Faculty as Change Agents:
Transforming Geoscience Education in
Two-year Colleges
Webinar for Administrators
This work is supported by the National
Science Foundation through grants 1525593,
1524605, 1524623 & 1524800.
Heather Macdonald
Pamela Eddy
John McDaris
Professor of Geology
College of William & Mary
Professor of Higher
Education
School of Education
College of William & Mary
Geoscience
Education Associate
Science Education
Resource Center
Carleton College
Webinar Agenda
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Introductions
Project overview
Role of administrators in project
Upcoming workshop
Questions
Follow-up questions for you
Administrators
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Joe Bergman, Dean, Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Illinois Central College
Maryedith Butler, Dean For Mathematics and Sciences, Waubonsee Community College
Kathy Cecil-Sanchez, Vice President of Instruction, Lone Star College-University Park
Maria Conzatti, Vice President for Academic Student Services, Nassau Community
College
David Douglass, Dean of Sciences, Pasadena City College
Alycia Ehlert, Associate Vice President, College of Arts and Sciences, Daytona State
College
Tonya Forbes, Associate Vice President, Effectiveness & Innovation, Wake Technical
Community College
Christopher Gherardi, College Associate Dean, Office of Faculty & Professional
Advancement, Suffolk Community College
Karelyn Hoover, Associate Dean, Natural Sciences Division, Mt. San Antonio College
Greg Lampe, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, University
of Wisconsin Colleges
Daniel Lewis, Director of Educational Programs, Virginia Community College System
Christie Plinski, Vice President of Instruction, Mt. Hood Community College
Jerry Rosenberg, Dean of Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering, De Anza
College
Cheryl Scott, Dean of Instruction, Portland Community College-Rock Creek Campus
Kathleen Scott, Associate Vice President, Pasadena City College
Quentin Wright, Vice President of Instruction, Lone Star College-Tomball
Project Personnel
Project Leaders and Staff
• Heather Macdonald, College of William & Mary
• Eric Baer, Highline Community College
• Norlene Emerson, University of Wisconsin - Richland
• Jan Hodder, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
• Carol Ormand, SERC, Carleton College
• John McDaris, SERC, Carleton College
• Christy Bennett, College of William & Mary
Project Participants
• 24 Change Agents (10 teams)
Evaluation and Research Team
• Debra Bragg, University of Washington
• Pamela Eddy, College of William & Mary
• Ellen Iverson, SERC, Carleton College
• Yi Hao, College of William & Mary
The first national professional development
program for geoscience faculty in 2YCs
SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents (2015-2019)
• Build a national network of local communities of 2YC
geoscience faculty who catalyze change at multiple levels
• Implement evidence-based strategies to
– improve academic success of all students
– facilitate professional pathways of students into the geoscience
workforce
– broaden participation in the geosciences
• Investigate models of professional development for fulltime and adjunct 2YC geoscience faculty
Change Agent Teams
Oregon
Mel Johnson,
UW-Manitowoc
Keith West, UWMarinette
Cheryl Resnick,
Illinois Central
College
David Voorhees,
Waubonsee CC
Chris
DiLeonardo,
Bridget James,
De Anza College
Elizabeth NagyShadman,
Pasadena City C
Dave Mrofka,
Becca Walker,
Mt. San Antonio
College
Texas
Bryn Benford,
Kristie
Bradford,
Lone Star
College - Univ.
Park & Tomball
JoAnn Thissen,
Nassau CC
Sean Tvelia,
Suffolk County
CC
Virginia
Illinois
California-N
California-S
New York
Wisconsin
Daina Hardisty,
Mt. Hood CC
Eriks Puris,
Andy Hilt,
Portland CC-SE
& Rock Creek
Florida
Karen Braley,
Kristin Mixell,
Debra Woodall,
Daytona State
College
Pete Berquist,
Lynsey LeMay,
Thomas Nelson
CC
Karen Layou,
Reynolds CC
North
Carolina
Adrianne
Leinbach,
Gretchen Miller,
Wake Technical
CC
Context of Change Agent Teams
Geoscience
Faculty
Courses
Departments
Institutions
• One full time  6 full time with many adjunct
faculty
• Same college, different campuses, each with FT + /adjuncts
• Geology, oceanography, meteorology, GIS,
environmental science, geography, field courses
• Face-to-face, hybrid, online
• Physical Science / Science and Applied Health
• Natural Sciences / Geology and Geography
• Geology / Marine Science
• Total enrollment: 9,300 - 64,000
• Campus enrollment: ~500 - 20,000 students
• 8% - 67% URM; many MSIs
Project Activities
For Change Agents
By Change Agents
Workshops
On Campus
Ongoing themes
• Work to support each of the project
strands in their teaching
• Work on geoscience program to
support project strands, working
with FT and PT geoscience faculty
and with administrators and other
units on campus
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Supporting students success
Professional pathways (transfer & careers)
Broadening participation
Action planning
Virtual Activities
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Webinar series
Journal clubs
Implementation groups
Mentoring & support
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Project personnel and peer mentoring and
community support
Involvement of administrators in workshop
and on campus
In Region
• Organize community network
• Lead workshop following from
Change Agent workshops
customized for local setting (fall)
• Offer follow-on activity (spring)
SAGE 2YC web site: http://serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/index.html
Workforce, Transfer, and Careers
• Geoscience Careers
• Integrating Career and Professional
Preparation into Your Program
• Employer Perspectives
• Workforce Development Programs
• Supporting Transfer Students
• Summaries of GeoPath projects that
focus on 2YC-4YCU transfer
Supporting Student Success
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Supporting the Whole Student
Self-regulated Learning
Undergraduate Research at 2YCs
Solo Status and Stereotype Threat
Supporting English-Language Learners
Supporting Students with Disabilities
First-generation Students
Project Activities
Years 1-4
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Annual workshops and virtual activities for Change Agents
Change Agents work on campus and in region
Website development
Annual Advisory Board meetings
Research and evaluation
• Interviews and focus groups
• Classroom observations and survey
Years 3-4
• Second cohort of Change
Agents engaged virtually
• Workshops at professional
meetings
• Propagation workshop
• Research and evaluation
• Site visits to 10 regions
SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents:
• Project strands
– Supporting academic
success of all students
– Facilitating professional
pathways of students in
geoscience and STEM
– Broadening participation
• Change Agent work
– Individual teaching
– Geoscience program
– Regional workshop
SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents:
National, State, Campus Context
• Project strands
– Supporting academic
success of all students
– Facilitating professional
pathways of students in
geoscience
– Broadening participation
• Change Agent work
– Individual teaching
– Geoscience program
– Regional workshop
• National Initiatives
– Achieving the Dream
– Completion by Design
– Guided Pathways
• State Context
– PBF
• Institutional and
Campus Context
Guided Pathways Adoption
Kotter’s Model for Change
Role of Administrators in Change
Process
• Fitting within other institutional
initiatives
• Using data to measure student
success
• Context drives change
• Leadership buy-in
– Support of faculty Change Agents
– Crafting the college story
SAGE 2YC: Faculty as Change Agents
Role of Administrators
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Letter of support as part of NSF proposal
Participate in the June workshop
Support your geoscience Change Agent(s)
Facilitate connections and resources on campus
that can help with the action plan developed by the
Change Agent(s)
• Support use of data and Institutional Research
connections
• Mentoring Change Agent(s) - existing professional
communities of practice
The June Workshop
• Meet with your Change Agent(s) and learn more about the
geoscience program
• Work with your Change Agent(s) in developing an action plan for
their work to enhance aspects of the geoscience program (three
project strands)
• Workshop sessions on metacognition, Pathways to Results,
leadership
• Network for cross-institutional collaboration of ideas and best
practices
• Exchange ideas, share experience and expertise
• Workshop information (links to program, list of participants,
logistics page with travel information)
• http://serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/workshops/june2016/index.html
• Save receipts
Questions for us?
Follow-up questions for you
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What initiatives are underway at your campus or institution that are
well-aligned with the faculty Change Agents' work for the SAGE 2YC
project?
What campus or institutional resources do you know about that the
faculty Change Agents could tap into to support their work on the
SAGE 2YC project?
What assistance might you be able to provide to faculty Change
Agents to help them overcome any barriers to change in the context
of the three strands of the project: improving all students' academic
success, broadening participation in the geosciences, and facilitating
students' professional pathways into the STEM workforce?
Please complete survey by Monday, June 13:
serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/workshops/june2016/admin_questions.html
Thank you!