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Increasing Remote Adjunct Faculty Success Through 5 Engagement Strategies

Increasing Remote Adjunct Faculty Success Through 5 Engagement Strategies. League of Innovations, 2013. Corey Pruitt, MS Patricia Case, Ph.D Tristan Marble, MA. Rio Salado College.

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Increasing Remote Adjunct Faculty Success Through 5 Engagement Strategies

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  1. Increasing RemoteAdjunct Faculty Success Through 5EngagementStrategies League of Innovations, 2013 Corey Pruitt, MS Patricia Case, Ph.D Tristan Marble, MA Rio Salado College

  2. Located in Tempe, AZ. Largest public online community college in the nation. Part of the Maricopa County Community College District. Serving approximately 70,000 students annually Over 43,000 students online Unique attributes One Course, Many Sections 48 Weekly start dates Never cancel online classes 23 Faculty – 1,500 + Adjunct Faculty RioLearn -- highly-scalable LMS 24/7 Instructional and Technology Helpdesks 24/7 Library Services Rio Salado College

  3. Social Sciences Department 120 13,419 Fall 448 Number of Students Enrolled Number of Adjunct Faculty Spring 347 Summer 220 Number of Sections

  4. 5 Engagement Strategies • Encourage Faculty-Department Contact Encourage connection Among colleagues Encourage contributions Provide growth opportunities Communicate expectations clearly

  5. Encourage Faculty-Department Contact • Know key individuals within the department • Know who and how to contact • Know they are supported • Helps integrate into the college/university community

  6. Encourage Faculty-Department Contact • How we do it • All Faculty Meetings • Surveys • Department Connections • Jotform

  7. Encourage Faculty-Department Contact https://www.iwowwe.com/free-video-email.html www.eyejot.com http://audioboo.fm/ http://www.covideo.com/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

  8. Encourage Connection Among Colleagues • Good teaching is collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated • A primary issue: sense of isolation • Social connectivity and integration are vital • Encourage to learn from and collaborate with other faculty members

  9. Encourage Connection Among Colleagues • How we do it • SharePoint • Facebook • Discipline Dialogues • Discipline Facilitators

  10. Encourage Connection Among Colleagues http://www.ning.com/ http://www.socialgo.com/ http://www.spruz.com/

  11. Encourage Contributions • Provide opportunities to share what they are learning and doing to improve teaching • Identify ways to involve adjuncts pedagogical developments • Integral part of the department “When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.” Eleanor Roosevelt

  12. Encourage Contributions • How we do it: • Curriculum development • Discipline facilitators • Projects • Discussion at all faculty meetings • Surveys • Develop and Lead workshops/training

  13. Encourage Contributions Alternative Suggestions Set-up“Best Practices” forum Establish a technology committee Contribute to newsletters

  14. Provide Growth Opportunities • Faculty need • Frequent opportunities to perform • Feedback on performance to increase successful teaching • Chances to reflect • Specific training

  15. Provide Growth Opportunities • How we do it • Mentoring • Department training • College training- AFD workshops • MCCD Professional Growth Funds

  16. Provide Growth Opportunities Virtual meetings Podcasts http://www.podbean.com/ http://wiggio.com/virtual_meetings.html http://www.buzzsprout.com/ http://www.bigbluebutton.org/ http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net/

  17. Communicate Expectations Clearly • Expecting faculty to perform well becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy • Creating and improving channels for adjunct information and communication

  18. Communicate Expectations Clearly • How we do it • All Faculty Meetings • Interactive Policy and Procedures • Job-aids • Scheduled DYK’s

  19. Communicate Expectations Clearly Infographics Podcasts http://www.podbean.com/ http://visual.ly/ http://infogr.am/ http://www.buzzsprout.com/ http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net/

  20. Close Up Shop • Encourage Faculty-Department Contact Encourage connection Among colleagues Encourage contributions Provide growth opportunities Communicate expectations clearly

  21. Questions? League of Innovations, 2013 Rio Salado College

  22. Corey Pruitt Instructional Specialist Corey.Pruitt@riosalado.edu Contact Us Tristan Marble Instructional Coordinator Tristan.Marble@riosalado.edu Dr. Patricia Case Faculty Chair, Social Sciences Pat.Case@riosalado.edu Rio Salado College

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