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NW Biology instructors Conference 2017
ENGAGING FACULTY IN EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING
Bellevue College
Heidi Richter, Jason Fuller, Allison Kang
VISION – Program culture encourages implementation of effective science education and classroom strategies that are evidence-based and provides a holistic support environment that includes training, mentoring, honoring, celebrating and funding participants.
Photos should be at least 300dpi, but not more than 5-12 mgs each. Your poster is set to be enlarged 200% so do not change the page size to fit another poster size. Posters (3’ x 4’) will be printed at WWU using the same purchase order at the same time. Please your poster as a PPT file to by Joann Otto at WWU by Friday, April 21, 2017, by 5 pm. Please contact Joann Otto with questions about poster printing. Also please put your institution “logo” on your poster.
Please note that this template is provided to simplify your effort to prepare a poster for the NW Biology meeting. You can change the font size, colors, column widths, add photos, institutional logos, graphics, etc. This template can also be used as a starting point and you can be as creative as you want in your poster. However, we would like to have all of the posters the same size and we will be printed at the same time, at the same print shop in order to easily pay for printing with one purchase order.
MAIN GOAL – Foster a culture of evidence-based teaching among faculty
ACTIONS
Monthly program meetings
Monthly journal club exploring scientific teaching, active learning, assessment and diversity
Discussion of building a shared activity and article repository
Weekly BC PULSE meetings
Share scientific teaching experiences
Biology Orientation course in development
STRENGTHS & LEVERAGE
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BARRIERS & CHALLENGES
Pre and Post BIT meeting surveys
Program meetings and BIT meeting attendance
65 Faculty Hours in Program Meetings
35 Faculty Hours in Biology Instructional Techniques
Large department
Faculty Commons
Professional development funds
Supportive, cohesive program faculty
Scheduling of journal clubs and program meetings
Declining meeting attendance
Due to scheduling constraints, meetings cannot include all faculty
Additional responsibilities cut into available time to work on special projects
RESOURCES & ALLIES
SUSTAINABILITY
Faculty Commons (purchased books)
Academic advising (supporting orientation course)
Dean (financial support)
Division/College (PD funds for conferences)
Full-time and Adjunct Faculty (attendance, implementation of ideas, recruitment)
Library staff and print resources
Campus governance representatives
RISE Learning Institute
FUTURE GOALS
Future Program and BIT meetings scheduled
Continuing attendance at conferences such as NWBSC and NWBIO
Coordinated sharing of resources and teaching strategies
More leadership roles for faculty
Increased attendance at teaching conferences
Standardize course curricula
Track effectiveness of active learning strategies on meeting course outcomes
This work was supported in part by an NSF RCN UBE award #