Faculty Led Initiatives: Just Ask League for Innovations Conference Wednesday March 5, :15 – 10:15

Founded 1967 Serving students in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties 5 campuses 71,000 students 22% of all UCF grads started at Valencia Inaugural winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence Valencia College

22,543 - students –13,429 college level –9,114 developmental level 35 full-time faculty 59 adjunct faculty 911 courses offered East Campus Mathematics Department

Are you in a position where there is never enough time? Do you have innovations you would like to implement? Do you know if the folks in your division want the innovation also? If so, ask them to get involved. Take just a minute and think of something you would like to implement in your division. Introduction

Created a structured hiring process –Interested persons were instructed to submit an application and scheduled for an interview –Interviews were conducted on the first Wednesday of every month before a committee of faculty and dean Over ½ of full-time faculty volunteered to participate Led to faculty support of adjunct faculty No good deed goes unpunished… Adjunct Hiring

Supplied several articles I had collected Asked for volunteers for a committee Committee created; process, forms, and marketing Dean’s only involvement is setting up the mentor/mentee pairs 95 faculty have participated in the program since 2009 –33 mentors completed the program –52 mentees completed the program –4 mentees became mentors Link to clip Mentoring Program

Faculty asked about expectations Led faculty in a rubric creation exercise –Introduction to Rubrics by Stevens and Levi Old Form New From Faculty overwhelmingly prefer the new form Classroom Observation Rubric

25 pens and cameras purchased for participating faculty 22 faculty contributors to date 577 videos Usage report MathHelp 24/7

Started in 2007 Room for 12 students Grew to 2 rooms that summer Found space – Last year fall-summer 21,659 student visits Math SPA – Specialized Preparatory Area

To share best practices across campuses Faculty presenters Held twice: 2012 and 2014 Approximately 125 participants both times After the conference course Intersections & Unions Conference

Remember the initiative you thought of at the beginning of this session Discuss with the person sitting next to you how you might be able to get faculty to help with this initiative –Where can you find fertile ground? Is there a faculty member who has mentioned an initiative you could help support? –How can you help get this off the ground If it is worth doing the faculty will join in if invited. If they don’t join in, maybe it’s not worth doing – or at least not in your department. What’s Next?

Questions?

Mentoring Invitation Outline of Program Mentee Forms Mentor Forms