Susan Albertine and Rebecca Dolinsky

Adrianna Kezar and Daniel Maxey

Association of American Colleges and Universities

The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student SuccessUniversity of Southern California

PROMOTING HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICESAND ASSESSMENT EFFORTS IN

ANERA OF PART-TIME FACULTY GROWTHPractical Solutions to Challenges

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PRESENTATION OVERVIEWUnderstanding the Importance of Engaging Part-Time Faculty

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Part-time faculty now represent half of instructional faculty among nonprofit institutions in the U.S.

Often, part-time faculty encounter conditions that prevent their use of high-impact practices and involvement in assessment efforts

Ensuring student success and attaining other important institutional goals requires the effective engagement of part-time faculty in efforts

AAC&U and the Delphi Project have sought to provide resources to help campus leaders to address challenges and promote faculty and student success

HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES AND HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND

LEARNING

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Susan Albertine

PROMOTING PART-TIME FACULTY

INVOLVEMENT IN ASSESSMENT

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Adrianna Kezar and Daniel Maxey

CONSTRAINTS FOR PART-TIME INVOLVEMENT

Areas to Target for Improving Part-Time Faculty Participation

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The ways in which part-time faculty are engaged—or not engaged—constrains their contributions and affects efforts to reach institutional goals:

Exclusion from decision making about curriculum design and assessment

Limits on role expectations for part-time faculty

Recruitment and hiring practices

Insufficient orientation, mentoring, and professional development opportunities

Lack of evaluation

Limited access to instructional resources, staff support, and communications

CAPITALIZING ON THE POSSIBILITIESLeveraging Part-Time Faculty Strengths

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Part-time faculty members’ passion and commitment to teaching is an untapped resource

Build assessment work into part-time faculty expectations and provide proper support, rather than treating it as an add-on

Part-time faculty are focused on teaching Emphasize assessment as part of their scholarly

identity and encourage involvement

Part-time faculty possess knowledge about subject matter and how to best apply it

Draw upon their knowledge, expertise, and perspectives to help develop student learning goals that are aligned with challenges and opportunities students will encounter

MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGEPromoting Meaningful Engagement for Part-Time Faculty

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The following steps can be taken to support the involvement of part-time faculty:

Increase awareness about how changes in the faculty affect assessment efforts

Foster a culture of inclusion Involve part-time faculty in faculty meetings and

curriculum development; encouraging their participation

Provide mentoring opportunities Ensuring access to communications, resources,

and professional development Acknowledge the contributions of part-time

faculty to the institutions and students Enable the connection of part-time faculty to the

campus community

MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGEPromoting Meaningful Engagement for Part-Time Faculty

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The following steps can be taken to support the involvement of part-time faculty:

Better support and communicate with part-time faculty about expectations for assessment

Include assessment training in graduate education and increase research on support for NTTFs

INTRODUCINGLEAP FOR

INSTRUCTORS

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Rebecca Dolinsky

THINK–PAIR–SHARE ACTIVITYPlease focus on the following worksheet

questions for this exercise:

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High-Impact Practices:

Assessment:

ACTIVITY DISCUSSION

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What efforts have been effective on your campus?

What have you learned that can be taken back to your campus?

What questions do you still have?

For your convenience, the PowerPoint slides, URLs for resource sites, and documents mentioned in this presentation, can all be accessed online at:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!

http://aacu2015.thechangingfaculty.org

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