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

这是一项为期两年的机构转型计划试点。试点将准备6名全职STEM教员和10名兼职STEM讲师，以转向循证教学。这6名教师将在为期6周的暑期职业发展学院期间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暑期讲习班向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，其中包括兼职辅导员作为其转型计划的中心要素。这所学院已经通过副教授学院为兼职教师提供了职业发展机会。由于许多社区学院严重依赖兼职辅导员，这种模式值得开发和研究。参与的教职员工和讲师将得到助教的支持。助教将从已经获得学位并在布罗沃德学术成功中心担任导师的以前的学生中挑选出来。这项工作将由一个包括外部专家的咨询委员会指导。将对该项目进行评估，以确定课程重新设计工作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变化如何与学习和成绩的提高相关，以及这些关系如何随本科生类型的变化而变化。

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.