FIN goes to Achieving the Dream!
The Faculty Inquiry Network was well represented at the recent Achieving The Dream Conference held February 2nd through the 4th in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tom deWit, Katie Hern, and Sean McFarland presented at 4 breakout sessions:
- Engaging Faculty and Staff in Student‐Centered Inquiry about Teaching,
- Learning and Student Success, Accelerating Students’ Progress to College‐Level English and Math,
- Listening to the Room: The Promise of Integrating Student Voices into Basic Skills Initiatives,
- Equity as the Practice of Love and Liberation.
deWit and Hern also served as panel members in two Strategy Institute’s Focus Area Networking Sessions: Developmental English and Success Initiatives for Men of Color.
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FIN Co-Directors hold all the secrets to successful Inquiry in the Red Suitcase.
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Below are documents passed out in Charlotte, North Carolina:
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Engaging Faculty and Staff in Student‐Centered Inquiry about Teaching,Learning and Student Success:
FIN’S Guide to Faculty Inquiry
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Accelerating Students’ Progress to College‐Level English and Math:
Accelerating Student’s Progress Through College-Level English and Math PDF
Chabot College’s acceleration data
Paulo Freire excerpt from Ways of Reading: an Anthology for Writers
Stat Path Handout from Los Medanos College
Link to LMC Puente Math’s StatPath Video
Instructor Myra Snell’s Observations about this Video
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Listening to the Room: The Promise of Integrating Student Voices into Basic Skills Initiatives:
Summaries of all 778 Films Movies
Link to the movie “Listening to the Room”
Student Voices Across California Brochure
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Equity as the Practice of Love and Liberation:
Equity as the Practice of Love and Liberation PDF
The Umoja Community’s Brochure
Link to the Umoja Community’s Website
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Intersecting Literacies: A Working Conference April 16th, 2010
Click Here for Intersecting Literacies: At the Working Conference April 16th in San Diego
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Click here for the Save the Date
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An exciting opportunity in April is approaching quickly. The Faculty Inquiry Network and San Diego Mesa College are co-hosting a one-day conference, “Intersecting Literacies” that will be of great interest to anyone who teaches writing or makes writing an important part of their students’ intellectual experience. We would like to welcome not only Faculty, but Students as well! We will listen to student voice as well as have participating Students in the workshop itself. The event will be held on the Mesa campus.
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Check out this way cool interactive Flyer our main techie Alexey put together for Intersecting Literacies! A taste of what’s to come at San Diego Mesa College, April 16th!
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Click below for the Flyer and Registration Form, or go straight to Survey Monkey and let us know you plan on attending! The conference costs a small fee of $15 to cover the price of lunch and breakfast. Registrations will also be collected at the door, but please let us know you are coming so we can order you a lunch. Don’t miss out on this interactive experience!
Click here for Registration Form
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This conference will feature student video work as well as “The Written Works: From Diary to Dissertation to Democracy” in a workshop setting. Below is “The Written Works.”
The Written Works is a two-tiered documentary/tale of one student’s journey into the world of writing. Trying to find its value, she uncovers different ways writing can be used in the larger world, while questioning the ways it has been used in the academy. Discovering much about herself and these academic institutions, she steps into this world and gets more than she bargained for. Will the whole endeavor overtake her or will her new-found self become the writer she was meant to be all along?
The Creation of The Written Works was generously supported by: SPECC (Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges), a joint project of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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A Workshop on Faculty Inquiry
Presentation by Katie Hern for a regional SCVN workshop at Consumnes River College, accompanied by the LPC Team. Go inquiry! Click here for the presentation.
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FIN Hero’s Journey by LPC
A clever piece by FIN’s LPC team for a BSI workshop at Consumnes River College, accompanied by their coach, Katie Hern. Click here for the presentation.
About FIN
The Faculty Inquiry Network’s (FIN) purpose is to support professional development which includes: conducting faculty inquiry; revisiting basic skills assumptions; interpreting and integrating data; accessing student voices; developing students as co-inquirers; making visible; using technology for teaching and learning; creating and supporting new initiatives, curriculum and program development; constructing educational tools using digital media; and hosting dialogue around student and faculty learning.
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