Why Faculty Inquiry at LMC?Self-study on student success rates in English

Developmental Education program

Overhaul of curriculumintegrated reading/writing courses

Lack of formal training reading and/or developmental education

75% of developmental courses taught by adjunct faculty

Urgent need for faculty development

Title III grant (1999-2004)

Teaching Communities every semester

Present and discuss pedagogy

Create lesson plans

Create assessment criteria

Collect and evaluate student work

Helps norm faculty assessment and grading

Use for future faculty member orientation

Reading Apprenticeship (2), Rhetorical Grammar, ESL Error Correction

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Fall 2006, Math and English faculty members

Formulated questions about student learning

Documented classroom-based research

Created electronic portfolios

SoTL Gallery (SPECC grant 2005-2007)

Pat Wagener, Math:Can Problem Solving Become a Habit of Mind?

Katalina Wethington, English/ESLChallenges in Writing: Incorporating Quotes

Tess Caldwell, English/ESLA Window into a Culturally Connected Learning Community for the Transititional Student

Develop adherence to CSLOs

Enhance our collegial

relationships

Build greater inclusiveness

Encourage the healthy exchange

of information

Building a Course

Building Intentional Community: How do you Allow for Student Voice?

Sharing Your Feedback/Grading System: What Have You Set Up This Semester?

Crafting Assignments That Truly Align with CSLOs

What Are We Really Measuring?: Rubrics and the Course SLOs

Mid Semester: How Do You Encourage Your Students?

Revisiting Assignments: What’s Working? What’s Not Working? Vision vs. Reality

Revisiting Feedback to Students: Are Your Students Using What You Provide for Them?

How Did Your Evaluation/Grading System Work? What Would You Change?

Conversation Topics

Effect on Student Success

Alignment with CSLOs

Consistency in pedagogy and assessment

Training materials and models developed

lesson plansbindersDevelopmental Education program website

Awareness of need for further revision and conversation

Moving Forward

Engagement: Getting adjunct faculty involvedSchedulesWork load

Training in research development:

Quantitative research designEquity and Access