December 16, 2013

Kacy Redd, Director, Science and Mathematics Education Policy, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Jennifer Presley, Kacy Redd, Lizanne DeStefano, Charles Coble, and Howard GobsteinAPLU’s Science & Mathematics Teacher Imperative

Promoting Institutional Change to Strengthen Science Teacher Preparation

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Overview

• Ingredients for successful collaborations and reforms – case studies from 5 campuses

• How to engage senior university leadership• What you can do back home

– Build relationships with colleagues and university leadership

– Find synergistic efforts – especially through your higher education association

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Theory of Action

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Project Design

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Three Strategies for Successful Collaborations

1. Value other’s expertise

2. Create formal structures that reach across the aisle

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3. Find the Boundary Spanners

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Ways Institutions Can Foster Undergraduate

STEM Education Transformation

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Outcomes and Findings from 23 institutions

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Engaging University Leaders

“SMTI provided a pathway for administrators to participate in the education transformation process on campus, allowed them to achieve a broader perspective of the national education landscape, learn about the reform practices in place in other institutions, and establish the institutions prominence on a national level. Through engaging with other SMTI institutions and learning about their approaches, they deepened their understanding and were more able to engage other faculty and administrators inside the institution as well as those external to the institution. They build stronger collaborations with faculty and, together, could speak with one coherent voice. This emboldened them to embrace opportunities to change institution practices to support faculty and students.”

Institutional leaders willengage when…

Action steps

• Build relationships with colleagues and leadership

• Find synergistic efforts that can bring your project more visibility.– AAU’s stem undergraduate initiative– APLU’s SMTI/MTEP– AAC&U’s Pkal– AASCU’s CCSS-M work– 100kin10

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Thank You!

Jennifer PresleyLizanne DeStefanoCharles CobleHoward GobsteinKatherine Hazelrigg25 Teams and Team Leaders

Products are available athttp://www.aplu.org/SMTI/TLC-Papers

For more information email kredd@aplu.org