1. Inventory of Geoscience Department/Program Practices (DPI)
Highlights from Cohort 1 and Cohort 2responses
SAGE 2YC 2019

2. DPI
Designed to help characterize and trace evolution of your departmental/program practices
Intended to provide opportunity for you and your colleagues to reflect on what you have been doing and what you might do in the future.
Some items influenced by from the PULSE (Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education) Vision and Change Rubrics 2.0 (2016).
"The departmental practices inventory and program-level student success evaluation have helped me develop a better understanding of how my program and administration interact, including a better sense for how we can use data to improve our program.“

3. Student Success Exemplar Accomplished Developing Beginning Absent
Has a written set of program-level learning outcomes/goals for students
Incorporates active learning pedagogies, such as think-pair-share or other interactive lecture strategies, jigsaws, minute papers, gallery walks, or wrappers
Collects and analyzes data on student success across all classes in your department or program

4. Student Success Exemplar Accomplished Developing Beginning Absent
Collects and analyzes disaggregated data on retention and student success for students from groups that are underrepresented in the geosciences

5. Departmental Efforts to Broaden Participation
Exemplar
Accomplished
Developing
Beginning
Absent
Talk about and show examples of diverse geoscientists, including underrepresented minorities and women

6. Departmental Efforts to Broaden Participation
Exemplar
Accomplished
Developing
Beginning
Absent
Uses your geoscience courses to promote your programs
Identifies potential geoscience “majors” and invites them to discuss the possibilities with a faculty member

7. Activity directions 2 minutes per question
Individually, silently jot down responses on sticky notes as soon as they come to mind
One idea per sticky!
After 2 min, chart paper will move tables clockwise
Repeat- silently jot down responses as they come to mind
When you get your sheet back, work with your table to group the ideas into main take aways.
When you’re ready- add a heading to the idea groupings
Hang posters for gallery walk