Create a Journal Entry Think about a “successful” class you recently taught. Create a journal entry about this class. –What was taught? –How was it taught? –How was it received? –Record any student interactions.

Students, Curriculum and Faculty Improving and leveling student –Bridge programs –Placement testing –Learning Communities Curriculum –AMATYC’s New Life –Carneige’ Quantway and Statway –New Mathways Project

Students, Curriculum and Faculty Faculty –Need to take time to reflect –Each of the instructors were asked to look closely at what they were doing in the classroom and to figure out how they could do it better

Global Skills for College Completion GSCC is a project to increase the number of students succeeding in developmental education by improving individual faculty pedagogy. By reflecting on their practice, using formative assessment, and tagging their lessons, faculty will see their own pedagogical pattern and use their pattern to determine what to change to improve their practice. Using feedback from a community of peers, faculty experiment with new ways of teaching and assess the impact on student success.

Reflective Practice Coaching circles of 6 mathematics faculty –Log classroom activity weekly –Comment on 2 other faculty member’s log –Post a video of classroom activity monthly –Comment on video post –Midterm and end of term reflect on pattern

Autonomy and creativity Peer-to-Peer Faculty driven 1. FACULTY Culture Real-time class Structured reflection Formative Assessment 2. Embedded in PRACTICE Teacher qualities Instructional values Instructional approaches 3. Generates PATTERNS Shreds of Evidence (CATS) Class retention Passing course 4. Informed by EVIDENCE Online community Content creation and curation Analytics 5. Powered by “SOCIAL” Classroom Notebook

Tagging Journal Entries 10 themes with 31 tags Represents current pedagogical approaches. Focus on your teaching practice. Common language for faculty interactions. Created from an analysis classroom practices. Creates an accurate picture of your class over time.

Audience Participation Take out your journal entry Tag one or two of your statements with an appropriate tag

Kristin’s Patterns

Doug’s Patterns

Audience Shares Share you Classroom Activity Log Share how you tagged this activity

Reflective Practice to Improve Instruction Kristin Good Doug Mace