CEILS Monthly Newsletter | Issue #58 | February 20, 2020 | ceils.ucla.edu

Welcome This month we are excited to share many upcoming events, including several CEILS-sponsored events happening in the next few weeks. Make sure to check out all of the sections in this month's newsletter.

Announcements Featured Teaching Resources Featured Job Opportunities Upcoming On-Campus Events Calls for Award Nominations

Featured Off-Campus Events In the News Online Workshops and Events National and Regional Events Featured Job Opportunities

Announcements

Congratulations to UCLA's Dr. Diana Azurdia: Named to the NSF INCLUDES Aspire Alliance Advisory Board!

Dr. Diana Azurdia recently joined the Aspire Alliance Advisory Board. Aspire is part of an NSF-funded initiative to develop inclusive and diverse STEM faculty across the nation by aligning and reinforcing professional development, hiring, and retention practices of STEM faculty simultaneously at institutional, regional, and national levels. Erin Sanders O'Leary and Jess Gregg of CEILS are currently the PI and Co-PI on a grant for the Aspire California Regional Collaborative to create partnerships with 2- and 4-year institutions and prepare future faculty interested in teaching at community colleges (see press announcement from 2018 here.) Visit our website to learn more about the California Regional Collaborative and Aspire Internships.

Register now: BTtoP Workshops on Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom

The Center for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) is collaborating with Professor Muriel McClendon, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Division of Social Sciences, to sponsor this two-part workshop for all UCLA faculty and instructors.

Part I: Creating Equitable Learning Environments & Teaching Inclusively Monday, March 16, 2020 Time:  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location:  186 Powell Library Part II: Creating Equitable Learning Environments & Teaching Inclusively Monday, April 13, 2020 Time:  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location:  186 Powell Library

Space is limited, so please  RSVP  by March 9, 2020.  All UCLA faculty and instructors are invited to join us for this two-part workshop series.

CEILS Scientific Teaching Seminar Series on Grading Practices

Rethinking Grading: Designing grading practices to promote intrinsic motivation, equity, and rigor in our courses Date : March 13th, 2020 | 2:00-3:00pm Location: 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building (1st floor conference room) Speaker: Dominic (Nic) J. Voge, Senior Associate Director, McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning, Princeton University Grades are powerful motivators for students. They are so powerful they can eclipse other intrinsic motivations such as interest, improvement, and a love of learning which instructors highly value. This talk introduces a motivational framework for thinking about students’ engagement in our courses and guides instructors through a process of designing grading systems that realize their multiple aims. View the event web si te for more information and register here

Save the Date: Part II of the Seminar Series Date : April 17th, 2020 | 2:00-3:00pm Location: 1100 Terasaki Life Sciences Building (1st floor conference room) Speaker: David Laude, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin View the event website for more information and register here

UCLA Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching Date : August 17-20, 2020 UCLA’s Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching is a 4-day professional development opportunity for current STEM faculty and instructors as well as future STEM faculty who are interested in an academic career that involves teaching and mentoring diverse undergraduates. The goal of the Summer Institute (SI) is to help faculty and instructors develop the teaching, assessment, and classroom observation skills they need to begin an evidence-based curricular transformation of their undergraduate STEM classrooms.  Join this year's cohort of Scientific Teaching Fellows: applications open until April 1st View the event web site for more information

Featured Teaching Resources

How to Help Students in Distress As we head into the second-half of the quarter, student stress levels are beginning to rise. If you encounter a student in distress or in need of help here are some essential resources to help guide you on what to do. The UCLA Red Folder : The Red Folder is a great quick-guide reference for what to do in difficult and emergency situations. Make sure you have a copy readily available in case of an emergency. The CEILS Resource Page : For even more on-campus resources to help students in need. How to Help a Student in a Mental-Health Crisis : A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education also contains suggestions on how you can offer support to students in crisis. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY WITH A STUDENT, CONTACT THE CONSULTATION & RESPONSE TEAM: PH: (310) 825-7291 or (310) 825-0682 Email: crteam@ucla.edu Website: www.studentincrisis.ucla.edu.

New to CCLE: The Library Resources Tab The "Library Resources" tab brings course- and subject- specific information resources and library expertise directly into every CCLE course! Students can use it to find reliable information for their research projects and to quickly set up research consultations with library staff. The new resource was launched in Fall quarter 2019 and already has over 33,000 student views! Please view this PDF flyer, which you can use to introduce CCLE instructors and students to the "Library Resources" tab. Question, feedback, and advice can be directed to learning@library.ucla.edu

University Studies Library Guide This guide is designed to help you get started using the UCLA Library. There are many resources to explore and that can help you with your academics and research. It is not subject-specific - you can select other guides that have been created for a class or a discipline. Click on Research Guides at the top of this page to get to the complete list. If you're having trouble figuring out which Research Guide is the right one for you, visit  Find the Right Research Guides . Visit the website for more details

Online Peer-to-Peer Assessment Applications   Last month's Scientific Teaching in Practice webinar speaker, Jennifer Knight, discussed practical assessment strategies and tools for use in active classrooms. Here are some recommended resources for online peer-to-peer assessment and review applications: CATME- a system of secure, web-based tools that enable instructors to implement best practices in managing student teams.  TEAMMATES: designed by a team of teachers and students, for teachers and students. It aims to provide a powerful peer feedback and peer evaluations mechanism with flexibility. iPeer: an open source web application that allows instructors to develop and deliver rubric-based ​peer evaluations, to review and release student comments, to build progress report forms online, and to analyze evaluation results.

Featured Job Opportunity at UCLA

Program Operations Coordinator , UCLA Center for the Advancement of Teaching UCLA's Center for the Advancement of Teaching is hiring a Program Rep to support TA training and faculty development initiatives . Responsibilities include providing analysis, program and project operational coordination, and high level staff support to several programs, including the TA Training Program, TA Consultant Program, the Test of Oral Proficiency, Collegium of University Teaching Fellows, and new TA training and faculty engagement efforts as they are developed. The full job description and application information can be found here , posting #32042

Upcoming On-Campus Events

Obstacles to STEM for Underrepresented POC and Strategies for Diversifying STEM Date : February 21, 2020 Time : 10:30am-3:30pm Location: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room  Register here ! This event will include a screening of “Can We Talk?” and facilitated discussion by Kendall Moore, a lunch break, short talks by leaders of STEM initiatives, and a roundtable with students.

Join us for the winter quarter CEILS Journal Clubs Fridays from 2:00-3:00pm | Terasaki Life Science Building 1100 February 28 – Jess Gregg, Associate Director of CEILS for Educational Development will present Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time March 6 – UPLIFT Postdoctoral Scholars will present Implementation and Assessment of an Undergraduate Research Seminar March 13 – Nic Voge, Scientific Teaching Scholar (visiting speaker) and Senior Associate Director in McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning at Princeton University will present Rethinking Grading: Designing Grading Practices to Promote Intrinsic Motivation, Equity, and Rigor in our Courses.  View the   STEM Education Research Journal Club    event page for more details. 

Calls for Award Nominations

Life Science Excellence Awards Nominations now open! Please submit your nominations to clynch@college.ucla.edu by Mon. April 6, 2020 ***Please note there is a new category to recognize graduate students this year*** SAVE THE DATE: Be sure to join your colleagues at the award ceremony Monday, May 4, from 4:00-6:00 pm in 158 Hershey Hall to celebrate Excellence in Life Sciences at UCLA!!

UCLA Distinguished Teaching Awards Nominations now open!

March 6, 2020 - Teaching Assistants April 3, 2020 - Non-Senate Faculty Find out more   here

2020-2021 Academic Year Research Excellence Award for UCLA Associate Professors

The Center for the Study of Women and Institute of American Cultures established the joint Research Excellence Award for UCLA Associate Professors in January 2017. This Award consists of a monograph manuscript (or equivalent) workshop organized by CSW-IAC to promote continuing excellence in scholarship by UCLA professors at the associate level addressing questions important to the fields of critical race and postcolonial studies and/or gender, sexuality, and ethnic studies. DEADLINE: Monday, March 9, 2020 (by 11:59pm PT) View the CALL FOR APPLICATIONS here

Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Scholars  With strategic funding from the Chancellor’s Office, the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Center for Community Learning is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Scholars. This program offers five $10,000 awards to support a cohort of UCLA ladder faculty who will advance community-engaged research and integrate this work within undergraduate education. To apply : Submit the application materials ccl@college.ucla.edu by April 3, 2020 Contact Shalom Staub, Director of the Center for Community Learning sstaub@college.ucla.edu

Featured Off-Campus Events and Opportunities

The Biology Education Intersegmental Collaborative (BEIC) BEIC is an NSF-funded research coordination network to facilitate the formation of faculty learning communities (FLCs) consisting of 2-year and 4-year partners. We are looking for collaborative teams to create and conduct an education research project that can be conducted in the 2-year college classroom. Educators are primarily faculty but can also include graduate students, post-docs, and instructors. Teams consist of 4-6 educators from at least two neighboring institutions (at least one 2-year and one 4-year).  BEIC is now recruiting both mentors and teams of participants! For more information visit the  website  or email   beic-rcn@uci.edu

SoCAL PKAL Regional Network Meeting: Cultivating Diverse Leadership in STEM

Date:  March 28, 2020 Location: University of LaVerne, CA This event will focus on cultivating diverse leadership in STEM. To ensure diverse leadership. We have three goals for attendees of this conference: 1) take home at least one new skill, activity, or classroom tool to enhance inclusive excellence on their campus, 2) connect with participants from other institutions to problem-solve and promote collaboration, and 3) reflect on policies and processes that help or hinder broader participation in leadership in STEM. View the  event website  for more information.   Interested in attending? CEILS may be able to sponsor registration fees. Contact us to learn more.

Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists: An American Society for Cell Biology Regional Meeting Date:  May 30, 2020 Location: Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, CA Please join us at Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists: An ASCB Regional Meeting for an exciting mix of science, education, and networking. This day-long meeting is designed for a teaching-intensive audience of life scientists. The meeting will include education research plenaries, a poster session, a networking lunch, afternoon workshops, and an end-of-day networking dinner and mixer. Abstracts are invited for 75-minute workshop sessions appropriate for undergraduate biology educators (deadline is March 4). Abstracts are also invited for posters presenting educational innovations, education research, and biological research (deadline is April 20). There is no submission fee for either type of abstract. The deadline for meeting registration is May 24. View the   event website  for more information.   Interested in attending? CEILS may be able to sponsor registration fees. Contact us to learn more.

In the News

A New Decade For Assessment: Embedding Equity into Assessment Praxis | National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) is pleased to announce the release of the 42nd occasional paper, reflecting on the last three years of conversations on equity and assessment and looking to the decade ahead. The paper, titled A New Decade For Assessment: Embedding Equity into Assessment Praxis highlights questions, insights, and future directions for the decade ahead by exploring what equitable assessment is and is not; the challenges and barriers to equitable assessment work; where the decade ahead may lead; and next steps in the conversation on equity and assessment. We are very excited to share the continuation of the equity conversation with you and invite you to be a part of future dialogue!

Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs | Computational Biology The negative effects of extremely competitive academic and research environments on the performance and health of researchers are well known and common worldwide. The prevalence of these effects, particularly among early career researchers, calls for a more humane and people-centered way of working within research labs. Although there is growing concern about the urgent need for a better life–work balance when doing science, there are not many examples about how this could be achieved in practice. In this article, I introduce 10 simple rules to make the working environment of research labs more nurturing, collaborative, and people-centered. These rules are directed towards existing and future principal investigators (PIs) but will be of interest to anyone working in a research lab and/or dealing with how to improve working conditions for scientists

Levers for Change: An assessment of progress on changing STEM instruction | American Association for the Advancement of Science Leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields know a great deal about effective evidence-based teaching practices; yet there are widespread barriers to the adoption of these practices. Levers for Change: An assessment of progress on changing STEM instruction reports findings from a cross-disciplinary working meeting held in May, 2018. Experts in STEM instruction convened within and across six broad disciplinary groups: life sciences; chemistry & biochemistry; engineering & computer sciences; geosciences; mathematics & statistics; and physics & astronomy. Reviews of the state of reform within each broad discipline are included as part of the report as well as the findings from the working meeting, which revealed several promising levers for change operating on varying levels: individual, academic unit, and systems.

Online Workshops and Events

Free online course: Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom Through real stories, reflection, and research, learn how to create and sustain inclusive, student-centered learning environments. This five-week, instructor-paced course offers an inclusive teaching framework with time for reflection and exploration of the research on learning and diversity. Explore strategies for inclusive course design, student-centered pedagogy, facilitating learning across difference, and change efforts that support student engagement, achievement, and belongingness. Enroll Now!

Upcoming Webinar: The Next Dimension for Online Education: Teaching Diversity and Difference  Wednesday March 4th, 2020 11:00am- 12:00pm The potential of online courses continues to grow as college leaders identify new ways to expand access to higher education for students. As universities develop their online-education capacity to prepare students for professions like teaching, nursing, and public policy, could they -- and should they -- also use this medium to impart teaching on topics such as religious diversity in the workplace or the value of cultural appreciation? How might institutions use online- and hybrid-education models to effectively teach about intercultural differences and other topics that don’t fit neatly into disciplines but represent vital knowledge for living and working in a 21st-century society? Register now for this free, hour-long webinar featuring a university president who oversees one of the nation’s largest distance-education programs and an award-winning and internationally known designer of online-learning experiences.

National and Regional Events

Date:  March 13 - 14, 2020 Location: CSU Fullerton The CSU Symposium champions the advancement of educator and student success. The Symposium at CSU Fullerton facilitates the discussion of innovative ideas and the exploration of the best learning practices. This year's theme provides an opportunity for participants to explore topics crucial to the success of higher education. The purpose of the symposium is to challenge our biases, affirm our commitment to current best practices in inclusive pedagogy, acknowledge the achievements of our peers, encourage one another, and recharge ourselves as educators. Registration   is now open!

2020 Diversity, Equity, and Student Success Date:  March 19–21, 2020 Location: New Orleans Marriott View the  event website  for more information. The diversity of our nation has long been acclaimed and valued. As a society, we value the diversity of ideas and beliefs that fuel innovation, economic vitality, and social change. We rely on our collective abilities to transcend differences by identifying solutions that promote collective action for the common good. The power of collective action is evidenced in social, political, and cultural movements that have resulted in lasting change for our society: recognition and expansion of civil rights, including disability rights; women’s rights; LGBTQIA protections, and religious expression. These movements were not successful because of one individual’s deeds, but because of the collective action of many diverse and engaged individuals. The power of collective action has been, and will continue to be, the impetus for lasting change.

Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education Date:  April 1–3, 2020 Location: San Francisco Marriott Marquis View the  event website  for more information. The seventh annual Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education will be held on April 1-3, 2020. This three-day event brings together a diverse and vibrant community of educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and policymakers dedicated to accelerating improvement in education. It is only by engaging and leveraging diverse perspectives in our improvement work and networks that we will be able to develop effective solutions that work for all of our students all of the time. Summit presenters detail their experiences addressing achievement gaps in order to improve outcomes for all students. The powerful presentations in breakout sessions often spark questions and insights from attendees that lead to meaningful conversations.

AAC&U 2020 Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM (TIDES) Institute Date:   June 8-12 , 2020 Location: Washington, DC Visit the  event website   for more information. The AAC&U TIDES Institute, derived from our evidence-based professional development model, offers a unique opportunity for STEM faculty to build capacity and self-efficacy in understanding the root causes of minority group underrepresentation in STEM and their unique role in addressing them. Through uniquely designed presentations and experiential activities, as well as expert-guided discussions with institution transformation coaches, this Institute overcomes the limitations of the one-size-fits-all approach to STEM faculty professional development for improved undergraduate STEM teaching. It promotes both accountability to self and others as a unifying theme and connects participants to a national networked improvement community for culturally responsive teaching in STEM that can be leveraged for widespread change.

2020 STEMwrite Institute for Writing to Learn in STEM Disciplines Date:   June 24-26 , 2020 Location: University of Minnesota The 2020 STEMwrite Institute invites faculty teams from biological sciences to a lively and productive three-day institute that focuses on Writing to Learn in STEM disciplines. Grounded in evidence that brief writing assignments have positive impacts on conceptual learning, this institute enables participants to develop brief, conceptually-focused writing activities and assessment tools that can be realistically implemented in large-enrollment, introductory biology courses. Visit the  website   for more information.

2020 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators Date:  July 9-12, 2020 Location: Bellevue, Washington View the  event website  for more information.   The ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) is driven by, for, and with the community! Microbiology and biology educators gather to learn best practices and classroom strategies, hear biology education research updates, and meet new colleagues who teach the same classes. Join us and come learn from your peers and network with like-minded educators.  Plan now to contribute to ASMCUE by submitting a proposal for a concurrent education session, workshop, education research poster, short tips & tools talk ("microbrew"), or dissemination station!  Deadlines: Short talks or Dissemination Station – Mar. 31, 2020 Travel Awards – Mar. 15, 2020

2020 PKAL STEM Leadership Institute Institute I:  July 8–13, 2020 Institute II: July 15–20, 2020 Location: Adamstown, Maryland View the   event website  for more information.   The PKAL STEM Leadership Institute empowers individuals- particularly early- and mid-career STEM faculty, principal investigators, and administrators- in fully understanding and implementing the theory and practice of navigating the politics of change, addressing inter- and intra-personal conflicts, and re-structuring the institutional systems that limit our capacity for global competitiveness in science and technology. The goals are to sensitize the participants to the systems, structures, and influences of power and privilege within higher education, equipping them with the tools and skills needed to bring about social change in STEM. Registration Deadline: March 16, 2020

Call for Proposals & Registration Open: International Consortium for Education Development (ICED) 2020 Date:  June 15-18, 2020 Location: Zurich, Switzerland View the  event website  for more information.   In the process of initiating change, universities, as research institutions, are major and active protagonists. To prepare their graduates, however, they must also adapt their teaching to the new scenario of change. They must set new objectives, and be ready to deploy innovative approaches to teaching, learning and curriculum design. The goal of the ICED 2020 conference at ETH Zurich is to foster a future-oriented exchange and discussion among ICED members on how university faculty may be enabled to forge, from the students of today, the future-ready graduates of tomorrow. Early registration : March 31, 2020

CIRTL - Graduate Students and Postdocs

Attention UCLA Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars! The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) is a national network providing graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with online training on evidence based teaching and professional development opportunities. UCLA is a member of CIRTL, giving graduate students and postdoctoral scholars access to all CIRTL online programing across the network, as well as local learning communities and opportunities for professional development on campus. We also have a separate newsletter specifically for our CIRTL@UCLA community where we share information most relevant to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Subscribe to the CIRTL newsletter here . Learn more about CIRTL@UCLA and get connected: https://cirtl.ceils.ucla.edu/

Featured Job Opportunities

Tenure Track Instructor of Biological Sciences  University of Calgary ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Professor of Inclusive Biology Education  Lawrence University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Senior Assessment Coordinator University of Wisconsin-Madison ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Teaching Faculty in Plant Biology and Physiology Simon Fraser University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Teaching Faculty in Genetics and Microbiology Simon Fraser University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Assistant/Associate Professor of Biochemistry Marian University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Marian University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Assistant Professor of Environment and Ecological Sciences Marian University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Assistant Professor in Biology Education Research Arizona State University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Academic Coordinator in Division of Biological Sciences Student Programs University of California, San Diego ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Assistant Professor- STEM Education Research University of Texas at El Paso ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Instructor in Physics Oregon State University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Davidson College ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Tenure-Track Instructor in Biology / Molecular Biology Utah Valley University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Summer Associate Academic Director or Teaching Assistant/Mentor Summer Science Program (SSP) in Biochemistry ► Please see posting details and how to apply here . Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Western Michigan University ► Please see posting details and how to apply here .  Executive Director for Discovery Education in Science University of Texas at Austin ► Please see posting details and how to apply here .

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