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Strengthening Student Success Across The General Education Transfer Curriculum - Strengthening Student Success Conference October 9, 2013
Strengthening Student Success Across The General Education Transfer Curriculum - Strengthening Student Success Conference October 9, 2013
Ken ODonnell, Debra David CSU Chancellors Office Julie Stein, Las Positas College, CSU East Bay
Agenda
Making General Education More Relevant Give Students a Compass Overview Promising Practices Your Promising Practices Lessons Learned for Professional Development
Critical thinking/ analytical reasoning Ability to analyze/solve complex problems Effective oral communication Effective written communication Apply knowledge/skills to real-world settings Locate, organize, evaluate info from multiple sources Innovation/creativity Teamwork/collaboration in diverse group settings Ability to connect choices and actions to ethical decisions
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7% 6% 8% 8% 6% 9% 9% 11% 9%
67% 64%
Goal: to infuse High-Impact Practices into the lower-division general education curriculum of all students. Goal: to infuse High-Impact Practices into the lower-division general education curriculum of all students - regardless of where they start.
Cosumnes River
CCSF
Six pilot sites now underway Twelve networking partnerships Statewide learning network
Hartnell
Pierce
Promising Practices
High impact practices Town hall meetings ePortfolios Aligning (signature) assignments and assessments Thematic General Education pathways
Writing-Intensive Courses
Collaborative Assignments and Projects Undergraduate Research
Diversity/Global Learning
Service Learning, Community-Based Learning Internships
Chico
Town Hall Meeting
Diversity Studies How differencecultural, racial, sexual, biological, linguistic, or geographic shapes who we are and how we live together.
Sustainability Studies Explore the deep connections between the health and vitality of the natural environment and human well-being
Science, Technology, and Values Explore how science and technology can shape the human conditionin the past, present and future.
Ethics, Justice, and Policy Studies Explore how ethics and justice help inform policy in areas related to the natural and human environments.
Professional Development
Provide a working space for faculty to connect and collaborate Invite other campuses to join in the conversation Utilize a variety of well developed online strategies to connect to materials and to each other
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/geengage
Professional Development Welcome adjunct's participation in professional development activities including funded activities Examine and update hiring and promotional practices to include instructional expertise and learning pedagogy