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Would you like your students to be more engaged in your STEM courses? Are you thinking about equity and how you can facilitate inclusivity in your course? Faculty Development invites you to join a group of STEM faculty to explore strategies to enrich your courses and promote student engagement to improve learning.聽This learning community supports faculty (tenure-track and lecturers), especially those teaching large lectures to enhance student learning gains.聽Though originally designed for STEM courses, those from any discipline are welcome to join.

Faculty who complete this program will earn a certificate of completion backed with the reputation UC Berkeley's聽Lawrence Hall of Science that created this evidence-based program especially designed for STEM faculty as a result of NSF funding. All teaching techniques discussed in this program use STEM examples for clear application with our unique 快活林性息 students. For those interested in engaging in our Graduation Initiative and seeking greater student success, this is an excellent opportunity for faculty to take action.聽

Funding

Funding of $500 will be available to faculty who fully participate in the program activities.聽What does full participation in聽Transforming STEM Teaching听颈苍肠濒耻诲别?

1) Attendance (with cameras on) at Zoom meetings on Wednesdays from 9:00 to 11:50 a.m. on the following eight dates in 2024: Jan 24, 31, Feb 7, 14, 21, 28,聽 March 6, 13

2) Active engagement at weekly meetings (sharing reactions, reading about teaching & learning)

3) Participation in activities, including discussion posts

Overview

鈥淭he Transforming STEM Teaching Faculty Learning Community (FLC) Program is developed by the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, in collaboration with their Center for Teaching and Learning. It is designed for faculty to: deepen their understanding of how people learn, develop active learning strategies to support student learning in STEM lecture courses, and reflect on their teaching practices.

Changing instructional practice requires faculty to rethink their role in teaching, and thus redefine how lecture courses are designed and taught. Inclusion of STEM faculty from community colleges and universities allows faculty from these institutions to learn together, and hence support efforts to streamline transfer pathways from 2-year colleges and 4-year universities.鈥澛犅爓hich is also offered to UC Berkeley faculty and due to extensive NSF funding has expanded throughout the state in multiple UCs, CSUs and Community Colleges.

Goals & Objectives

The big picture 鈥渄ream鈥� of this聽Transforming College Teaching聽Faculty Learning Program is to improve student achievement in STEM undergraduate courses through statewide transformation of college level teaching.

Four goals are rooted in this program: (1) to build STEM education expertise of STEM faculty through delving into聽literature on learning and teaching; (2) to support STEM faculty in聽developing their teaching practice聽to support student learning in their lecture courses; (3) to engage STEM faculty in聽habits of reflection聽on their teaching practice, through peer and self-observations; and (4)聽to nurture a tradition of continued learning about teaching practice聽among participants, and build a faculty learning community. By the end of this program, faculty should be able to:

1) Implement聽active learning teaching practices effectively聽that generates student engagement and achievement.

2)聽Cultivate a capacity to sustain and share聽new and improved STEM instructional practices within your local department, college, and college/university.

3) Describe the value of聽developing a collegial and complementary community聽between STEM faculty who can share instructional best practices.

Facilitators

Casey terHorst (Biology)
Jeanne Robertson (Biology)

Current and Past Participants

*While priority is given for faculty teaching STEM related topics, this program is open to all 快活林性息 faculty. The principles and evidence of teaching & learning that will be discussed in this program apply to all learning contexts. However, this program was specifically designed for STEM faculty who often request evidence and examples applicable for these unique teaching and learning environments.聽