New Faculty Support Series Spring 2015 Schedule

Date Activities/Topics for the Readings & Questions to Consider Meeting Week of Introductions, Read: Part 1, “Taking HIPs to the Next Level” in Ensuring January 26 Brainstorming, & Snacks Quality & Taking HIPs to Scale (1-14). CCH 113 Consider: What questions do HIPS raise for your project, assuming you’re going to try to implement as many as possible? Week of Course Design: Approach Read: “A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for February 9 and Goals Significant Learning” by L. Dee Fink CCH 113 Consider: What are your SLO’s for the course/program?

Speakers: Previous New Faculty Week of Assessment in the Bring: Assignments, assessment measures (exams, February 23 Classroom prompts), SLOs, and rubrics. CCH 113 Consider: What are students going to do that will help you understand how and how well students have achieved the learning outcomes for the (course/unit/assignment/activity/program)?

Speakers: Assessment faculty. Week of Classroom Activities & Read: “Becoming an “Effective Teacher Using March 9 Writing Intensive Cooperative Learning: A Personal Odyssey” by Barbara J. CCH 113 Programs as HIPS Millis and/or “Team-Based Learning: A High-Impact Educational Strategy” by Neil Have

Consider: How will classroom activities or collaborative learning be incorporated into your course redesign? Week of Reflection and UR as HIPS Read: Review TAMU website “Using Reflection to March 23 Facilitate and Assess High-Impact Practices” and review CCH 113 the “Reflection Toolkit” from the Northwest Service Academy.

Read: “Undergraduate Research as a High-Impact Student Experience” by David Lopatto and “Research and Discovery Across the Curriculum” by Susan Elrod, Diane Husic, and Jillian Kinzie

Consider: What role will reflection or undergraduate research play in your course? Week of Present redesign (10 Create your multimedia/slide/poster presentation. April 6 minutes) CCH 113