HSI Pilot Project: Institutionalizing a Teaching and Learning Excellence Community of Practice focused on First-Year Student Success in STEM

在不断改进的本科生STEM教育：拉美裔服务机构(HSI计划)的支持下，该Track 1项目旨在曼哈顿学院(MC)卡科斯艺术与科学学院(MC)卡科斯艺术与科学学院建立一个新的教学中心，名为曼哈顿学院社区参与科学包容性教学中心(e=mc2：SIT)。该中心的目标是在理科教师内部建立一个持续的卓越教学社区，并将其制度化，专注于MC所有一年级STEM专业的成功，包括那些来自西班牙裔和STEM中代表性不足的其他群体。该中心计划的影响将通过教师在课堂上采用最佳实践以及对成功、保持和对毕业学生结果的坚持性的变化来衡量。e=mc2：SIT提供的职业发展机会将包括：(1)为期一年的计划，让教师在一年级的STEM门户课程中进行专业发展，以了解、实施和评估课堂上科学和包容性的教学实践；(2)补充教学(SI)在所有一年级的对等促进的内容审查中，门户课程，以及(3)与一年级学生合作的专业发展机会。第一年经验(FYE)课程旨在为一年级学生提供技能，以提高他们的学业成功。为评估教师采用最佳实践的情况和对学生成功的影响，将通过跟踪入学/退学数据、学生成绩、个别教师访谈、调查答复、课堂观察和年度现场访问来收集数据，以评估计划实施的忠诚度并确定持续改进的机会。在有关留存的文献中已经很好地确立了这样的观点，即在本科生入学后，有一个主要的流失点就是STEM课程。MC的e=mc2：SIT计划将使教师参与专业发展，最终将提高学生的成功，衡量标准是STEM入门课程辍学率/不及格率/退学率的降低，一年级学生保留率的提高，以及对毕业四到六年的坚持。这个项目的目的是扩大专业STEM工作队伍的参与。这一奖项反映了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。

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 1 project aims to develop a new Teaching and Learning Center in Manhattan College’s (MC) Kakos School of Arts and Sciences called the Center for the Engagement of the Manhattan College Community in Scientific Inclusive Teaching (e=mc2:SIT). The goal of the Center is to build and institutionalize a sustained faculty community of teaching and learning excellence within the science faculty focused on the success of all MC's first-year STEM majors, including those from Hispanic and other groups underrepresented in STEM. The impact of the Center programming will be measured by faculty adoption of best-practices in classrooms and changes to success, retention, and persistence to graduation student outcomes.The professional development opportunities provided by e=mc2:SIT will include: (1) A year-long program to engage faculty teaching first-year, STEM gateway courses in professional development to learn about, implement, and assess scientific and inclusive teaching practices in their classrooms, (2) Supplemental Instruction (SI) peer-to-peer facilitated content review in all first-year, gateway courses, and (3) professional development opportunities to work with first-year students. The First-Year Experience (FYE) course is designed to provide first-year students with skills to enhance their academic success. Data collection for evaluation of the faculty adoption of best-practices and the impact on student success will occur through the tracking of enrollment/withdrawal data, student grades, individual faculty interviews, survey responses, classroom observations, and annual site visits to assess fidelity of program implementation and to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. It has been well established in the literature on retention that there is a major attrition point for students immediately following their enrollment in undergraduate gateway STEM courses. MC's e=mc2:SIT program will engage faculty in professional development that will ultimately result in enhanced student success as measured by a decrease in STEM gateway course drop/fail/withdraw rates, enhanced first-year student retention rates, and persistence to graduation in four to six years. The aim of this project is to broaden participation within the professional STEM workforce.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.