A Workshop to Strengthen Engagement of Community College Faculty and Disciplinary Societies

该项目旨在通过加强社区学院教员与专业学科协会的参与来服务于国家利益。由于社区大学教授约44%的美国本科生，它们在本科生教育中发挥着关键作用，并拥有巨大的潜力，可以扩大和多样化新兴的STEM专业人员领域。最近的报告建议科学协会做更多的工作来吸引全职和兼职的社区学院教师。通过增加互动，教师将有机会参与学科特定的专业发展，这代表了该领域职业发展的现状。为期多天的虚拟研讨会将促进社区大学教师与各自专业学科协会之间的伙伴关系战略，以促进更具包容性的教学实践，增加学生的转学和就业机会，并促进更多样化的劳动力。虚拟研讨会的参与者将包括教职员工、行政人员和专业协会领导人。他们将共同探讨如何通过扩大与专业协会的参与来支持社区学院教师的教学和专业发展。研讨会召集人是《2021年社区学院新方向》出版物《进步中的合作伙伴：社区学院、教师和纪律学会》的联合编辑。研讨会将由卡尔顿学院科学教育资源中心主办，预计将有75-100人参加，为期三天。讲习班网站和相关报告将分发给所有参与者、专业纪律学会，并将向专业和学术科学界的所有人提供。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高STEM教育对所有学生的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to serve the national interest by improving participation of community college faculty with professional disciplinary societies. Since community colleges teach an estimated 44 percent of U.S. undergraduate students, they play a critical role in the education of undergraduates and hold tremendous potential to expand and diversify the field of emerging STEM professionals. Recent reports have recommended that scientific societies do more to engage full and part-time community college faculty. Through increased interaction, faculty will have the opportunity to engage in discipline specific professional development that represents the current state of affairs with respect to careers in the field. A multi-day virtual workshop will promote strategies for partnerships between community college instructors and their respective professional disciplinary societies to foster more inclusive teaching practices, enhance transfer and career opportunities for students, and promote a more diverse workforce. Participants in the virtual workshop will include faculty, administrative, and professional society leaders. Together they will explore how to support community college faculty in their teaching and professional development through expanded involvement with professional societies. The workshop conveners are the co-editors of a 2021 New Directions for Community Colleges publication Partners in Progress: Community College Faculty and Disciplinary Societies. The workshop will be hosted by the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College with expected attendance of 75-100 participants over the course of three days. The workshop website and the associated report will be distributed to all participants, professional disciplinary societies, and will be available to all in the professional and academic scientific community. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.