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1. Participate in available
professional development opportunities.
(Instruction
Goal
8:
Continuously improve.through efforts that promote
professional growth and
development.) |
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Outcome a:
Continue to hold monthly departmental seminars,
inviting both internal and external speakers to hold
workshops for the department.
Be more proactive in inviting adjunct faculty to these workshops.
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Sept:
First workshop planned for 9/13/02 on using Frontpage
to create our personal
webpages. |
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Mar:
The department heard a presentation about
online tutorial support, homework and testing
systems from a publisher's representative. |
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Apr:
A significant amount of department meeting time
this year has been spent on the discussion of MTH
110 changes for next year. |
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Outcome b:
Attend conferences and mathematics society
meetings as they fit with
individual faculty interests.
Have faculty report back to the department in
order to collectively reap the benefits of these
meetings.
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Apr:
Math faculty have attended AMATYC, MichMATYC
and NCTM mathematics conferences this year.
In addition, we have had reciprocal visits with
Henry Ford Community College and UM-Dearborn.
Returning faculty have shared ideas about
active learning strategies in algebra and calculus, the
teaching of statistics, and math education courses.
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Outcome c: Actively participate in the
Michigan Society of Professional Engineers at large and
the Jackson Chapter
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Nov:
Greg has been regularly attending local chapter
meetings for the NSPE and will be participating as a
facilitator in the MathCounts competition in addition to
his Chapter Director activities.
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2.
Increase services to help adjunct faculty.
(Instruction Goal 7: Foster a
community
of learners through.efforts to connect faculty with
faculty.)
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Outcome a:
Distribute our new mathematics department manual to all adjuncts
via the departmental website.
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Sept:
The manual has been posted.
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Oct:
It was decided that an Outlook folder was a
better way to provide course-specific resources for
adjunct faculty.
The department now has a folder and has posted
current teaching materials for adjuncts in it. |
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Outcome b:
Investigate using our website as a more
efficient way to provide adjunct
instructors with resource materials. |
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Apr:
As Educator training begins, we are
investigating and comparing the benefits of using
Educator, Outlook and the dept website to deliver
materials to adjunct faculty.
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Outcome c: Hold discussion and training
sessions for adjuncts including CBR lab training. |
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Sept:
Sessions were run on May 10 and Aug. 22.
A total of nine adjunct faculty attended.
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3.
Be active in the K-12 community.
(Instruction Goal 6:
Support Outreach and Community
Development through service learning, community service
by faculty,
cooperative efforts with K-12.)
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Outcome a:
Support Academic Games. |
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Apr: Jody
led departmental efforts to plan the mathematics
competition for Academic Games.
Eight math faculty participated on the day of
the Games.
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Outcome b:
Serve on Mathematics Advisory committees for
Jackson
Area
Career
Center
and ISD. |
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Oct:
Attended fall advisory meeting.
JACC may use Accuplacer as one of its mathem
atics assessment methods; if so we may be able to
facilitate placement of their students into our classes. |
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Outcome c:
Pair education students with K-12 teachers for a service
learning experience.
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Oct:
Currently being done by MTH 210 students at
Allen Elementary School. |
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Outcome d:
Actively participate as an
advisory committee member for the Jackson Area Career
Center
pre-engineering program.
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Apr: Participation in the pre-engineering advisory committee for the Jackson
Area Career Center continued throughout the year. |
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Outcome e:
Offer an
Engineering Career Day for high school students.
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Outcome f:
Visit local
and regional high schools to visit with math and science
teachers, and guidance councilors to improve visibility
of our engineering transfer program.
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Apr:
Two visits were made (an additional three were cancelled due
to snow days and other last-minute scheduling conflicts) to
regional high schools to talk to students, teachers,
administrators, and guidance counselors about engineering
and our engineering transfer program.
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Outcome g:
Continue to work with the articulation group from the
JACC. |
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Apr:
Participation in the pre-engineering advisory
committee for the Jackson Area Career Center continued
throughout the year.
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