1. SoTL at Howard Orlando L. Taylor Terrolyn Carter Graduate School Howard University Washington, DC

2. A Word About Howard Located in Washington, DC A Private, Research 1/Research-Extensive University—Chartered in 1867 and Partially Funded by Congress Almost 12,000 Students—5,000 Graduate and Professional Predominately African American, Extremely Diverse Student Body and Faculty One of 105 HBCUs

3. The Howard University Graduate School Home to Approximately 1500 individuals seeking research-oriented master’s and Ph.D. degrees Ph. D. programs in 30 Disciplines; Several Interdisciplinary and Dual Doctorates Large and Active Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Program Since 1995 SoTL Intimately Linked to the PFF Program

4. Teaching & Learning: An Integral Part of the HU Graduate School The Graduate School seeks to value all types of Scholarship: Discovery; Application; Integration and Teaching/Learning (Boyer) It seeks to prepare new faculty to engage and value all types of scholarship It also seeks to facilitate the discovery of research-based strategies for enhancing learning within groups with documentable tendencies for underachievement, e.g., women and people of color in STEM discipline Finally, it seeks to link SoTL to other teaching/learning communities

5. Some Guiding Principles of SoTL Work at Howard Teaching is an Ethical act Teaching must be transformed from a private activity to a public & generalizable event Teaching & learning can be enhanced through documentation, analysis, reflection and sharing

6. We Are Guided by Major Reforms in Undergraduate Education Experiential Learning Is Desirable Meaning Is Socially Constructed Knowledge is Culturally Centered, Connected, Relational & Constructed Learning Occurs In and Out of Classrooms Sensitivity to WHO Is In Classroom Teacher More Facilitator Than Sage Reflection Central to Learning

7. Five Strategies for Advancing SoTL at Howard Graduate School Small SoTL grants to faculty/student dyads to enhance learning within disciplines An annual SoTL day with local presentations and national speakers SoTL in PFF: A section of required PFF course on Faculty Roles and Responsibilities SoTL in PFF Certificate Program Student Initiated SoTL Activities;e.g., TA Teaching Circle Grantsmanship Major NSF project on academic socialization into engineering (Lorraine Fleming) FIPSE project on enhancing African American achievement in STEM disciplines (Taylor and Carter)