Professional development opportunities specifically designed to support the achievement of the new Article 22 equity goals will be offered throughout May and June. All registrants will complete part one, a book discussion of Becoming Student-Ready College: a New Culture of Leadership for Student Success. For part two, faculty can choose First-Year Experience, Writing Intensive, Captsone Projects, Open Education Resources (OER), or D2L Brightspace. We invite you to join us as we work toward Equity 2030 and support student success. Programs are available in person or online. For completing each part of the program, faculty will recieve a duty day. Reach out to CETL (cetl@mnsu.edu) with questions.
Part One: Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success
All participants will complete a 2-session book discussion. Participants will identify 2-3 specific strategies that they will incorporate into Part 2 of the workshop. After obtaining IRB approval, instructors will also review the DFW rates for their courses
Part Two: First Year Experience
Instructors for first-year experience will apply critical frameworks to explore ways to better support students' success and retention in their first year on campus by examining current practices and strategies in these courses.
Part Two: Writing Intensive Course
Assessment design and writing instruction delivery will be examined through an equity lens in various disciplinary contexts to identify opportunities for adaptation.
Part Two: Capstone Projects
Capstone projects are an important culminating activity for instructors and students to measure student competency in a particular discipline. The design and assessment of these projects through an equity lens is important for student success.
Part Two: Open Education Reseources (OER)
Assessment design and writing instruction delivery will be examined through an equity lens in various disciplinary contexts to identify opportunities for adaptation.
D2L Brightspace
Are you teaching a new course next semester? Planning to update or refresh one you’ve already taught? Try the Build Your Course certificate! Participants will apply 3 key concepts to building their course, (1) organization to support expectations, (2) timely feedback, (3) instructor presence.
