1. What We’ve Learned So Far
Faculty as Change Agents: Transforming Geoscience Education in Two-year Colleges
What We’ve Learned So Far
Heather – Welcome everyone, acknowledge support from NSF and sponsorship by NAGT, NAGT-GEO2YC
Note four years of support
June 20, 2018
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through grants , , &

3. Departmental Practices Inventory for Cohort 1—February 2017 Program Focus
Student success
Broadening Participation
Facilitating Career Pathways
Culture

4. DPI: Student Success

5. DPI: Student Success Accomplished in linking learning/course outcomes
Developing a collaborative culture based on evidence based practices
Opportunity for growth—using data to inform decisions, e.g., retention, transfer, careers, and job placement

6. DPI: Broaden Participation
Program Efforts
Coordinate with other groups
Awareness or Written Efforts

7. DPI: Broaden Participation
Accomplished in awareness of policies and using courses to promote program
Developing student groups and featuring diverse scientists
Opportunity for growth—coordinating with other offices, Departmental/social events, publically displayed statement on commitment to diversity

8. DPI: Facilitating Career Pathways
Transfer
Skills and Knowledge

9. DPI: Facilitating Career Pathways
Accomplished in highlighting career options, internships, geo specific written transfer guidelines
Developing partnerships with industry, tracking alumni, teaching how to apply for internships/research
Opportunity for growth—using data to track advisee progress, joint programs with 4-year institutions, take students to professional meetings

10. Community of Practice
Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

11. Get at how CoP’s have been important to making change in the research

12. CoP in project is higher than national comparisons
Take Aways
CoP in project is higher than national comparisons
Prior connections matter
Community of practice for CAs new each other from other settings

13. Social network analysis (June 2017)
Connection and density of connections

14. Role of sustainability once the project ends

15. Questions