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The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning CIRTL@Howard CIRTL-Network Meeting June 3 – 4, 2009 College Station Texas A&M. CIRTL@Howard. Program Goals
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The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning CIRTL@Howard CIRTL-Network Meeting June 3 – 4, 2009 College Station Texas A&M
CIRTL@Howard Program Goals • To impact the preparation of Howard graduate students for their future role as faculty (e.g. understand pillars, see teaching as scholarship). • To enhance the integration of programming across campus related to the preparation of graduate students for the academy. • To increase the presence of teaching-as-research (TAR) in faculty work at Howard. • To institutionalize CIRTL-at-Howard into the university structure.
CIRTL@Howard Program Goal Objectives • Goal 1 • Increased interest in pursuing jobs in the academy; • Increased understanding and use of TAR principles; • Increased understanding of the multiple dimensions of faculty work/responsibilities. • Goal 2 • Increase the exposure of PFF, AGEP and eventually all STEM graduate students to TAR process; • Find ways to extend CIRTL, especially TAR beyond specific fellowship programs. • Goal 3 • Element in tenure and promotion evaluation; merit/pay evaluation; • TAR is present in classrooms; • Awareness on campus of TAR. • Goal 4 • Establish an office/organizational identity on campus.
CIRTL@Howard Program Activities • Effective use of Technology in Teaching and Learning (ETTL) course • Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) Mentoring
CIRTL@Howard Evaluation Strategies & Timeliness • Participant Surveys • Participant Enrollment • Voluntary Participation • Professor Involvement and Participation across Howard University Campus • Participant post-application of Technology in Teaching and Learning/ Matriculation into the Professoriate
CIRTL@Howard Evaluation Issues • Graduate Progression within Respective Program • On-Going Program Developments • Survey Apathy • Promotion of CIRTL Relevancy
CIRTL@Howard CIRTL@Howard Network Team • William Eckberg, PhD - Principal Investigator • Folahan O. Ayorinde, PhD - CIRTL@Howard Program Leader • SechabaKhoapa - CIRTL-Link Liason, CIRTL@Howard Administrative Assistant, ETTL Facilitator • Mai Abdul Rahman - Evaluation Liason
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