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UCLA Hosts 2018 Southern California PKAL Regional Network Annual Meeting
One Size Doesn't Fit All: Using Varied Instructional Approaches to Help All STEM Students Succeed
March 10, 2018
Hershey Hall, University of California, Los Angeles
Call for proposals!
Accepting Poster Abstracts through February 16th.
Students come into our STEM classrooms with different identities, life experiences, and levels of academic preparation. As our college classrooms become more diverse, it is crucial that we understand and address the impacts of identity and preparation on students’ college experience and success. Over the course of this one-day meeting, we will explore a variety of education research, evidence-based practices, and pedagogical innovations related to addressing the increasing diversity of our growing student body.
Please send questions to either Dr. Deb Pires (email:
debpires@ucla.edu)
or Dr. Liz Roth-Johnson (email:
lizroth@ucla.edu)
with subject line “SoCal PKAL 2018 annual meeting proposal.”
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Invitation to Contribute to Classroom & Learning Space Design at UCLA
The Classroom Advisory Committee needs your help in recruiting our best and most innovative teachers to participate in one of three design workshops that imagine new classroom models for UCLA. A growing number of research studies suggest that learning spaces have an important impact on both teaching and learning. As our faculty embrace new strategies in their teaching, we want our learning spaces to support and sustain those efforts.
For that reason, as we engage in a systematic rethinking of classrooms and learning spaces, it is critical that we have faculty input on all aspects of those spaces: size, furniture and its configuration, classroom technologies, acoustics, lighting, writing surfaces, and more. In an effort to gain that input, we have scheduled three workshops to identify the pedagogical principles that should inform classroom designs and to imagine preliminary models for such learning spaces. Representatives from Facilities, Capital Programs, and the Office of Instructional Development will be present to learn about faculty teaching strategies, needs, ideas, and concerns as well as to answer questions.
The workshops will take place in the main conference room in YRL on:
Tuesday, January 16 from 1:00-3:30 (focus on spaces for 50-150 students)
Monday, January 22 from 9:30-12:00 (focus on spaces for <35 students)
Wednesday, January 31 from 1:00-3:30 (focus on spaces for 200+)
This represents a substantial commitment of time on the part of those who participate and hopefully those who do will recognize that the long-term rewards will make that investment worthwhile. It is anticipated that those most closely involved in the process will be able to have priority for teaching in the new learning spaces once they are built.
Please contact Professor Jan Reiff (
jreiff@ucla.edu
) if you have questions about the workshops. Should you like to attend please register
here
. To see the preliminary materials for those attending, please
visit this site
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Postdoctoral Scholars & Graduate Students
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Exploring a Teaching Career at Community College
Participation through CIRTL Network Commons via Blackboard Collaborate
Hear community college faculty from around the country discuss their experiences in these institutions in this three-part series. Faculty will discuss the joys and challenges of teaching at a community college, the broad diversity of students in their courses, how equity-mindedness and inclusive teaching enhances their learning, and the pathways to finding a part-time or full-time teaching position at a community college. Each panel will have a community college faculty member from California, Texas, and Iowa so that the conversation takes into account how community college education varies across the country. This event is organized by CEILS Associate Director Jess Gregg with support from CIRTL’s NSF INCLUDES grant. Learn more about this
NSF-funded initiative involving 2-year and 4-year college partners from across our southern California region on our website:
https://ceils.ucla.edu/ucla-cirtl-includes
All panels take place from 11am - 12:30pm PST
- Monday, January 29: Introduction to Teaching at a Community College: Meet the Faculty
- Thursday, February 8: Getting Hired at a Community College: Tips from Faculty on Hiring Committees
- Monday, February 26: Understanding Diversity and Inclusive Teaching in the Community College Environment
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CIRTL @ UCLA - Spring 2018 Programming
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Upcoming CIRTL Programming
See listings online for dates and times. Some are pending so check back soon!
Home
Spring Programming Page
Join the CIRTL community to access resources and events.
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Drop-In Events
- Digging Deeper: A Focus on Research Using Qualitative Design
- Exploring a Teaching Career at Community College
- Exploring Inclusive Teaching within STEM Disciplines: Conversations among faculty, future faculty, and students
- Productive Mentorship: Bringing out the Best in Your Students
- Topics in STEMinism: Strategies for Inclusive Undergraduate STEM Education
- Teaching-As-Research Alumni Panel
- All-Network Teaching-As-Research Presentations
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Workshops
- Engaging all students through developmental faculty advising
- Getting Ready to teach in the American Classroom: Building Rapport and Effective Communication Skills
- Getting Ready to Teach in the American Classroom: Cross-Cultural Analysis
- I Completed My IDP... Now What?
- Integrating effective teaching and assessment practices in biology lab courses through case studies
- Science Communication for Any Audience
- Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement
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Courses
- Diversity in the College Classroom
- The College Classroom
- Research Mentor Training
- Engaging Students in the Teaching of Statistics
- CIRTL Reads Journal Club
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Spring 2018 MOOC
- Advanced Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching
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RESOURCE: UCLA Career Hub
Professional Development for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
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UCLA Postdocs Longitudinal Investment in Faculty Training (UPLIFT)
The UPLIFT Program at UCLA supports postdoctoral scholars in the biological sciences who have a demonstrated interest in teaching, research, and supporting diversity in the STEM fields. UPLIFT combines a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience with an opportunity to develop academic skills, including teaching and mentoring undergraduate STEM students, through workshops, courses, and a faculty mentored mentored teaching practicum at our partner institution California State University Los Angeles
For more program information, and how to apply for an UPLIFT fellowship, please visit the CEILS website at the following link:
https://ceils.ucla.edu/uplift/
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Resource:
A favorite listserv for STEM education news, please
subscribe
to STEM|PROF
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Faculty development interventions often fail to build instructors' capacities for cultivating, as opposed to weeding out, talent.
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New Report! National Academies Press - Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education
The
new report
identifies national indicators to measure the status and quality of undergraduate STEM education.
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The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has recently released a snapshot report which is the first Community College to Graduate and Professional Degrees and demonstrates that community colleges serve as a starting point for nearly 20 percent of 2016-17 master's degree earners, 11 percent of 2016-17 doctoral-research degree earners, and 13 percent of 2016-17 professional degrees.
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We Talk A Lot About Making Learning Easier. What Happens When It's Harder?
One of the more useful concepts to come along from the literature on cognition and learning is this: desirable difficulty.
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The Next 10 Years: Helping STEM Students Thrive
The Women in STEM Cooperative is proud to debut the The Next 10 Years: Helping STEM Students Thrive series, an original online collaboration between Cornell University and the University at Buffalo featuring the perspectives of national thought leaders and institutional representatives about expanding the participation of women in undergraduate STEM education at different scales as informed through the lens of higher education trends, institutional practices, learning spaces and introductory undergraduate courses in STEM.
Innovation in Higher Education (October 11, 2017)
Discussion recording can be viewed
here
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Perspectives on Institutional Change (November 8, 2017)
Discussion recording can be viewed
here
.
► Introductory Undergraduate Courses in STEM
February 14, 2018 | 9-10:30a PST
► Series Wrap
March 14, 2018 | 9-10:30a PST
If you are interested, please register to attend the upcoming sessions at the series website:
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ASCN - Faculty Adoption of STEM Education Reforms: From Constraint to Possibility
Wednesday, January 17, 2078 | 9:30-10:30a PT
Presenter: Dr. Cassandra Volpe Horii (Founding Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach at the California Institute of Technology; President-Elect of the POD Network in Higher Education)
Abstract: With decades of growing evidence on effective teaching practices in STEM disciplines, much of it field-specific thanks to the Discipline Based Education Research (DBER) communities, information about what to do to improve STEM education is readily available. Yet, national adoption of evidence-based teaching practices in STEM fields lags behind, with abundant examples of short-lived individual efforts and institutional reforms that don't "stick." Something else is going on. One factor at play may be the deeper tensions between new approaches to teaching and faculty members' concepts about identity and the nature of their work in higher education. This webinar will explore key ideas from the literature on faculty work/life, identity, and adoption in an approachable way. Participants will interactively explore tools for identifying and resolving tensions, guiding faculty toward sustainable adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, and engaging or changing institutional structures to address these tensions.
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National Events & Conferences
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SENCER Center for Innovation - Southwest Spring 2018 Regional Symposium
February 2, 2018
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
The plenary keynote “Civic Engagement by Design” will be delivered by Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Scholar and Director of Civic Learning and Democracy Initiatives at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Other presenters will be nationally known leaders in the SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities) network.
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Science and Engineering for Social Good
February 9-11, 2018
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Many of the pressing global issues and problems of our time, including health, energy and the environment, infrastructure, security, and economic development have significant scientific and technological dimensions. In order to meet the challenges, interdisciplinary approaches—bringing together STEM, the arts/humanities, global knowledge, and a diversity of people and ideas—must be at the core of education and work in this 21st century. This conference will explore strategies to build holistic approaches to education—for both STEM and non-STEM majors (e.g,. STEM-enhanced liberal arts), as well as explore the implications of such highly interdisciplinary and global approaches for education, and the increasingly diverse and global workforce.
The deadline to register is January 26, 2018.
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CURE Institute at Mercy College
February 16-17, 2018
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, NY) and the Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences Network (CUREnet) invite you to a CURE Institute. During the Institute, participants will learn about and use evidence-based instructional strategies to develop plans, instructional materials, and assessment tools for integrating a science research project into their science laboratory course. Emphasis will be on the life sciences, but participants from other natural sciences and the social sciences are welcomed.
The institute will be hosted by SENCER Leadership Fellow Dr. Davida Smyth (Mercy College) and facilitated by Dr. Erin Dolan (University of Georgia) as part of CUREnet2, the next phase of development of a national network of people and programs creating, teaching, and assessing CUREs.
The deadline to register is January 25, 2018.
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10th Understanding Interventions Conference
March 2-4, 2018
Lord Baltimore Hotel, MD
The Understanding Interventions Conference was established to facilitate dissemination and exchange of hypothesis-based research on interventions and initiatives that broaden participation in science and engineering research careers. The conference is designed to create a dialogue among behavioral/social science and education researchers, evaluators, and faculty in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields who participate in intervention programs.
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2018 Washington Symposium and Poster Session
March 15-16, 2018
AAAS Headquarters, Washington, DC
This meeting will convene experts in science communication to help educators in high schools, colleges, universities, non-profit organizations, national parks, public media, libraries, museums, and other informal education institutions to share their work and experiences with increasing public engagement with science.
The deadline to register is February 16, 2018.
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2018 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Democracy: The Inconvenient Truths
March 22-24, 2018
The Westin Gaslamp, San Diego, CA
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Democracy: The Inconvenient Truths will explore the inconvenient truths that stand in the way of fresh and critical thinking about how institutions can prepare all students for success in work, in life, and as globally engaged citizens. The conference will provide a forum for campus practitioners, students, and stakeholders to compare current institutional frameworks and practices to the democratic ideals necessary to serve today’s nontraditional, technologically advanced, and equity-focused student population. It will examine and address the inconvenient truths experienced by faculty, staff, and administrators working to design learning opportunities that value students’ cultural wealth, recognize their lived experiences, and honor their exploration and critique of current democratic practice.
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NSEC 2018 National Conference
June 6-8, 2018
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Columbus, OH
Call for proposals coming soon in January! Poster abstracts must be submitted by April 30th.
Early discount registration rates runs until April 3 ($385), at which point we will transition to regular registration until May 9 ($405), and late registration until June 6 ($425).
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Gordon Research Conference |
Novel Research in Energy Topics, and Transformative Methods for Teaching Undergraduate Students About Energy Concepts
June 10-15, 2018
Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by
May 13, 2018.
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2018 PKAL STEM Leadership Institute
Institute I: July 10-15, 2018
Institute II: July 17-22, 2018
The Claggett Center, Adamstown, MD
Indicate your
"Intent to Apply"
by Wednesday, January 17 to be included in early information about the submission process.
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2018 SABER National Meeting
July 27-29, 2018
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Call for abstracts will be in late-January, due in mid-March.
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2018 SENCER Summer Institute
August 2-5, 2018
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
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2018 POD Network Annual Conference
November 14-18, 2018
Hilton Portland Downtown, Portland, OR
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Featured Job Opportunities
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FEATURED LISTINGS:
Curriculum Fellowships (Two Positions - Quantitative Biomedical; MD/PhD Training)
Harvard University
Postdoctoral Opportunities (Various Fields)
Vanderbilt University
► For more information and how to apply, see the current listings
here
.
Preparing Future Faculty Fellow Position
James Madison University
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Biology and Ecology
University of Maine
Career Instructor Position
University of Oregon
Faculty Position in Biology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Teaching Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology
East Carolina University
► View the job description and apply at:
www.jobs.ecu.edu
. [Requisition Number: 600014]
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biological Sciences
► Foundations of Biology Lab Lecturer and Program Leader Positions
► Foundations of Biology Lecturer Position
► Foundations of Biology Lab Instructor Positions
► Biological Sciences Lecturer/Advisor Position
Lecturer in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia
Science Faculty with an Education Specialty Position
Virginia Tech, Department of Biochemistry
► View position details
here
.
Please contact Glenda Gillaspy (
gillaspy@vt.edu
) for application submission details.
Dean of the Lyman Briggs College
Michigan State University
Instructor in Biochemistry and Biophysics
Oregon State University
Assistant or Associate Professor Position - Science Education
Fresno State, College of Science and Mathematics
► Please view the job description and application procedure
here
. (Job ID #13390)
Head of the Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
► Please view the job description and application procedure
here
.
Director, Endeavor Center for Faculty Development
Rollins College
PREVIOUS LISTINGS:
Postdoctoral Scholar Position, Science Education Research
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
► Learn more and how to apply
here
.
Assistant Director, Research Programs
Florida International University
►Learn more and how to apply
here
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Assistant Professor of Practice, Biology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(Two) Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor Position
Department of Computer Science, San Francisco State University
(Two) Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of DBER Position
College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University
Assistant/Associate Professor (Lecturer), Physics and Astronomy
University of Utah
Assistant Professor, Discipline Based Education Research
Auburn University
[Application Review begins December 1, 2017]
Contract/Grant Professor (Open Rank) of Science Education
Western Michigan University
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This directory lists consultants with expertise in physics education research who can assist departments in accomplishing physics education projects such as external evaluation, incorporating educational improvements, or specialized expertise for funded projects.
AAAS has a new webpage with more resources to assist with research on science communication and public engagement.
The goal of the CWSEI is to achieve highly effective, evidence-based science education for all post-secondary students by applying the latest advances in pedagogical and organizational excellence.
Resources on Science Faculty with Education Specialties.
A multi-institution NSF-funded project to implement and evaluate a model to improve STEM education at research universities.
Lessons learned from efforts in ten states to help faculty leaders participate in large-scale student success initiatives.
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Connect with UCLA's Center for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences
For more information about CEILS events and resources, including a list of STEM education events from previous mailers, please visit the CEILS website at www.ceils.ucla.edu or stop by our CEILS offices in Hershey Hall (Rooms 122,126, 210 & 243).
If you wish to be added to the CEILS mailing list for future newsletters and special announcements, please send your request to
media@ceils.ucla.edu
.
Please note, this Bi-Monthly Newsletter is circulated through many departmental listservs. Most other CEILS correspondence, including special event announcements and reminders, are sent to CEILS mailing list recipients only. Thanks!
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