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Building Student Engagement With Google Spaces, Peg Hohensee
Building Student Engagement With Google Spaces, Peg Hohensee
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Google Spaces is an easy to setup group chat that could help with community building and communication. The presenter will demonstrate creating a Google Space. The presenter will also discuss the results of having used a Google Space with a class and brainstorm with participants uses for future classes.
Developing Certificate Programs To Increase Departmental Student Enrollment, Jennifer B. Lemoine, Anita Hazelwood
Developing Certificate Programs To Increase Departmental Student Enrollment, Jennifer B. Lemoine, Anita Hazelwood
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Colleges/universities must think of innovative methods for attracting students to their campuses. Certificate programs have proven to do this. This presentation will address the decisions to offer certificate programs, the advantages and disadvantages for doing so, and will take participants through the step-by-step process of implementing these types of programs.
Building Communication And Collaboration Skills Through Inter-Professional Simulation Design Challenges, Amelia Huelskamp, Chase Dubois
Building Communication And Collaboration Skills Through Inter-Professional Simulation Design Challenges, Amelia Huelskamp, Chase Dubois
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
This presentation focuses on the benefits of inter-professional education, provides an overview of a sample project, and offers recommendations for inter-professional collaboration in higher education.
Promoting Underrepresented Minority Student Academic Success Using An Inclusive Faculty Framework, Don Gillian-Daniel, Sean Thomas Bridgen, Wendy Troxel
Promoting Underrepresented Minority Student Academic Success Using An Inclusive Faculty Framework, Don Gillian-Daniel, Sean Thomas Bridgen, Wendy Troxel
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
The Aspire Alliance has developed the Inclusive Faculty Framework (IFF), which is grounded in research and theory, and engages faculty in the development of foundational skills that promote increased student academic success. This workshop will present the IFF, and use the underlying principles to engage participants in the development of foundational skills that promote increased success of students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. Participants will experience a range of activities including, and not limited to, discussions, case-based scenarios, as well as individual and group reflection
Lessons Learned: Curriculum Map As An Assessment Tool, Paul Antonellis
Lessons Learned: Curriculum Map As An Assessment Tool, Paul Antonellis
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
During this session, participants will learn about the steps taken to use curriculum mapping as an assessment tool, what worked well, challenges encountered, and recommendations going forward at the graduate and undergraduate level. The program will demonstrate how the program curriculum map can be linked to the general educational outcomes and aligned with intuition outcomes (Banta, 2014; Hundley & Kahn, 2019). Curriculum mapping will reveal program strengths and weaknesses before beginning the assessment process, avoiding costly mistakes in the assessment process. The mapping process will assist in determining which outcomes are assessed, when the outcome is assessed, and in which …
Onboard, Don’T Orient, New Faculty, Jacqueline Kress
Onboard, Don’T Orient, New Faculty, Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Each year 50,000 highly educated, accomplished people with no preparation for most of the tasks that comprise college faculty work will be hired. Typical orientation programs do not meet their needs to provide useful, timely information and skill-building. Onboarding programs are more effective, and the benefits go beyond the faculty.
Faculty Roles: Unending, Unbundling, Or Unraveling?, Jacqueline Kress
Faculty Roles: Unending, Unbundling, Or Unraveling?, Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
More new adjuncts than new tenure-track faculty? Enrollment and budgets contribute, but the “adjunctification” trend is more complex. The steady unbundling of faculty roles is an important but less recognized contributor. This session overviews the unbundling phenomenon and positions faculty to make informed decisions at their home campuses.
Faculty Advising: Teaching, Research, Or Service?, Wendy Troxel, Jennifer Joslin
Faculty Advising: Teaching, Research, Or Service?, Wendy Troxel, Jennifer Joslin
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Mentoring and advising from faculty members play a major role in students’ understanding of higher education, the curriculum, and ownership of meeting their academic goals and career aspirations.
This interactive session addresses the incentives (or lack of incentives) for faculty to see academic advising as a fundamental and rewarding element of their work in higher education.
Data-Informed Program Planning For Academic Chairs And Directors, Laurie Henry, Richard Wilkens
Data-Informed Program Planning For Academic Chairs And Directors, Laurie Henry, Richard Wilkens
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Presenters and participants will engage in conversations related to data-informed decision making for academic departments and programs. Emerging strategies and best practices in data analysis will be employed to address critical questions related to cost efficiency, enrollment trends, and faculty load at the program level.
Interpreting Audit Data In Program Assessment, Jacqueline Kress
Interpreting Audit Data In Program Assessment, Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Academic programs are multidimensional and operate in a distributed decision-making environment. Assessment that focuses solely on student learning outcomes may overlook context factors contributing to or detracting from program success. This session introduces program audits and guides participants’ practice interpreting sample audit data and relating them to program outcomes.
The Teaching Chair: Maintaining Excellence In Teaching, Cathy Thorsen 5590686, Mary Elizabeth Zimmer, Marilyn Odom
The Teaching Chair: Maintaining Excellence In Teaching, Cathy Thorsen 5590686, Mary Elizabeth Zimmer, Marilyn Odom
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Teaching chairs must balance preparation for class and maintaining teaching effectiveness with the duties of chair. Participants will explore scenarios related to the teaching chair themes derived from survey responses and share strategies for coping, overcoming, and/or accepting their limitations related to balancing chair and teaching roles.
What Your Faculty Need To Known About Open Access Publishing, Jacqueline Kress
What Your Faculty Need To Known About Open Access Publishing, Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Scholarly publication is a factor in faculty evaluation. Online journals--open access (OA) and traditional—are now available. Views about OA journals are often controversial, and have even affected tenure and promotion decisions. This session reviews facts about OA and provides exemplar materials to use to review/revise your publication policies.
Supporting Department Chair Development: Learnings From The Leadership Cohort, Emily R. Smith, Ryan Colwell, Patricia E. Calderwood
Supporting Department Chair Development: Learnings From The Leadership Cohort, Emily R. Smith, Ryan Colwell, Patricia E. Calderwood
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
This best practice presentation will highlight key features, benefits and challenges of a cohort-based leadership development program for chairs. We’ll engage with sample materials and activities used during cohort meetings and share recommendations for those looking to initiate leadership development programs on their campus.