FIN goes to Achieving the Dream!
February 25, 2010
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
FIN’s Fall 2009 Newsletter
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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 “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
Umoja’s Live Learning Handout
The Umoja Community’s Brochure
Link to the Umoja Community’s Website
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