Fostering Two-Year College Collaborations with Disciplinary Societies

该讲习班将通过加强两年制大学教师对学科协会结构的参与，为国家利益服务。两年制学院在本科教育、当地劳动力发展和促进社区稳定方面发挥着关键作用。因此，它们为学科提供了巨大的潜力，可以扩大该领域专业和专业人员的数量和多样性。然而，国家和学科报告强调了两年制大学教师与各自学科协会之间的脱节。该项目将促进和评估一个多阶段的虚拟研讨会，该研讨会包括来自学科协会和两年制大学教师的参与者，以提高两年制大学学科参与度，并提高对适用于两年制大学的资助机会的认识。该研讨会在支持发展特定学科的行动计划，探索跨学科的可能性，并确定维持两年教师参与学科协会的方法方面将具有重要意义。虚拟研讨会将包括来自多个机构的12个学科的60至75名与会者，并将包括两次同步的为期两天的会议，其间进行异步工作。目标是让参与者制定和启动特定学科和跨学科的行动计划，以提高两年制大学教师在各自学科社团中的参与度。在研讨会的前两天，参与者将参加积极的全体会议，制定具体学科的行动计划，并探索多学科stem重点项目。然后，在几个月的时间里，团队将收到反馈，修改行动计划，并开始实施。最后，在研讨会的最后两天，各小组将介绍和接受行动计划的反馈，并更多地了解外部资助机会。跨学科团队还将讨论如何启动和维持对两年制学院和学科协会之间合作关系的持续支持。该项目将通过调查和项目工件进行评估，并将促进对组织身份如何影响变化过程的理解。项目网站和相关报告将分发给所有参与者、专业学科协会，并将提供给专业和学术科学界的所有人。美国国家科学基金会关于在两年制高等教育机构推进本科STEM教育的创新和影响的项目描述支持在两年制大学推进STEM教育计划的项目。该项目描述促进了两年制大学本科STEM教育的创新和循证实践。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This workshop will serve the national interest by enhancing the involvement of two-year college faculty in the fabric of disciplinary societies. Two-year colleges play a critical role in undergraduate education, development of the local workforce, and promoting the stability of their communities. As such, they hold tremendous potential for disciplines to expand the number and diversity of majors and professionals in the field. Yet, national and disciplinary reports highlight a disconnect between two-year college instructors and their respective disciplinary societies. This project will facilitate and evaluate a multi-stage virtual workshop that includes participants from disciplinary societies and two-year college faculty to enhance two-year college disciplinary engagement and raise awareness of funding opportunities applicable to two-year colleges. The workshop will be significant in supporting the development of discipline-specific action plans, exploring cross-disciplinary possibilities, and identifying ways to sustain two-year faculty involvement in disciplinary societies. The virtual workshop will include 60 to 75 participants from 12 disciplines from multiple institutions and will consist of two synchronous two-day meetings with asynchronous work in between. The goal will be for participants to develop and initiate discipline-specific and cross-disciplinary action plans that enhance the involvement of two-year college faculty in their respective disciplinary societies. During the first two days of the workshop, participants will participate in active plenary sessions, develop discipline-specific action plans and explore multi-discipline STEM-focused projects. Then, asynchronously over several months, teams will receive feedback, revise action plans, and begin implementation. Finally, during the last two days of the workshop, teams will present and receive feedback on action plans and learn more about external funding opportunities. Cross-disciplinary teams will also engage in discussions regarding initiating and sustaining ongoing support for partnerships between two-year colleges and disciplinary societies. The project will be evaluated through surveys and project artifacts and will advance understanding of how organizational identity influences change processes. The project 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 program description on Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-year Institutions of Higher Education supports projects that advance STEM education initiatives at two-year colleges. The program description promotes innovative and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education at two-year colleges.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.