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体制改革试点项目。该试点项目将培养6名全职STEM教师和10名兼职STEM教师，以转向循证教学。6位教员将在为期6周的暑期专业发展学院中重新设计他们的课程。科学课程教学的新创新方法也将通过夏季讲习班向10名兼职教员传播。该项目的一个特别优势是其独特的变革理论，其中包括兼职兼职教师作为其转型计划的核心要素。该学院已经通过兼职学院为兼职教师提供专业发展机会。由于许多社区大学非常依赖兼职兼职教师，因此开发和研究这种模式非常重要。参与的教师和讲师将由学习助理提供支持。学习助理将从已经获得学位并在布劳沃德学术成功中心担任导师的前学生中挑选。这项工作将由一个包括外部专家在内的咨询委员会指导。该项目将进行评估，以确定课程重新设计对学生成功和学生学习的影响。该项目还将调查学生行为和态度的改变与学习和成绩的提高之间的关系，以及这些关系如何随着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.