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Developing a Plan for First-Year Seminar Professional Development 37 th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience-2018 What professional development activities are What professional development activities can be What professional development activities can be currently being offered for your FYE instructors implemented within the next 6-12 months that implemented beyond 12 months that would or program? would immediately increase the instructional ultimately increase the quality of your program? experience of your FYS? What resources are needed to implement the proposed activities above?

Pre-Reflection Developing a Plan for First- • What professional development activities are currently being offered for your FYE instructors or program? Year Seminar Professional Development DR. MICHELLE BUGGS, DIRECTOR, UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS DR. JOSHUA ADAMS, ASSISTANT PROVOST FOR STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY TWU First-Year Seminar Overview What’s in the literature? • UNIV 1231: Learning Frameworks • Full-time, tenure or tenure track faculty vs. part-time faculty • Critical Elements • Core Curriculum • Research indicates student success is about instructor availability and accessibility • Common assignments, standardized rubrics • High Impact Practice • Pedagogy impacts student success • In class peer assistants • Required for all FTIC and Transfer students (12 or • Technology integration less transfer hours) • Learning communities, active learning, high expectations • Student resource referrals and advising • Learning Outcomes • Early Alert • Expanding faculty skill-sets • Evaluate research and theories of learning that impact • Out of class first-year programming learning and lead to development of effective learning • Why does this matter? strategies. • Develop strategies for reading, questioning, and conducting academic inquiry. • Apply knowledge of learning theory to development of personal effective learning strategies. • Integrate tenets of academic integrity in oral and written works. Who are FYS Instructors? TWU FYE ProDevo Activities • 2014-2017 • Academic Years Taught • Required Faculty Training Example Training Schedule • 66-One Year Taught • 112 Total FYE Faculty • • Typically scheduled early August Welcome and Introductions • 28-Two Years Taught • The Collegiate Experience • Full day for first time instructors • Credential Level • 8-Three Years Taught • The TWU Experience • 1 Bachelors • 10-Four Years Taught • Half day for returning instructors • Break • 78 Masters • Includes breakfast and lunch • Consecutive Years Taught • • 33 Doctorate What’s Your Teaching Philosophy? • 68-One Year Taught • Active engagement • Active Engagement in the Classroom • Employee Classification • 27-Two Consecutive Years Taught • Mirror instruction styles • Lunch • 59 Staff • 7-Three Consecutive Years Taught • Guest speakers • Breakout-LLC & General FTIC • 10 Administrator (3 Faculty) • 10-Four Consecutive Years Taught • • Includes prep time UNIV 1231 Instructor Expectations • 15 Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant • Break and Relocate to ASB 211 • 29 Faculty • UNIV 1231 Syllabus and Curriculum Review • Course Preparation 1

TWU FYE ProDevo Activities TWU FYE ProDevo Activities • Brown Bag Lunches • Ongoing articles on FYE, Transfer, and the undergraduate student experience Example BBL Dates and Topics • Scheduled during first half of term • August 31 st • Opportunities to represent Undergraduate Studies and FYE Program at campus events • Highly encouraged • Student Health Services • Campus Clarity • Mentoring of new FYE instructors • 45 minutes maximum • Civility and Community Standards • Bring your own lunch • Class engagement beyond week 2 • Presentation opportunities on and off campus • Includes quick in-person updates and • September 14 th • Advanced learning opportunities through the TWU Center for Faculty Excellence and Kennesaw check-in to process highs/lows of • Library Assignment • class Student Planner State University • September 21 st • Review relevant FYE resources • FYE Advisory Board • Early Alert • Guest speakers • AHEC • Curriculum review task force • Opportunity for instructors to • October 5 th network • Academic Advising • TWU Core Assessment Academy • Spring Registration • Career Connections, Focus2Career Resources Challenges • On-campus faculty and/or staff resource training centers • Monetary challenges • Provost’s Office • Scheduling challenges • Human Resources • Attendance challenges • Kennesaw State University Learning Communities Faculty Scholars Course • Engagement challenges • University of South Carolina University 101 Programs • Instruction challenges • State and national conferences and workshops • Follow-through challenges Future Plans Open Discussion • What professional development activities do you currently offer for your FYE • Expanded training on learning frameworks, instruction styles, and active instructors or program? engagement in the classroom • What internal or external resources do you utilize to prepare your FYE • Training certificate for the first-year experience instructors? • Focus groups on FYE and SYE ran by Learning Frameworks faculty • How can you maximize limited monetary resources to create a true professional • FYE faculty becoming “experts” on FYE and learning frameworks development experience for FYE instructors? • What, if any, pushback or feedback do you receive from your instructors on • Increase number of faculty FYE instructors professional development? • Expanding research on the FYE as it relates to HIPs, retention, student • What other challenges do you face when planning or implementing professional engagement, and completion development for FYE instructors? 2

Post-Reflection Contact Information • What professional development activities can be implemented within the next Dr. Michelle Buggs 6-12 months that would immediately increase the instructional experience of Director, Undergraduate Academic Programs your FYS? mbuggs@twu.edu • What professional development activities can be implemented beyond 12 months that would ultimately increase the quality of your program? Dr. Joshua Adams • What resources are needed to implement the proposed activities above? Assistant Provost for Student Success initiatives jadams15@twu.edu Please remember to submit your evaluation on Guidebook! https://guidebook.com/g/fye18/ #FYE18 3