ongoing simultaneously, it may be a challenge for the chair and faculty leaders to stay on top of everything. It may be in the best interest to department’s determine which activities are most valuable and focus resources in those areas. While it is clear that all faculty in Several of our faculty participated in the Global Skills initative In progress and we are in the process of including those concepts into the the department have strong various sections of our courses. feelings of commitment to their Completed students, it is likely that some Dr. Brian Cafarella, a professor in our department, completed faculty have successfully No longer applicable his disseration pertaining to best practices in Dev. Math at urban developed approaches that are colleges. He will be presenting some of his findings during our particularly effective and Department Learning Day in November and based on our discussion, plans will be made to share those findings with all beneficial to students. It is faculty and to incorporate stragetgies into all sections. recommended that the department identify best The current interim chair has encouraged all the full-time faculty in practices among its faculty the department to seek funding to attend and/or present at national based on clear evidence of and regional conferences. Three faculty (out of 10 tenure-track and ACFs) presented at regional and national conferences during fall term student success in courses over 2014. Other presentations have/will have been made during spring time, communicate these 2015. practices and widely adopt those best practices that are supported by evidence On a related note, the Both the Math Academy and Boot Camps have increased in In progress their offerings to better meet the needs of students department should identify those . practices currently being piloted
ongoing simultaneously, it may be a challenge for the chair and faculty leaders to stay on top of everything. It may be in the department’s best interest to determine which activities are most valuable and focus resources in those areas. While it is clear that all faculty in the department have strong feelings of commitment to their students, it is likely that some faculty have successfully developed approaches that are particularly effective and beneficial to students. It is recommended that the department identify best practices among its faculty based on clear evidence of student success in courses over time, communicate these practices and widely adopt those best practices that are supported by evidence In progress Completed No longer applicable Several of our faculty participated in the Global Skills initative and we are in the process of including those concepts into the various sections of our courses. Dr. Brian Cafarella, a professor in our department, completed his disseration pertaining to best practices in Dev. Math at urban colleges. He will be presenting some of his findings during our Department Learning Day in November and based on our discussion, plans will be made to share those findings with all faculty and to incorporate stragetgies into all sections. The current interim chair has encouraged all the full-time faculty in the department to seek funding to attend and/or present at national and regional conferences. Three faculty (out of 10 tenure-track and ACFs) presented at regional and national conferences during fall term 2014. Other presentations have/will have been made during spring 2015. On a related note, the department should identify those practices currently being piloted In progress Both the Math Academy and Boot Camps have increased in their offerings to better meet the needs of students .
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