[Factc] A Message for your STEM Faculty: Pro D During COVID 19

[Jennifer Whetham]

Hello and happy Monday to everyone!

As many of you know, SBCTC has been forming discipline-specific groups of STEM faculty into communities of practice (CoPs). During this time, we want to avoid each individual faculty members having to "reinvent the wheel" and support collaborations at the system level during this time.

See the Master List of STEM CoPs and Add Your E-mail: https://bit.ly/2XmjnJ6

As Peg Balachowski, dean of Teaching and Learning at EvCC always says, "you can't talk about student success without talking about faculty success." Creating this kind of synergy feels particularly resonant during this pandemic, especially as we don't know how long this will continue.

Over the past few weeks, SBCTC has convened faculty who teach Microbiology, A&P, Chemistry, and Botany.

During these meetings, we uncover shared challenges to teaching remotely during COVID 19 and then create strategies for faculty to "Crowd-Source" solutions and innovations, especially regarding labs, through Canvas.

This week SBCTC will be hosting "online faculty meetings" for

  *   BIOL&160
  *   Majors Biology (Plant and Animal)
  *   Chemistry
  *   Engineering
  *   Physics

Laura Schueller will continue to offer office hours for math faculty MWF this week from 12 to 1.

Please see the schedule below with days/times/access information. Here's a short URL to the schedule if you prefer to send that instead: https://bit.ly/34soCbF

Thanks for sharing this information with your STEM faculty.

Sincerely,

Jennifer


[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]

Jennifer Whetham (pronouns: she/her/hers)

Assessment, Teaching, and Learning (ATL), Education Division

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC)

jwhetham at sbctc.edu<mailto:jwhetham at sbctc.edu> • o: 360-704-4354 • c: 206-310-1291


COVID 19 Remote Learning Resource<https://bit.ly/3byJaBm>
Lifeboat/KISS Recordings<https://bit.ly/3ee4lLc>

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STEM Communities of Practice Meetings

Week of April 13 to April 17

Short URL to Meeting Schedule: https://bit.ly/34soCbF

Biology
General Biology (BIOL&160)

  *   Faculty E-mails: https://bit.ly/2XjkSYf

  *   Meeting on Monday, April 13th, at 3:00 PM. Access Information: https://bit.ly/2V0L60j

Majors Biology (BIOL&211, BIOL&212, BIOL&213)

  *   Faculty E-Mails: https://bit.ly/3c92DsZ

  *   Meeting on Monday, April 13th, at 11 AM. Access Information: https://bit.ly/2yROguF

Chemistry

  *   Faculty E-mails: https://bit.ly/33Te9p8

  *   Open Canvas Shell: https://bit.ly/39EzYKk

  *   Meeting on Thursday, April 16th, at 11AM. Zoom Access Information: https://bit.ly/2RpNHyw

Engineering

  *   Faculty E-mails: https://bit.ly/34nMcpU

  *   Meeting on Wednesday, April 15th, at 3:30 PM. Zoom Access Information: https://bit.ly/3e9UKVX

Math

  *   Zoom "Office Hours" with Dr. Laura Scheuller: MWF 12 to 1pm

  *   Laura Schueller’s Zoom Room: https://zoom.us/j/206585859

Physics

  *   Faculty E-mails: https://bit.ly/2xVHhjP

  *   Meeting on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020, at 11 AM. Zoom Meeting Access Information: https://bit.ly/2UZ5LBJ


[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]

Jennifer Whetham (pronouns: she/her/hers)

Assessment, Teaching, and Learning (ATL), Education Division

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC)

jwhetham at sbctc.edu<mailto:jwhetham at sbctc.edu> • o: 360-704-4354 • c: 206-310-1291


COVID 19 Remote Learning Resource<https://bit.ly/3byJaBm>
Lifeboat/KISS Recordings<https://bit.ly/3ee4lLc>
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