covered
June 2017, Albuquerque, NM
I’ll send you a link to the musings in a follow-up . June for administrators (June for change agents

18. Other questions or comments for us?

19. Thank you!