DJ Corson, Director Center of Teaching for Learning Hawkeye Community College Waterloo, IA Induction and HCC " The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.” Benjamin Disraeli

Strategies We Used  Targeted specific outcomes for our induction program (created a Preferred Future)  Used mentors to help with specific aspects of the work.  Paired mentor/mentees from different disciplines to help focus on instruction and to increase structure to the mentoring process Preferred Future Current Reality

Purpose: Enhancing knowledge and skills necessary to meet the HCC Standards for a College Course, a Classroom, and for Teaching Induction Design Specifications:   Include a supporting research base   Model “ best practice ”   Utilize a variety of strategies that can be replicated in any content area   Provide feedback and coaching   Engage participants in completing authentic work Frameworks ALR Evaluating Student Work Collaborative Log

Attend the Brobst Center Faculty Appreciation together TODAY from 1:00 – 4:00 Inservice Friday, January 5—eat breakfast together and introduce your mentee to other faculty. Perhaps attend a breakout session together. Attend the special session together scheduled for Wednesday, January 17th from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Strategies That Evidence Student Learning and Increase Motivation. This session will be held on campus and more info will be provided at inservice. The speaker, Nancy Lockett, got rave reviews at the session she did with us this past November. Dialogue ideas: take the online assessment to figure out your learning style and discuss results. We’ve encouraged instructors to have their students take this assessment also: That’s all the ideas I have for now. If you’ve got some good ideas, please share them with all of us! Hope to see you this afternoon—we’ve got lots of tastee morsels over here. dj DJ Corson, Director Brobst Center for Teaching and Learning Services Induction and Mentoring Research-BaseFrameworkTraining/Support Brain Research (Wolfe, Jensen, Sousa, et.al ) Instructional Strategies (Marzano, Jenkins, et.al ) ALR --created by DJ Induction Course: Designing Learning- Centered Instruction Assessment (Wiggins, Stiggins, McTighe, et.al) Collaborative Analysis of Student Work Protocol-- adapted from book by Langer, Colton, and Goff ASCD 2003) Induction Course: Evidencing Student Learning Instructional Coaching (Knight, Garmston, Wellman, New Teacher UCSC et. al) Collaborative Log (adapted from New Teacher Center) Monthly training for mentors

Analysis of Student Work Protocol The protocol: 1.Determine the assessment purpose 2.Match the most appropriate type of assessment to the purpose 3.Clearly articulate student work/performance that “Meets Expectations” 4.Collect data relative to student work/performance 5.Choose one student from each of 4 levels. 6.Analyze and describe their work: + and – 7.Determine how to move each student closer to the learning target. 8.Identify how to support learning needs within the learning system.

Assessing Implementation and Results Implementation data:  feedback from mentors  feedback from mentees  coaching/observation feedback (using ALR)  Results data:  Classroom student learning data (student work protocol)

Induction and Mentoring Assessment At your college… 1. Mentors are clear about their role and are provided specific training and support for fulfilling their role. 2. Mentors are responsible for supporting mentees on specific outcomes—mostly around improving instruction. 3. Induction for new full-time faculty uses clear outcomes to focus consistent and effective instructional support throughout their probationary period. 1-Have little to none 23. At a good place 45. We excel

Around the Room and Back Again  What might you include in a description of the Preferred Future regarding induction and mentoring at your college?  What is a take-away from today that, if you did it consistently and superbly well, it would elevate teaching for learning at your college? Think/write your response to one or both of the questions below: Ideas Collected from Partners:

About Your Learning Facilitator DJ Corson has worked in higher education for the past 35 years as a teacher, Director of Teaching and Learning, an Organizational Development Specialist, consultant, and presenter. Since retiring in June 2012, DJ continues to support college faculty and administrators in keeping the main thing the main thing—improving teaching for learning. Specifically her roles include:  Implementing Learning-Centered Teaching  Providing Instructional Coaching  Removing Barriers to Learning  Designing Effective Mentoring and Induction Programs  Planning Desired Change  Using Data to Inform Instructional Decisions You are invited to contact DJ with questions about today’s session or further information: