A welcome to new Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty at the 2010 Realizing Student Potential/ITeach conference.

1. Welcome to MnSCU Center for Teaching and Learning Realizing Student Potential · ITeach Minneapolis Community & Technical College February 27, 2010 http://slideshare.net/lynda.milne

2. Overview Welcome, introductions MnSCU overview CTL resources System-level Campus Teaching and learning challenges / solutions Career development

3. What is MnSCU? 5th-largest state higher ed system Created in 1995 by state law Merged state university & CC systems Incorporated former voc-ed system Find all the facts at: About the System Find faculty experts at: Faculty Experts & Media Guide

4. What is MnSCU (part 2)? 54 campuses, 46 communities 250,000 credit students 34,000 grads each year 151,000 customized training clients 70,000+ online students 87% of grads get jobs in their fields 82% of grads stay in Minnesota

5. What is MnSCU?We educate, every year: 52% of Minnesota’s teachers. 82 % of new nursing graduates. 86 % of law enforcement officers. 87 % of new graduates in the construction trades. 92 % of new mechanics graduates. 42 % of new business graduates. 9,000 firefighters and emergency first responders

7. Technical Colleges 7 institutions 950F/T Faculty Technical colleges offer vocational training and education to prepare students for skilled occupations that do not require a baccalaureate degree

8. Community Colleges 5 institutions 1,300 F/T Faculty Lower division instruction in academic programs, occupational programs in which all credits earned will be accepted for transfer to a baccalaureate degree in the same field of study, and remedial studies, for students transferring to baccalaureate institutions and for those seeking associate degrees

9. Consolidated C/T Colleges 13 institutions 3000 F/T Faculty The same types of instruction, programs, certificates, diplomas, and degrees as the technical colleges and community colleges offer

10. State Universities 7 institutions 2,500 F/T Faculty Undergraduate and graduate instruction through the master's degree [and now applied doctorates], including specialist certificates, in the liberal arts and sciences and professional education

11. Office of the Chancellor

13. Credit transfer coordination

14. Labor contracts

15. Presidential searches, reviews

16. Policy

17. Institutional research & data collection

19. Center for Teaching & Learning Mission: To provide systemwide leadership to promote and support collaborative professional development for all system faculty Purpose: To improve student learning and teaching effectiveness by serving as a catalyst for faculty collaboration and institutional improvement.

20. CTL’s Program Areas Leadership development Develop and support campus leadership in faculty development Instructional development Grant funds for innovation Discipline workshops on curriculum, instruction Web resources on teaching Professional development Provide learning opportunities online and in-person that serve faculty’s common needs Conferences for presentation of best practices, SoTL outcomes

21. Who’s Who at CTL Martin Springborg Fine Arts Community Colleges Yvonne Shafer Information Management Systems Entrepreneurship, CTE ZalaFashant Education, Math, Fine Arts STEM, CTE Thomas Wortman Higher Education, Communications State Universities Lynda Milne Higher Education, Psychology, English

22. CTL Faculty Development Teams

23. CTL Grants Promote change, encourage resource development, affect student learning Amounts vary by year Instructional development Individual projects, teams preferred Coordination with institutional goals Peer-reviewed

24. CTL Educational Opportunities One annual conference Realizing Student Potential ● ITeach Discipline/program workshops 12+ per year: transfer, teaching themes, faculty-proposed PKAL-MnSCU Partnership Workshops 4 to 6 per year: pedagogy-focused, intensive day-long workshops in STEM New faculty orientation Orientation to system, facultyroles and responsibilities Login: ctlguest Password: ctlguest ITeach Center Online Teaching Resource Center

25. CTL Educational Opportunities Courses CTL Faculty Lodge Tutorials 19 tutorials, self-paced, 24/7 online Webinars At least 6 new per semester – at no cost! Presented by system faculty and staff Webinar Archives 50 archived webinars on teaching & learning topics Credentialing Courses CTL Philosophy of Teaching Course Credentialing Courses Southwest Minnesota State University Bemidji State University University of Minnesota

26. Enough about us…

27. But you need not juggle…

28. Lay a foundation…and build

30. Classroom teaching

32. Classroom teaching

33. Advising

34. Curriculum development

35. Class schedules

36. Assessment

37. Quality reviews /accreditation

39. Here are your strategies!

41. Confer with colleagues

43. Confer with colleagues

44. Conduct research

45. Departmental colloquia

46. Teaching/disciplinary workshop

47. Occupational workshop/employment

48. Editing professional journal

50. Campus service

51. Professional service

52. Service to students

53. Helping graduates with employment, transfer, etc.

55. How Does Your Time Look?

56. How Should Your Time Look?

57. We’re here for you CTL http://www.ctl.mnscu.edu 651-649-5741