- Committee Chair since September 2012
- Leads an interdisciplinary team of staff that evaluates, makes recommendations and creates actionable plans for retention efforts
- Coordinates persistence research projects to gather student withdrawal
information that informs persistence initiatives.
- Collaborates with team in development and implementation of
persistence initiatives.
Co-facilitates a series of workshops for teachers of first-year courses to
raise sensitivity and effectiveness toward meeting the diverse needs of
first year students.
Workshop topics:
- Understanding first-generation students and other at-risk populations
- Raising sensitivity to the student experience: remembering what it was like.
- Developing techniques to make it easier for students to approach faculty
- Considering teaching philosophies that support first-year students
- Challenging and engaging students with multiple skill levels in the classroom
- Creative course collaboration experience
- Helping Students Make Connections and Overcome Fears of Communication
- Campus Resources
- The First Year Student Life Cycle
- What does it mean to be an effective teacher: Challenging personal teaching philosophies
- Listen to the Students: student presentation and Q & A
- Course Connections/Faculty Connections – Helping students understand the connections between courses
- Using Learning and Teaching Assessments
- Grading strategies that support learning
- Contributes to development and delivery of faculty workshops.
- Assists with new faculty orientation.
- Provides eCompanion training to faculty.
- Collaborated with taskforce members to collectively investigate
curriculum needs, develop best practices, and train faculty.
- Advised committee of technology needs and reviewed budget proposals.
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