The Innovative Science Teaching Institute at Broward College: A College-Wide Effort to Improve Student Success, Learning, and Minority Achievement in Introductory Science Courses

这是一个为期两年的机构转型计划试点。试点将准备6名全职STEM教师和10名兼职兼职STEM讲师，以转向循证教学。6名教师将在为期6周的暑期专业发展研究所重新设计他们的课程。 还将通过夏季讲习班向10个附属学院传播教授科学课程的新的创新方法。该项目的一个特别优势是其独特的变革理论，其中包括兼职兼职讲师作为其转型计划的核心要素。该学院已经通过兼职教师学院为兼职教师提供专业发展机会。由于许多社区学院严重依赖兼职兼职讲师，这种模式是重要的发展和调查。 参与的教师和讲师将得到学习助理的支持。学习助理将从以前的学生谁已经获得学位，并在布劳沃德学术成功中心担任导师。这项工作将由一个包括外部专家的咨询委员会指导。 该项目将进行评估，以确定对学生的成功和学生学习的课程重新设计的努力的影响。该项目还将调查学生行为和态度的变化如何与学习和成绩的提高有关，以及这些关系如何随本科生的类型而变化。

This is a 2-year pilot of an institutional transformation program. The pilot will prepare 6 full-time STEM faculty and 10 part-time adjunct STEM instructors to shift to evidence-based teaching. The 6 faculty will redesign their courses during a 6-week summer professional development institute. The new innovative approaches to teaching science courses will be disseminated to10 adjunct faculty, also through the use of summer workshops. A particular strength of the project is its unique theory of change that includes the part-time adjunct instructors as a central element of its transformation plan. This college already provides professional development opportunities to adjunct instructors through the Adjunct Faculty Institute. Because many community colleges depend significantly on part-time adjunct instructors, this model is important to develop and investigate. The participating faculty and instructors will be supported by learning assistants. The learning assistants will be drawn from former students who have already earned their degrees and are working as tutors at the Broward Academic Success Center. The work will be guided by an advisory committee that includes external experts. The project will be assessed to determine the impact of the course redesign effort on student success and student learning. The project will also investigate how changes in student behaviors and attitudes are related to improved learning and grades and how those relationships vary with the type of undergraduate student.