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Rosemary ArcaBronté MillerKathy Perino
Kate Smith
Pedagogy Matters! Refining Teaching Practice to Increase Student Success
Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Project between The League, LaGuardia Community
College and Knowledge in the Public Interest Principal Investigators:
Gail O. Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College Diana Woolis, Co-Founder, Knowledge in the Public Interest Gerardo de Los Santos, The League for Innovation in the
Community College Raise Basic Skills Pass Rates to 80% nationally. Create a virtual community of practice linking high
performing faculty to each other.
The ProjectFaculty working independentlyCommunity built through virtual mediumDeveloped largely through faculty process
There is no general pedagogy: only pedagogies, like horses, for courses.
-Stuart Hall
QUESTIONS/DIALOGUE
Think about a memorable lesson you taught or witnessed that was either very successful or very unsuccessful. Was the success of the lesson a product of content expertise or pedagogical expertise?
TABLE DISCUSSION
QUESTIONS/DIALOGUE Faculty must work with committees, campus
organizations, and research in addition to teaching full loads. How can they effectively examine, reflect upon, and improve their teaching practice with such demands on their time?
TABLE DISCUSSION
GSCC’S THEORY OF CHANGEFaculty
Knowledge and Expertise
Social Networking
Tools for Faculty Reflection
Capture: ePortfolio
Consolidate:Polilogue
Advance:ePortfolio & Exchange
Basic Skills Pedagogy:
Intensification
80% pass rate
Innovation
Tags
What We Did: Routines: The work processes necessary to achieve the changes in faculty
practice that ultimately lead to an 80% pass rate. Once a week evidence based reflective description 3 videos 3 Meta-Reflections Pedagogy Circles Tagging Coaching Circles Choice Events Jams
Tools: What we used to make our work routine. ePortfolio Polilogue Pathfinder
THEMES & TAGGING: THE CATALYST FOR REFLECTION Themes were used to identify pedagogy
patterns. Tags were used to label these patterns
within our ePortfolios. Grouped according to domain
Instructional Values Instructional Approaches Instructor Qualities
80% Inter-Reader Reliability
INSTRUCTIONAL VALUES Enjoyment Whole Person College Transition Comfort Caring Self-Efficacy Inclusiveness Time on Task Differentiated Instruction High Expectations
INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES Community Building Accessibility Feedback Reflection/Meta-Cognition Structure in Presentation Variety of Approaches Mixed Learning Activities Contextualization Peer Engagement Using Baseline Knowledge Scaffolding Connections Higher-Order Thinking Assessment Technology
INSTRUCTOR QUALITIES Persistence and Intentionality Adaptability Presence Authenticity Mastery/Expertise Passion
THINK ABOUTThink of a lesson you taught that was particularly successful:
o What did you do that promoted success?o What pedagogical elements made it
successful?
In other words, what approach(es) did you use that led to success?
SHARE Please take 5 minutes to share your
successful pedagogical elements.
Please report to the large group any commonalities
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TAGS
TAGS
PeerFeedback
Reflection
A PEDAGOGICAL PATTERN
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DeMonico, Teresa (English) Getso, Richard (Math) Nicoli-Suco, Elizabeth (Math)
O'Connor, Trisha (English) Scanlan, LaVache (Math) Smith, Kate (Math)
Zollars, Michelle (English)
IA: High Level Cognition IA: Multiple Approaches to Instruction
IA: Highly Structured Instruction IV: Highly Structured Instruction
IA: Supportive Context IV: Supportive Context
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6-Category Scheme: Cluster 2
ROSEMARY ARCA BRONTE MILLER
Allocation of time in class as observed in classroom videos
KATE SMITH KATHY PERINO
Allocation of time in class as observed in classroom videos
Completion Success Success byCompletion
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Baseline DifferentialFall 2010 Differential
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN GSCC FACULTY & OTHERS AT INSTITUTION
English completion English pass success English0
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GSCC Class Comparison Study vs Non-Study Fall 2010
English Non-StudyEnglish StudyMath Non-StudyMath Study
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
HOW CAN YOU ATTEND TO PEDAGOGY? http://www.globalskillscc.org/
e-Portfolios Peer Discussion
Meetings Blogs Idea exchange
Routine Reflection Professional Development
Conferences Workshops Peer Meetings GSCC 2.0!
GSCC 2.0—JOIN USIndividual Requirements:
Be personally motivated and engaged with improving pedagogy.
Show the capacity to be creative and scholarly thinkers
Be scheduled to teach the final course of the developmental sequence at least once each semester of this project. (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)
Have taught the final course of the developmental sequence at least twice in the last two years.
Be available and committed to participate in all online work and face-to-face meetings including an online discussion sometime between July 8th-14th, 2012 and a face-to-face meeting in NYC on August 6th-9th, 2012.
Use ePortfolio to document their practice.
Submit 3 video snapshots of their classrooms as requested each semester.
APPLICATION AVAILABLE AT:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GSCC2