IINSPIRE LSAMP Alliance 1-February 2019 Jim Swartz, Grinnell College Cailin Huyck Orr, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College

IINSPIRE Alliance Overview IINSPIRE: Iowa Illinois Nebraska STEM Partnership for Innovation in Research and Education NSF LSAMP Program: Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Alliance among 16 two-year and four-year colleges and universities: To broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the Midwest. To support students, increase their success, and provide them with academic, research, training, and mentoring opportunities. NSF Grant At beginning of second 5-year grant

NSF Alliance Goals Increase individual student retention and progression to baccalaureate degrees for underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Enable successful transfer of underrepresented students from 2- year and 4-year institutions in STEM programs. Increase access to high quality undergraduate research experiences. Facilitate seamless transition of underrepresented students into STEM graduate programs.

Goals of Professional Development Activities Encourage and enable faculty and staff to fulfill the goals of the alliance and in particular their individual and campus goals related to the alliance goals.  Provide some resource materials for campuses using precedents from within the alliance and beyond   Assist faculty and staff from the alliance in working collaboratively to develop approaches and materials to use to further their goals. Facilitate sharing of accomplishments and materials developed in a way that they can inspire and be used by others.

Areas of Focus Thus Far Summer Bridging Programs Building a Sense of Community Supporting the Whole Student Using Societal Issues to Recruit and Retain STEM Students Authentic Inquiry and Research-like Experiences

Short Workshops Today: Math in the STEM Classroom Session 1--12:00-12:50: Just in time math in the STEM classroom Session 2--4:00-4:50-: Strategies for managing uneven math preparation in the classroom

What is Next? Crowd (YOU) source activities that can be used to help in your classes or in support of your students Summer workshop following up on good ideas or approaches that emerge from you today.

Introduction to Just In Time Teaching (JITT) What do you really want your students to know? What mathematics do they need to develop the knowledge described in A? Create some simple exercises to introduce/review the math skills needed. Can use short lectures from Khan Academy or other sources or create them yourself. These can be done as a before class exercise (include in CMS or hand out in paper) or in class as part of the time allocated to the topic.