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LEAP States Summit Milwaukee 2016: Engaging Faculty for Systemic Reform

Join faculty leaders at the LEAP States Summit to discuss high-impact practices, disciplinary advocacy, and clarifying faculty roles in advancing educational reform. Explore ways to integrate initiatives and build a case for the value of higher education with stakeholders. This summit focuses on aligning educational outcomes and practices with 21st-century needs.

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LEAP States Summit Milwaukee 2016: Engaging Faculty for Systemic Reform

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  1. LEAP States Summit September 13-15, 2016 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ENGAGING AND GROWING FACULTY LEADERSHIP TO ADVANCE SYSTEMIC REFORM Dan: messages to faculty Michael: messages to stakeholders Audience: challenges faced & met Audience: an initiative to promote LEAP value Together: reporting out Michael Zimmerman Dan McInerney The Evergreen State College Utah State University

  2. LEAP States Summit September 13-15, 2016 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ENGAGING AND GROWING FACULTY LEADERSHIP TO ADVANCE SYSTEMIC REFORM 6 High-Impact Practices of Educational Reform Dan McInerney Professor & Associate Dept. Head, History Utah State University

  3. BEGIN WHERE PEOPLE ARE, NOT WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO BE faculty passionate about their courses passionate about student success passionate about their disciplines

  4. DISCIPLINARY ADVOCACY

  5. DISCIPLINARY ADVOCACY accountability assessment accreditation engage with one’s disciplinary society

  6. INTEGRATE THE INITIATIVES Do not simply pile up reforms Explain how they connect with one another

  7. How can we align educational outcomes, practices, and policies for 21st C needs? What key areas of knowledge and skill should all students develop in college? What proficiencies should all students develop at different degree levels? What should students know, understand, & be able to do as they complete a major? What pathways, proficiencies, and purposes should Gen Ed achieve? What educational practices have a significant impact on student success? How do we know if our students demonstrate achievement of outcomes? How can we facilitate transfer & mobility?

  8. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LEARNING

  9. WORK WITH AN INCLUSIVE NOTION OF “EDUCATORS” contingent faculty adjuncts, part-time, post-docs librarians academic advisors career counselors campus orientation officers

  10. CLARIFY FACULTY’S MULTIPLE ROLES the shift from “my course” to “our curriculum”

  11. CLARIFY FACULTY’S MULTIPLE ROLES the shift from “my course” to “our curriculum”

  12. CLARIFY FACULTY’S MULTIPLE ROLES the shift from “my course” to “our curriculum”

  13. CLARIFY FACULTY’S MULTIPLE ROLES the shift from “my course” to “our curriculum”

  14. OPENING QUESTION: WHAT’S THE MEANING OF A MAJOR – OR A DEGREE? seat time? Carnegie credit hours? grade point averages? required courses? clinical hours? earnings? What do majors or degrees represent in terms of learning ? What majors or degrees represent in terms of numbers.

  15. -How clearly do we define and align the learning developed by our majors, programs and degrees? -How well do we document the learning? -How carefully do we progressively intensify the learning? -How well do different groups (students, parents, employers, communities, policymakers) understand these learning goals? -When do students understand these goals? -when they completea degree? -when they enter a program of study? -How well do we clarify these objectives and expectations to secondary schools & other post- secondary institutions? THE QUESTIONS ADDRESSED BY LEAP, ELOs, VALUE, DQP, TUNING, AND OTHER INITIATIVES

  16. BEGIN WHERE PEOPLE ARE, NOT WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO BE DISCIPLINARY ADVOCACY INTEGRATE THE INITIATIVES WORK WITH AN INCLUSIVE NOTION OF “EDUCATORS” CLARIFY FACULTY’S MULTIPLE ROLES OPENING QUESTION: WHAT’S THE MEANING OF A MAJOR – OR A DEGREE?

  17. LEAP States Summit September 13-15, 2016 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ENGAGING AND GROWING FACULTY LEADERSHIP TO ADVANCE SYSTEMIC REFORM Educating Stakeholders: Building the Case Michael Zimmerman Vice President for Academic Affairs The Evergreen State College

  18. Carol Geary Schneider2003 We’ve all been participating in “a conspiracy of voluntary silence.”

  19. Stakeholders are diverse • Faculty and Staff Colleagues • Students • Prospective Students • Parents • Legislators • Business Leaders • Media Outlets • General Public

  20. The Most Common Messages • College is unnecessary • A liberal arts degree is useless

  21. Difference in Annual Average Salary Between College Graduates and High School Graduates Year Difference 1970 55% 1990 75% 2012 85%

  22. Average Annual Salaries of Majors 15 Years After Graduation Classics $75,900 Accounting $74,500 English $65,500 Multi-Media / Web Design $64,900 History $70,200 Nursing $70,200

  23. The Washington Consortium for the Liberal Arts (WaCLA): A Case Study

  24. Other Activities • Outreach to Legislators • Public Relations Contest • Op-Ed Submissions • Employer – Educator Forum with AAC&U

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