1. Project Goals and Institutional Goals
Heather Macdonald & Pamela Eddy
June 16, 2016
NSF Division of Undergraduate Education

2. Faculty as Change Agents: Project Goals
Build a national network of local communities of 2YC geoscience faculty who catalyze change at multiple levels
Implement evidence-based strategies to
Improve academic success of all students
Facilitate professional pathways of students into the geoscience workforce
Broaden participation in the geosciences
Investigate models of professional development for full-time and adjunct 2YC geoscience faculty
Project strands
Supporting academic success of all students
Facilitating professional pathways of students in geoscience and STEM
Broadening participation
Individual Change Agent Change
Communities of Practice Change
Geoscience program (inc. adjuncts)
Regional geoscience 2YC community +

3. Improving Teaching & Learning on Your Campuses
Improving pedagogy
Teaching and Learning Centers
Teaching Strategies
Assessment
Reforming teacher culture
Student learning supports
Advisement
Seamless pathways
Structured curriculum
Transfer specialist
First-year experiences
Career services
Assisting Change Agents
Navigating bureaucracy
Connecting to campus resources— personnel
Advocate for CA
Professional development
Alignment with other campus initiatives—e.g., Guided Pathways, Completion by Design
Mini-grants
Publicizing CA team efforts
Came from administrator survey response--

4. Thought Questions In groups of three, discuss the following prompts:
Faculty members have a classroom focus and may not know all that is going on in the institution. How can you provide more of a macro view? How can you work with your change agent(s) to open communication?
Considering the work of change and the multiple efforts underway on campus, how can you help connect the change agent(s) work to other efforts?

5. Change Agents’ Perceived Challenges
Advising
Getting students the right information
Getting advisors/counselors the right information
Getting faculty the right information
Communication
Sharing what is going well in class with others
Connecting across the institution with others
Connecting across the state with other geoscientists
Community college trends
Understanding/dealing with state policies
Addressing declining enrollments
Increasing retention/completion