1. Welcome to the Faculty as Change Agents Workshop
June 2016

2. Faculty as Change Agents: Transforming Geoscience Education in Two-year Colleges
Build a national network of local communities of 2YC geoscience faculty who catalyze change at multiple levels
Implement evidence-based strategies to
improve academic success of all students
facilitate professional pathways of students into the geoscience workforce
broaden participation in the geosciences
Investigate models of professional development for full-time and adjunct 2YC geoscience faculty

3. June 2016 Workshop Goals For Change Agents For Administrators
Continue to build the project community
Learn more about aspects of the three major strands of the project:
Supporting the academic success of all students, focusing on metacognition
Broadening participation within the geosciences, specifically addressing implicit bias
Facilitating professional pathways of students within the geosciences
Generate individual and team action plans for
Enhancing your teaching;
Strengthening your geoscience program; and
Developing your plans for the regional workshop you will lead in the fall
Learn more about the geoscience program(s) at their institution
Learn about the SAGE 2YC project goals, the work of the Change Agents, and how these are related to work at their institution
Support the faculty Change Agents in generating action plans for the geoscience program at their institution

4. Faculty as Change Agents: Transforming Geoscience Education in Two-year Colleges
Elrod and Kezar (2015) Increasing Student Success in STEM: Peer Review, Spring, v. 17, n. 2.

5. Pathways to Results (PTR)
Office of Community College Research and Leadership, University of Illinois
PTR has been implemented in 47/48 community colleges in Illinois as well as community colleges in Arkansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, and more. It empowers organizations to use data, methods, templates, and tools to continuously improve pathways by addressing inequities in student outcomes. Enhanced outcomes for students, programs, organizations, and systems is the ultimate goal of PTR.

6. Kotter’s Model for Change

7. Developing your team action plan for your geoscience program
An adaptation of PTR for SAGE 2YC
Next steps: Implementation plan, champion team, geoscience faculty, and more
Friday
Outcomes and equity assessment: Using data to form your plan and determine your success
Locating leverage points within the student experience: Mapping processes and practices related to your needs
Thursday
Beginning to bring geoscience program needs into focus
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats: A SWOT analysis of your program
Describing your geoscience program: A visualization
Developing your team action plan for your geoscience program
Wednesday

8. SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents in Context
Project strands
Supporting academic success of all students
Facilitating professional pathways of students in geoscience
Broadening participation
Change Agent individual and team work
Individual teaching
Geoscience program
Regional community
National Initiatives
Achieving the Dream
Completion by Design
Guided Pathways
State Context
PBF
Institutional and Campus Context

9. SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents Role of Administrators
Letter of support as part of NSF proposal
Participate in the June workshop
Support your geoscience Change Agent(s): their plans and their professional development
Facilitate connections and resources on campus that can help with the action plan developed by the Change Agent(s)
Support use of data and Institutional Research connections
Champion Team