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 Community colleges  Junior colleges  Technical colleges Sandwiched between HS and 4YC – perfect fit to the model of lifelong learning AIP Survey, 2001 – TYCs enroll almost half of all undergraduate students in the US

 Returning students – recertification  Adult education resource  Local industry ties  Smaller class sizes  Faculty readily available  Good option for non-traditional students, women, & underrepresented minorities

Four-year Two-year Discipline specific depts. Related discipline divisions Major / Minor Programs of study Budget autonomy No budget autonomy Separate Lecture & Lab Integrated Lecture w/ Lab Teaching + Research Teaching (larger loads) Change is a challenge Curricular flexibility

 Serves academic studies  Serves technical / vocational education  Advantage of local colleges reaching the populace & making PHY accessible.  AIP Survey, % of students take intro PHY nationwide at TYCs

Course types: Reform activities*: ConceptualCurricular Alg/Trig-BasedLaboratory Calculus-Based Recruitment TechnicalRetention K-12Career information *AIP Survey, ~50% were involved in curricular or pedagogical changes.

 Isolation issues for some TYC PHY faculty  Professional development source from 4Y research in current teaching pedagogy (PER, PEPTYC)  Transfer populations – compatible course offerings  Encourage more students to pursue STEM degrees  Current PHY Research resource at 4Y (“Neutrinos, Exploding Stars, and the Origin of the Heavy Elements” at 4:30 pm!)

 Collegiality – NCS-AAPT involvement at state and national levels.  PD opportunities – The Science House, WebAssign Users Group, Southern Regional SPIN-UP Workshops  Consultants - New bldg. N. Campus – labs, storage  Collaborations - Student centered models – SCALE-UP (Fall, 2001), Peer Instruction, Lecture Tutorials Formative Assessment

Summative – Assessing learners for what they were supposed to learn after instruction. Formative - Conducted during instruction frequently, with the intent to improve instruction and student learning.

 Share teaching methods that work  Share experiences w/ technology  Four year professors as guest lecturers in two-year classrooms – video conference, online forum, etc.  Honors sections of PHY – lab demos, hand-me-down equipment  SPS Collaboration

Denise M. Wetli Wake Technical Community College 9101 Fayetteville Road Raleigh, NC