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:

Inquiry Process Graphic

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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