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Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE)

Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Transforming Undergraduate Life Science Education. Sharon B. Gusky , Northwestern Connecticut Community College Loretta Brancaccio-Taras , Kingsborough C ommunity College Nitya Jacob , Oxford College of Emory University

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Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE)

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  1. Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Transforming Undergraduate Life Science Education Sharon B. Gusky, Northwestern Connecticut Community College Loretta Brancaccio-Taras, Kingsborough Community College Nitya Jacob, Oxford College of Emory University Karen Klyczek, University of Wisconsin- River Falls

  2. Session Goals: • Introduce participants to PULSE • Update the life science education community on the work of the PULSE Vision and Change Leadership Fellows • Answer questions about the PULSE efforts

  3. Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education • Initiated as as result of a collaboration between NSF, NIH/NIGMS, and HHMI • Charge: to initiate change in life science education at the departmental level using the recommendations in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action

  4. Vision and Change Leadership Fellows • 40 Department Chairpersons/Deans • Developing a framework for V&C implementation since 2012 • Developing resources/materials for departmental-level change.

  5. www.pulsecommunity.org

  6. Vision & Change Ambassadors Progress: • 2nd Ambassadors training in August  35 trained Ambassadors • 10 departmental visits during 2014-15 • Follow up, assessment, seek additional funding, Spring and Summer 2015 • PULSE community members - interested in Ambassador visit? http://www.pulsecommunity.org/page/ambassador-program

  7. Regional Networks Great Plains and Midwest Western New England Pacific Northwest • Partner with ACUBE, SENCER, and AIBS • Regional V&C workshops • Develop regional hubs in IA, IL, IN, KA, MI, MN, MO, ND, OH, OK, SD, WI • Engage community colleges • Conference June 6-8 • Systems approach to institutional change • Enhance existing networks in the PNW • Build regional networks in AK, WA, OR, ID, MT, WY • Report at the annual NWBIO meetingMay 2 • Focus on departmental support for faculty development • Online component • In-person workshops • Follow-up activities • VT, MA, CT • Workshop June 7 Southeast Regional • AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV, VI • Focus on diversity, departments, regional networks • Institute June 18-21 Southwest • Newly formed • AZ, CA, CO, HI, NM, TX

  8. Vision & Change Rubrics • Purpose: • Evaluate department progress in V&C implementation • Certification Program • Six areas: curriculum development, faculty support, student engagement and inclusivity, assessment, infrastructure, and the campus climate for change • All types of Institutions • PULSE Vision & Change Rubrics v1.0

  9. Vision & Change Rubrics • CBE-Life Sciences, Dec 2013 – Letter to the Editor • Online Data Collection Portal http://www.pulsecommunity.org/page/v-c-certification • Certification Program Self-Study: Eight pilot institutions (2 of each type) • Link with Ambassador Program • Department Evaluation Rubric – short version

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