Regional Job Opportunities
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To see more regional job opportunities
Please send job announcements to
aspire.calrc@gmail.com
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Solicitations
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)
Program Solicitation #
NSF 19-601
The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments.
The IUSE: EHR is a core NSF STEM education program that seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. The program is open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations.
See full proposal details
here
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Inclusion Across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Planning Grants
Program Solicitation #
NSF 19-600
Through this solicitation, NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) will support Planning Grants to build capacity for the development of collaborative infrastructure to: (a) facilitate innovative partnerships, networks, and theories of action for broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at scale and (b) lead to the establishment of future centers, alliances, or other large-scale networks to address a broadening participation challenge.
While this solicitation is open to all, NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilots are especially encouraged to apply, as a Planning Grant could serve as an intermediate conduit for bringing their exploratory pilot work to scale.
See full proposal details
here.
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Santa Monica College Faculty Job Fair and Open House!
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Date: Friday, October 4th
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: The Quad
1900 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA
This free event will explain the ABC’s of the application process and how to navigate a path to a future at Santa Monica College.
The event offers the opportunity to meet faculty in all departments, as well as find out more about SMC. Each department will be represented at a table along the Quad Walkway.
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Fall Regional Sharing Summits
"Weaving Community for Transformation"
3CSN invites you and your campus community to join them at one of their upcoming Fall Regional Summits, "Weaving Community for Transformation." More Info
Register Below:
October 4
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October 4
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3CSN
Equity Institute 2.0,
"Finding Our Way to Equity: Facilitating Embodied Action for Social Justice"
3CSN invites you to push past complacency and into an avocation of engaging, embodying, and enacting the revolutionary call for equitable learning environments, democratic engagement, and social justice through education, which is at the heart of the Vision for Success.
Register Below:
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Equipping STEM Educators to Empower Students: Walking the Talk of Growth Mindset in Science and Math Classrooms
Inviting all STEM faculty to learn research behind growth mindset and how it improves student success in science and math. Our keynote speaker, Pasadena City College math professor Linda Hintzman, will reveal how her college uses mindset pedagogy to increase success in STEM courses. Math and science professors from the region will also present on equitizing the classroom, and Moorpark College science and math tutors will share how they use a growth mindset approach when tutoring STEM students. Breakout sessions will also provide participants with time to begin developing practical applications in courses. The day will include a variety of best practices for STEM faculty to explore.
Register Below:
Friday, Nov. 1, 10am - 2:30pm
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Achieving the Dream: Meet the Network Webinar
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Date:
Tuesday, October 15th
Time:
11am
Interested in joining Achieving the Dream's National Reform Network? Want to learn more about the benefits your institution would gain by joining ATD? This free webinar is a great opportunity to learn about ATD and its equity-oriented student success mission. You will hear from ATD staff and an ATD college about the services ATD provides, the impact of ATD on colleges' student success efforts, and the application process. You can ask any questions you have during Q&A
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3CSN Online Events
Be
Transparent
2019 - 2020
3CSN is proud to invite California college and university educators to participate in sustained work to transform their learning environments using the Reading Apprenticeship framework as a focus.
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Be
Transparent
in Supporting English Language Learners:
I have ELLs in my class and I’m not an ESL teacher. Now what?
With the implementation of AB705 and increase of ELLs in cal states, more professors are seeing a rise in the number of English language learners, known as multilingual learners in increasingly rigorous courses. This four session series will create a path for professors to support these learners strategically using metacognitive conversation as a tool to know these students and increase the quality of course engagement.
To learn more and to RSVP for Zoom Workshop SERIES (4 sessions)
Click HERE
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Be
Supported
in Learning Assistance
In this four-part series, learning assistance professionals from across California will share successful practices within their learning assistance centers. Participants will be invited to engage in a one-hour Zoom conference that will focus on both theory and application. This series is designed for peer educators (SI Leaders, embedded tutors, general tutors, etc.) as well as faculty and staff who train peer educators.
To learn more and to RSVP for Zoom Workshop SERIES (3 sessions)
HERE
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NISOD's 3rd Annual Virtual Conference
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Date:
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time:
8 am – 5 pm CDT
Virtual Conference participants will be able to see and hear high-quality, handpicked sessions chosen from outstanding presentations made at NISOD’s annua
l
International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence
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and participants in the face-to-face conference will no longer have to regret sessions they missed while in Austin because so many outstanding presentations took place at the same time!
Participants receive a Certificate of Attendance at the conclusion of the virtual conference. (Certificates of Attendance are not available with site licenses.) All sessions are recorded, which provides registered participants who could not attend the live sessions an opportunity to view the archived sessions.
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Collaborative Dynamics in Collective STEM Reform Initiatives
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Date:
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Time:
11am
Presenter:
Lucas B. Hill (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
In this webinar, the author will present the Dimensions of Collaborative Dynamics Framework, which identifies the key elements, related to motivation, group norms and processes, support resources, and leadership, that collaborative STEM reform initiatives need to pay attention to in advancing their collective change goals. The framework is the result of a synthesis of three decades of multidisciplinary research and literature regarding complex multi-institutional and multi-sector collaboration and partnerships.
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As questions about the digital alerts' effectiveness linger, a new report ties them to improved retention for adult and racial minority students.
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Levers for Change: An assessment of progress on changing STEM instruction
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What strategies support reform in STEM teaching and learning?
Levers for Change, a research report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science provides an overview of reform efforts in STEM education. SENCER is cited (p168) as a exemplary "community of practice" for professional development.
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Shining a Light on the Growing Population of English Learners
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A growing number of students learning English are enrolling in community colleges throughout the nation. They bring with them important aspirations: to earn the postsecondary credentials they need to establish a career in the United States and to develop their English language skills. And they come with varied educational experiences. Some come straight from taking high school ESL courses, while others may have never taken ESL.
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Metacognition: A Tool for Overcoming Discrimination
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Disparities in American education across all levels can be traced to our nation’s history of racial discrimination and injustice. This inequity is rooted in a long history of discriminatory housing practices and outright racism that have helped segregate communities and differentiate education—and career—opportunities for students.
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A Growth Mindset Intervention Can Change Students' Grades if School Culture is Supportive
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Boosting academic success does not have to derive from new teachers or curriculum; it can also come from changing students' attitudes about their abilities through a short online intervention, according to new research.
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INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
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Apply by October 18th to the Coast Colleges 2019-2020 Teaching Internship with Experienced Support
(TIES) Program
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A teaching intern in the TIES Program will collaborate with a full-time, discipline-specific Coast Community College District faculty member who will serve as a formal mentor. Through the mentor/intern relationship, teaching interns will gain first-hand observational and guided instructional experience; insight into course and lesson planning, student engagement techniques, and best practices for classroom management; and opportunities to shape and connect with the community college culture.
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Please note that the
deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. on October 18, 2019.
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Check out the
Regional Internships page on our website to see more annual internship and fellowship program offerings.
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The
California Regional Collaborative
is part of a network of collaboratives, national organizations, and initiatives participating in the NSF INCLUDES Aspire Alliance
Subscribe to the Aspire Alliance newsletter here:
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Connect with the California Regional Collaborative
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If your organization is a regional partner please send all inquires and announcements to
aspire.calrc@gmail.com.
If you wish to be added to the California Regional Collaborative mailing list for future newsletters and special announcements, please send your request to
aspire.calrc@gmail.com
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The California Regional Collaborative
is a regional network of 2- and 4- year institutions, working together towards improving overall outcomes in STEM higher education, and in particular for students and faculty from underrepresented groups.
We work with graduate students and other potential “future faculty” from groups that are underrepresented in academia to address the need to increase diversity in our regional colleges to better reflect the diversity of our students. These trainees will support teaching efforts, education research initiatives, and curriculum development needs in collaboration with their 2- year internship site. In addition, regional programming such as webinars, symposiums, conferences, panels, and other events supports both current faculty along with future faculty. This will be coupled with an assessment plan to understand regional needs and assess the impact of our work.
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