1. NEW COLLEGE FACULTY Professional Development: a blended learning model
Li-Lee Tunceren
Lead Faculty Associate,
Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning
St. Petersburg College, FLA

3. Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, Est. Jan, 2011
Board of Directors: 11 faculty members
2-3 year terms
1 Lead Faculty Associate
2-year term
6 Faculty Associates: campus-based
1-2 year terms

4. CETL Goals http://www..spcollege.edu/cetl
Develop and support a standard of excellence for college- wide pedagogical competencies.
Facilitate sharing and enhancing best practices
Serve as an incubator for innovative teaching and learning strategies
Encourage faculty to continually strive for excellence in the teaching, learning and assessment process.
Tie teaching performance to annual evaluation
Digest and disseminate cutting edge research and practical applications
Provide mentoring resources and opportunities for all faculty
Serve as the first-stop for teaching and learning resources (e.g. books, e-resources)
Create online adjunct faculty survival guide
Create CETL resource guide/packets
Collaborate with other departments to identify and collect resources

5. What do our new faculty need?
Teaching Competence & Confidence
Institutional Orientation / Expectations
Classroom and Online Teaching Expertise
Goals for Professional Growth
Paths/Support to Meet and Assess Goals
Collegial Environment
Models and Mentors
Resources and Training
Communication stream / Information

6. CETL THEORETICAL & OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK: TPACK
Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge
Institution
Mishra & Koehler,
2006
2007
Campus
Program
Personnel
Policies
Procedures

7. Pre-service, Summer 2011 Develop relationships
View other faculty “at work”
CETL mini-grant presentations
Peer observations within discipline
Demo courses in ANGEL (LMS)
Establish mentoring partnership
Complete LMS training
Complete required HR training
Work on syllabi, courses, ancillary materials
Meet f2f in June, July, August
Set up 1st year goals & loose 3-year prof dev plan

8. Welcome New Faculty & Mentors

9. Mentors Introduce New Faculty

10. Fall Spring 2012
Develop a flexible and situated understanding of technology and its use in teaching, learning, and assessment in f2f, blended, and online modalities
Work collaboratively within cohort to define gaps and develop solutions to authentic pedagogical problems
Participate in in 3-year course reviews with teams of faculty and IDT’s  new course design/refresh
Shadow faculty exhibiting TPACK competencies; tour their online courses, visit classrooms
Meet regularly with mentor to discuss big picture as well as details
Attend CETL, WITS, QEP, CT workshops

11. Sample Monthly Module
After completing the online readings and videos in ANGEL
Visit a developmental reading, writing, math or SLS course
Interview a developmental ed instructor
Visit one of the College’s support programs for at-risk students,
e.g. MAX, WOW, SSS
Post to the February discussion board:
1 recent (2000+) research article in your discipline on teaching at-risk/underprepared students
1-paragraph summary; 1-par. reaction/application to your own teaching

12. 1. Tarpon Springs Campus
2. Clearwater Campus
3. EpiCenter
4. Veterinary Technology Center
5. Seminole Campus
6. Health Education Center
7. St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus
8. SPC Downtown
9. SPC Midtown
10. Allstate Center

13. Allstate Center Visit

14. Formative Assessment Time -- Relevance -- Understanding – Confidence
LOW MODERATE HIGH
What’s working?
Cohort, Mentoring, CETL Information Flow
What can be improved?
Long-time adjuncts could “teach” orientation modules
Add a printed manual to accompany online readings
Provide estimated time to complete modules
Add tutorials on staff central/MySPC
Go over grading, e.g. I, N, WF
Broaden range of disciplines in ex’s
Open all assignments to peer review

15. Questions, Comments, Discussion