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4Faculty.org Online Professional Development Resources. History of the 4Faculty Project. Original Purpose: Promote excellent instruction for increasing diverse and under prepared students Bring adjunct faculty into campus community more quickly and effectively
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History of the 4Faculty Project • Original Purpose: • Promote excellent instruction for increasing diverse and under prepared students • Bring adjunct faculty into campus community more quickly and effectively • Increase student success and retention
Why use online professional development? • Allows busy faculty, staff and administrators to participate in professional development at their convenience • Makes repeating or referring back to the information easy • Easily links basic training to more in-depth resources • Allows for economies of scale • Easy to keep current
New User Registration Select the modules that are right for you
Pedagogical Frameworkor D.R.E.A.M. Pathway • DDISCOVER, introduces the topic and offers learning objectives. • R READ, contains the main content and imparts vital information. • E EXPLORE, offers recommended resources for further study. • A APPLY, offers applications for newly acquired knowledge. • M MEASURE, assesses what you have learned.
Apply what you’ve learned Learn ways to Apply what has been learned. All contributions welcomed.
Measure Measure your learning
College information can be integrated into the site College information in context
Most Valuable Sections for Part Time Faculty… • Syllabi Creating and Learning Objectives • Classroom Management • Approaches to Teaching • Technology and Distance Education • Helping Your Students • Student Support Services • Surviving the Journey
Classroom Management starts… • with the syllabi • with a positive first day • with ground rules everyone understands and buys into
Surviving and Thriving • Faculty are leaders • In development of curriculum and in the classroom as role models • Shared governance • In the broader community of learners and citizenry • Need to understand this from the start of their careers in order to not just survive the journey and thrive
Do faculty need help with their syllabi? In a study, the majority (72.5%) of new adjunct faculty report they did not need help with syllabi creation, yet… • After completing 4faculty.org new adjuncts reported that the syllabus module was the most valuable. and • They plan to change their syllabus as a result.
In the 4faculty syllabus module faculty will learn to: • Identify the purpose of the course • Develop learner-centered objectives • Structure the course to serve learner-centered objectives • Structure the course to serve learner-centered goals • Develop a calendar • Add support pieces
Faculty Feedback • Typical comments about 4faculty.org: • I found every part extremely useful, from the lesson planning aids to the technology classroom integration tools and the sections on college policies (online evaluation). • Rather than any one lesson, the most useful part of 4faculty.org is the wealth of practical advice with cross-discipline applicability (online evaluation).
Faculty Feedback • Typical comments about changed behavior: • I will use more variety with my classes so that I am covering all the different ways students learn I plan to be open to the difference in learning styles (online evaluation). • I am much more aware of the student and that I need to evaluate where they are at and ensure that I focus on them much more and how I can deliver the lesson to their understanding. • I think it has helped me realize how to communicate better and listen to the students. Try to involve them and realize that they learn by participating more rather than I’m just talking at them.
For more information contact: Mark Knight mark.knight@rcc.edu 951-222-8360 Kristina Kauffman kristina.kauffman@rcc.edu 951-222-8991
