R2C2 NSF Grant seminar two- Webinar

1. R2C2 NSF Grant seminar two- Webinar Spring is Coming Fast – What’s Our New Look? Feb. 2, 2012 R2C2 NSF Grant

2. Spring Fashion • Define Our Style (Vision) • Assess Our Features and Flaws (Current Status) • Maximize Features and Minimize Flaws (R2C2 Project Action Steps) • Our New Spring Look (Outcomes and Results) R2C2 NSF Grant

3. What’s Our Style? Our Goals? R2C2 NSF Grant

4. Essentials of R2C2 Project • Increase numbers and diversity of students pursuing CS/IT certificates and degrees • Improve participation of educators on active and meaningful recruitment and retention practices • Develop sustainable partnerships with educator teams R2C2 NSF Grant

5. Our Mission, Our Vision • Aligned to our College’s Mission • Example: “…to create a passion for learning through our dedication to students, our commitment to excellence and our own love of learning” R2C2 NSF Grant

6. Our Mission, Our Vision • Aligned to the NSF Mission • To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense.... R2C2 NSF Grant

7. Our Mission, Our Vision • Aligned to the NCWIT or CCGIT’s Missions • Significantly Increase Women’s Meaningful Participation in IT R2C2 NSF Grant

8. Our Mission, Our Vision • Aligned to our Department’s 5-Year Plan • Example: To keep curricula up-to-date, to increase student access to high skill/high wage careers, to strengthen partnerships, to support cutting-edge technology, to assure graduates’ success. R2C2 NSF Grant

9. Our Mission, Our Vision • Perhaps pieces from all of the above: Example: To commit to educational excellence through our love of learning; to commit to national prosperity by teaching computing skills to more; to commit to diversity in computing careers by our focused efforts of best practices. R2C2 NSF Grant

10. Let’s Chat! • Remember to send to all!  What processes have you used or participated in that truly allowed individuals to give input in the development of a mission statement? R2C2 NSF Grant

11. What Do We Look Like Now? Current Strengths Current Challenges R2C2 NSF Grant

12. Our Current Strengths • Flexibility • Small class sizes • Advisory committees • Links to high schools • Affordability • Accessibility • Perkins grant funds • Connection to NSF grant, • NCWIT and CCGIT R2C2 NSF Grant

13. Please Chat and Send to All! What other strengths do we have currently? R2C2 NSF Grant

14. Our Current Challenges • Perkins Performance Metrics • CTE Program Trend Data • Low income students • Computing careers image • Math image • Access to AA & AS students • Limited resources • NSF grant timeframe R2C2 NSF Grant

15. Please Chat and Send to All! What other challenges are we facing currently? R2C2 NSF Grant

16. So. . .What Can We Do?In Fashion, Design Is. . . • the plan used to put an idea together • selecting and combining elements in order to achieve harmony Minimize flaws, Accentuate features R2C2 NSF Grant

17. For Grants, Project Design Is. . . • the plan used to combine elements together in order to achieve positive outcomes • elements: requirements, needs, concerns, expectations of stakeholders • balance competing constraints like: • Scope, Quality, Schedule, Budget, Resources, Risk Minimize flaws, Accentuate features R2C2 NSF Grant

18. Principles of Fashion Design are: • Balance • Proportion • Emphasis • Rhythm The fashion industry achieves these principles by using color, shape, line and texture. R2C2 NSF Grant

19. Principles of Our Project Are: Balance– equilibrium or steadiness among the parts of a design – STUDENT RETENTION Proportion – relationship of all the parts to each other and to the whole – STUDENT RECRUITMENT Emphasis – concentration of interest in a particular part or area– TARGET MARKETS Rhythm -- a feeling of continuity or easy movement– ACTION NOW R2C2 NSF Grant

20. TWO PROCESSES – FOUR PRINCIPLES! TWO simple process can address all four principles of good design R2C2 NSF Grant

21. Emphasis Rhythm A design to make the gap between vision and current status smaller Balance Proportion R2C2 NSF Grant

22. STUDENT RETENTION R2C2 NSF Grant

23. You Have the Power • Students bring in their own drama and problems • You did not create their problems • Yet you now have the opportunity to model power and to motivate students Could you do one of the Top 10 ways by April 13? Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

24. You Have the Power • What does it mean to teach? • Some of these ways you may not be able to do – some you can, some you can’t • Yet, can we replace the script of, “This will never work” with this script: “How could we make this work?” Could you do one of the Top 10 ways by April 13? R2C2 NSF Grant

25. Please chat and send to all! How would you define power? R2C2 NSF Grant

26. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: Consider student interests when planning assignments • Computing interests – short survey asking students to rate their interest in current related topics • Other interests – plan some class time for students to verbalize their hobbies or goals • Align their interests to assignments • Use their interests when giving examples in lecture • Incorporate the things students care about Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

27. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: Build in collaboration activities • Students’ hobbies or goals (ONE ACTION, TWO RESULTS!) • Problem-solving assignments in teams • Pair and share reviews of recent lecture points • Encourage study groups and/or allow group study during class time • Model collaboration – attend national conferences Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

28. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: • Emphasize that intellectual capacity – is like a muscle – it increases with effort • Continuously remind students that they will improve with practice and study • Invite alumni to present their experiences about growing and developing skills • Keep a poster on the wall- “Intellect is not something you have; it is something you get.” Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

29. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: Provide early and consistent feedback on assignments • Report the mean, the standard deviation, the grade ranges – women often underestimate their own performance. • Consider a student team assignment of developing their own grading rubrics. • As students develop definitions of quality, they begin to reflect on their own achievement level and on how they learn – a key practice needed for lifelong learning skills. Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

30. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: Praise and encourage your students • “You did well on this assignment – keep up the good work.” • “I can see that you are developing knowledge and skills.” • “You are quite strong in these areas and I can give you some helpful tips for these other areas.” Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

31. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: Connect students to faculty • Invite students to campus events or activities and greet them by name outside of the classroom • Use informal campus activities to learn more about your students interests and goals • Tell your own story or alumni guests may tell their stories of overcoming shyness with instructors Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

32. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: Track student recruitment and retention • Keep your own data • Use formative assessments to determine methodologies that teach best • Find out why students drop out – and then determine if program practices can address barriers Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

33. STUDENT RETENTION NCWIT Top Ten Ways to Retain Students in Computing: Routinely discuss the options, advantages, and rewards of computing careers • Tell your own career path story • Slip in facts about why the career is worth working toward • Include guest presenters with their stories • Continuously comment: “After you get your degree you will. . .” • Use and remind students of their Individual Career and Academic Plans Can we start now? Chat an example you have already used. R2C2 NSF Grant

34. STUDENT RETENTION – INDIVIDUAL CAREER AND ACADEMIC PLANS R2C2 NSF Grant

35. Please Chat and Send to All! How do you work with new students to design their career and academic plan? R2C2 NSF Grant

36. AVOID STEREOTYPES, TREAT ALL STUDENTS AS INDIVIDUALSDon’t treat students as if they are representatives of a whole class of people, like their gender or their ethnicity or race. Can we start now? These concepts are important for both Student Retention and Student Recruitment R2C2 NSF Grant

37. Unconscious Bias and Stereotype Threat Lecia Barker, University of Texas and NCWIT R2C2 NSF Grant

38. Computer and Mathematical Sciences Occupations Are Fastest-Growing of All Professional Groups R2C2 NSF Grant

39. But Women Are Not Sharing in the Growth of This Dominant Field R2C2 NSF Grant

40. Why do women enter computing at lower rates than men?Why do women leave computing at higher rates than men? R2C2 NSF Grant

41. Interviewee: For me, I was tormented constantly. They would always say mean or nasty things, just harassing things like “You shouldn’t be here. Women aren’t meant to be in computer science. You don’t know what you’re doing when you talk about this.” R2C2 NSF Grant

42. Traditional Paradigm: Conscious Discrimination X People who discriminate: Bad People who know better than to discriminate: Good R2C2 NSF Grant

43. Unconscious BiasKnowledge schemas create biased views of the world R2C2 NSF Grant

44. A Cat Chasing A Dog? R2C2 NSF Grant

45. Or What the World Looks Like? R2C2 NSF Grant

46. READ THE COLOR OF EACH WORD: R2C2 NSF Grant

47. Please Chat and Send to All! Look quickly at the next slide and chat immediately what you see. Ready… R2C2 NSF Grant

48. GO! WHAT DO YOU SEE? R2C2 NSF Grant

49. WHAT DO YOU SEE NOW? R2C2 NSF Grant

50. Our minds are fantastic at developing associations. R2C2 NSF Grant