Yellowstone National Park Facebook Page Academic Governance Meeting
Yellowstone National Park Facebook Page Academic Governance Meeting March 2, 2016, 12: 45 PM in Gateway A&B
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Opening Remarks/Minutes/Announcements Committee on Curriculum Actions IQAS Committee Report Strategic Planning Report Technology Committee Report New Committee Announcements
Open Positions • Executive Chair (2 -year term) • SU Senator (3 -year term) • Parliamentarian (appointed) Robert Meyer and Melissa Fierke accepting nominations rmeyer@esf. edu and mkfierke@esf. edu
Spotlight on Student Research and Outreach • April 19 th, 12 -2 pm • Call for abstracts open now, due by April 12 th • Refreshments will be provided • Anticipate 150 posters, typically 50 grad, 100 undergrad
Spotlight on Student Research and Outreach • Significant changes: – One day event – No judging/awards/keynote – Posters organized by level (grad/undergrad) then by department – More refreshments • Staying the same: – Celebrating the good work that our students (and faculty) do at ESF
Committee on Curriculum Actions • • BS in Environmental Science and Health Food Studies Minor (New) BS in Chemistry Curriculum Revision Minor in Landscape Architecture (New)
Committee on Curriculum • Deadline for Fall 2016 – Next Tuesday – Deadline for Course Proposals • March 8 th!
Instructional Quality and Academic Standards Committee Report March 2, 2016
Instructional Quality and Academic Standards Committee Siddarth Chatterjee, PBE Jo Anne Ellis, LIB Shannon Farrell, EFB Melissa Fierke, EFB Paul Hirsch, ES Jonathan Owens, CNS Scott Shannon, OIGS Tyler Shields, GSA Chuck Spuches, Outreach Erika Sykes, USA Mary Thompson, FNRM Kelley Donaghy (Acting Chair)
2015 -2016 Agenda 1. General Education Review (2014 -2015) 2. Academic Standards Committee 3. ESF Foundation Teaching Award a. b. 4. 5. 6. 7. Paul Crovella, 2015 Nominations due to OIGS by April 1 st, 2016 Scantron Center for Teaching and Learning Proposal Advising Sheet (First Year Experience) Classroom Renovations Joint Subcommittee a. b. c. Heidi Webb, Chair (Technology) Melissa Fierke, Jonathon Owens, Mary Thompson Terry Ettinger (Technology)
Scantron Scanner • INSIGHT 4 ES Scanner with Remark Classic OMR Software • Resolution from last spring • Purchased in November • Moon 9 A • Forms
Scantron Use • Libguides. esf. edu/scantron • Heidi Webb, primary contact • Schedule initial training with Heidi • Graduate Student, Faculty
Scantron Forms • SU Forms will not work • Using a generic form this Spring • Full sheet or half sheet • Custom form in the fall • IQAS Chair organizing form orders • kdonaghy@esf. edu
Center for Teaching and Learning • Recognized need for onsite professional development for teaching • On-line and Face-to-Face • In concert with the OPEN SUNY Collaboratorium • Funding – Foundations/Corporations • Ex. Bristol Meyer Squibb at Montclair State – Center for Science Teaching and Learning (High School/College)
Center for Teaching and Learning • Director • Space to Demo and Check out Equipment • Go. Pro, Software, Screen Readers, Webcams, USB cables, microphones, screen capture/video recording, video editing software (Camtasia, etc. ), mac adaptors • Resources for creating inclusive classrooms • Assessment/instructional Design • Maintain a repository of current articles on teaching and learning
Center for Teaching and Learning • Whitepaper coming soon…. . • GOAL: May Academic Governance Meeting
Advising Sheet • Tips for faculty during advising week • Developed by the First Year Experience (FYE) Taskforce • Vetted and Endorsed by IQAS • Copies in the back by the sign in sheets • Posted to IQAS website as well as FYE Site • Endorsed by Associate Provost and Dean Shannon
Classroom Renovation Joint Subcommittee Technology and IQAS • Heidi Webb, Chair • IQAS: Melissa Fierke, Jonathan Owens, Mary Thompson • Technology: Heidi Webb, Terry Ettinger
Charge from the Provost’s Office 1. 2. 3. 4. Create prioritized list of classrooms needing renovation Create prioritized list of teaching labs that need renovation Develop the criteria by which prioritization is determined Develop and implement a process that allows input from all faculty (and possibly students)
Activities • Room Usage • Room Status and Availability • Public Opinion • Campus Survey: Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students • USA and GSA meetings • Short survey targeting undergraduates
Survey Snippets • 148 Respondents Completed Entire Survey • 80% Teach/Instruct Staff 20% Faculty 46% Graduate Students 34% Faculty Graduate Students Staff
What factors do you think are most important to consider when choosing to renovate / upgrade a …? Classroom Factors Technology and equipment Furniture Internet / Wi. Fi access Layout Physical environment (ventilation, heating, cooling, water, etc. ) Mean 4 4. 7 5. 1 5. 3 Lighting (controls, artificial lighting) Writing surfaces Natural Lighting (Windows) Electrical service and outlets Acoustics Physical aesthetics (paint, flooring, etc) Access and security Other 5. 6 5. 8 6. 8 7. 4 8. 3 5. 6 9. 6 10. 3 12. 6 Laboratory Factors Technology and equipment Layout Furniture Internet / Wi. Fi access Physical environment (ventilation, heating, cooling, water, etc. ) Electrical service and outlets Lighting (controls, artificial lighting) Mean 3. 6 4. 7 5 5. 1 5. 3 Writing surfaces Natural Lighting (Windows) Physical aesthetics (paint, flooring, etc) Access and security Acoustics Other 6. 9 7 9. 7 5. 6 5. 7 9. 8 10 12. 5
Criteria Rubric Availability Safety and Security Usage Technology (includes internet) Furnishings Accessibility / Layout Physical Environment Other Factors (Lighting, Writing Surfaces, Acoustics, Outlets, etc. ) • Demand • •
Rubric Example Classroom Factors Highest Priority Medium Accessibility / Layout Screen size/location and/or acoustics make it difficult for could be be students to fully improved but do participate in class. not prevent Instructor and student learning. student mobility is Instructor and severely inhibited student mobility is when in use. not inhibited but also is not easily achieved when in use. Lower Priority Room meets the needs of vision, hearing, and mobility impaired. Instructor and students can move easily around the room when in full use.
Moving Forward • Apply criteria to teaching spaces to create a recommended list of priorities • Contribute to Capitol Planning Committee
Instructional Quality and Academic Standards Committee Siddarth Chatterjee, PBE Jo Anne Ellis, LIB Shannon Farrell, EFB Melissa Fierke, EFB Paul Hirsch, ES Jonathan Owens, CNS Scott Shannon, OIGS Tyler Shields, GSA Chuck Spuches, Outreach Erika Sykes, USA Mary Thompson, FNRM Kelley Donaghy (Acting Chair)
An Update on … VISION 2020 UPDATE Bridging From 2016 to 2020 and Beyond
OUTLINE: VISION 2020 UPDATE Pages 0 1 2 -3 4 5 -6 7 -8 9 -15 16 -29 30 -31 32 33 34 -35 36 -37 38 -39 Cover Page Message from the President (opening statement by SPSC) Vision and Mission ESF Values Commitment to Sustainability Academic Directions Vision 2020 – Goals Assessment - Goal Assessment - Recent Accomplishments/Initiatives Diversity and Inclusivity Aligning ESF’s Vision 2020 with SUNY Excels Goal to Goal – Vision 2020 Fully Aligned With SUNY Excels New Strategies to Meet SUNY Excels President’s Initiatives Acknowledgements and Recognitions
General Info Sources for Update 1 /4 from Vision 2020 1 /4 from 9/15/15 Draft 1 /2 NEW (“new”) !!!
Key Documents Used Diversity and Inclusion from the Ground Up, December 2015 ESF Unit and Department reports (n=23) ESF Strategic Planning Document, May 7, 2015, DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION ONLY FOUNDATIONS FOR A SECOND CENTURY, ESF’s Strategic Plan, Fall 2015, DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT (Version 1: 9/15//15) Middle State Reaccreditation, 2011 Self-study Challenges and Recommendations Middle State Reaccreditation, AY 12/13 SUNY-ESF College-wide Metrics Middle States Reaccreditation, Advancing Sustainability at ESF, A Selected Topics Self-Study for MSCHE Reaccreditation, October 2011 SUNY Excels 2015 Performance Improvement Plan, Attachment 1: Narrative SUNY Excels: Date Executive Summary, January 2016 (presented in “Envir Sci Forestry SUNY Excels Data Summary Graph amd Detail Tables_Final. xlsx” Transdisciplinary Question #1: What are the relationships between humans and the environment? Committee report dated March 2015 Transdisciplinary Question #2: What are earth’s species and dynamics? Committee report dated March 2015 Transdisciplinary Question #3: How can we meet human needs while conserving the environment? Committee report dated March 2015 Transdisciplinary Question #4: How can we adapt to changing environments? Committee report dated March 2015 Undergraduate Strategic Planning Committee Report, March 2015 Vision 2020, SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY, circa 2003
Where from for NEW ? Diversity and Inclusion from the Ground Up, December 2015 ESF Unit and Department reports (n=23) ESF Strategic Planning Document, May 7, 2015, DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION ONLY FOUNDATIONS FOR A SECOND CENTURY, ESF’s Strategic Plan, Fall 2015, DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT (Version 1: 9/15//15) Middle State Reaccreditation, 2011 Self-study Challenges and Recommendations Middle State Reaccreditation, AY 12/13 SUNY-ESF College-wide Metrics Middle States Reaccreditation, Advancing Sustainability at ESF, A Selected Topics Self-Study for MSCHE Reaccreditation, October 2011 SUNY Excels 2015 Performance Improvement Plan, Attachment 1: Narrative SUNY Excels: Date Executive Summary, January 2016 (presented in “Envir Sci Forestry SUNY Excels Data Summary Graph amd Detail Tables_Final. xlsx” Transdisciplinary Question #1: What are the relationships between humans and the environment? Committee report dated March 2015 Transdisciplinary Question #2: What are earth’s species and dynamics? Committee report dated March 2015 Transdisciplinary Question #3: How can we meet human needs while conserving the environment? Committee report dated March 2015 Transdisciplinary Question #4: How can we adapt to changing environments? Committee report dated March 2015 Undergraduate Strategic Planning Committee Report, March 2015 Vision 2020, SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY, circa 2003
OUTLINE: VISION 2020 UPDATE Pages 0 1 2 -3 4 5 -6 7 -8 9 -15 16 -29 30 -31 32 33 34 -35 36 -37 38 -39 March 2015 Reports: The Four Questions and Undergraduate Cover Page Message from the President (opening statement by SPSC) Vision and Mission ESF Values Commitment to Sustainability Academic Directions Unit and Vision 2020 – Goals Assessment Department - Goal Assessment Reports (n=23) - Recent Accomplishments/Initiatives Diversity and Inclusivity 2015 -2016 Aligning ESF’s Vision 2020 with SUNY Excels Goal to Goal – Vision 2020 Fully Aligned With SUNY Excels New Strategies to Meet SUNY Excels President’s Initiatives Acknowledgements and Recognitions
Timeline – March-May March 2: SPSC meeting March 7: Initial Draft given to President Wheeler March 11: 1 st DRAFT available to College community (via web site, email) March 23: Information Session 1 st Draft of Update March 25: Information Session 1 st Draft of Update March 30: Academic Governance Presentation April 4 -8: SPSC Meeting April 11: 2 nd Draft available to college community April 13: Information Session 2 nd Draft April 15: Information Session 2 nd Draft April 20: Academic Governance Presentation April 25: Submit final Draft to President Wheeler May: President Wheeler submits final Draft for approval to Board of Trustees May 24: SPSC work complete – committee disbands
Website – Activated Today www. esf. edu/strategicplan
Thank you Strategic Planning Steering Committee, January 7, 2016
Vision 2020 Updating Team !!! Strategic Planning Steering Committee, January 13, 2016
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT 2 March 2016
Presidential Advisory Group • Met with members of Executive Cabinet in December • Issues of tech support • Independence from SU • Issues of content creation for Open Academy • Resolved to move forward on last issue with an advisory group. • Recruited to represent specific area of expertise. • Paul Otteson • Terry Ettinger • Dayton Reuter • Tiffany Deater • Christopher Baycura • Benjamin Taylor Expect to call on others within and outside of ESF as ad hoc advisors
Presidential Advisory Group • “Needs and Opportunities for Online Content” • Charge is available on AG web site. • Meant to address matters arising in context of developing plans for Open Academy. • Facilitating faculty-driven content creation • “The content bottleneck” • Transition to a more sustained task force to continue work on this. Issues of content creation for Open Academy • Details of charge were finalized middle of February. • First meeting on Friday 26 February. • Interim report due 15 April 2016.
Online education is here • New opportunities for to s e i l app ! • enhanced revenue o s l A rch a e s • enhancing the College’s media footprint re • leveraging resources • participatory science • outreach to new communities (local, statewide, national, international) • Vast new pedagogical opportunities • The College is far behind the curve and needs to catch up. • Analyzed at some length in ESF’s Digital Future • PAG is charged with making recommendations for action to “fluidize” online content creation. • Focus on empowering faculty • Creativity “Willy Sutton Rule” • Energy • Innovation • • Enabling Facilitating Incentivizing Rewarding
What the PAG will do s to e i l p ap Also earch! res • Identify the “low-hanging fruit. ” • Courses that can readily be moved into production for online delivery (“kick-start” courses) • Presents what make ESF distinct • Marketability • Ready convertibility • Highlights faculty • Opens up student opportunity • Faculty-led • Met with Ho. Ds in Academic Council • Individual meetings with departments (Dayton Reuter) • Have a prioritized list of candidates by 1 st week of April. • Longer-term conversation about coordination with curricula, etc.
What the PAG will do • Identify the current impediments (1) • Clearing the hurdle • How to effectively support faculty who wish to move online (don’t kill the faculty) • • Technical support Skills support Training support Personal and professional support • Some possibilities we will be exploring • Access to software • Access to equipment • Availability of skilled help • Share your thoughts with: • Paul Otteson, Dayton Reuter, Scott Turner.
What the PAG will do • Identify the current impediments (2) • Better use or repurposing of existing resources. • Some areas we will be exploring: • A “pipeline” for moving course development from conception to release. • A roving group of “Digital Media Fellows” • Skilled • On call • Release time for faculty • Share your thoughts with: • Tiffany Deater, Christopher Baycura, Scott Turner. • Reaching out to outside expertise.
What the PAG will do • Identify the current impediments (3) • Better use or repurposing of existing resources. • Some areas we will be exploring: • Better use of existing asset management tools • Storage • Ensemble • Connect • Identify new opportunities for accessibility and coordination • Library resources • Archives • Literature • Digital Commons. • Share your thoughts with: • Paul Otteson, Jessica Clemons, Scott Turner. • Reaching out to outside expertise.
What the PAG will do • Identify opportunities and solutions (1) • Incentivizing faculty and content creators • Some areas we will be exploring: • Copyright, intellectual property, frameworks for royalties and licensing • Clear incentives for promotion and tenure • Recognition (College and peer) • Release time • Extra service compensation • Share your thoughts with: • Terry Ettinger, Scott Turner.
What the PAG will do • Identify opportunities and solutions (2) • Laying out the creative space • New pedagogical models • New possibilities for outreach to various communities • Student-driven production • Efficiencies in use of faculty time and energy • Facilitating degree completion and streamlining curricula • Certification, badging and micro-credentialing. • Share your thoughts with: • Tiffany Deater, Dayton Reuter, Benjamin Taylor. Christopher Baycura, Scott Turner.
What the PAG will do • Identify opportunities and solutions (3) • Future staffing and infrastructure needs • Infrastructure • Personnel • Expertise • Share your thoughts with: • Paul Otteson, Scott Turner.
Please help • Comments, thoughts, brickbats all are welcome (by 1 st week of April please) • The idea is to empower faculty • To help ESF preserve its traditions of excellence as we move into the digital world. • Contact info: • Scott Turner (jsturner@syr. edu) • Dayton Reuter (ddreuter@esf. edu) • Terry Ettinger (tlettinger@esf. edu) • Paul Otteson (potteson@esf. edu) • Tiffany Deater (tldeater@syr. edu) • Christopher Baycura (cbaycura@esf. edu) • Benjamin Taylor (btayl 100@syr. edu)
New Opportunities Provost Search Committee College Diversity Committee College Capital Planning Committee ESF Strengthening Our Community Engagement Task Force • Academic Freedom Task Force • • – Call to go out again shortly
Next Meetings March 30, 2016 12: 45 PM April 20, 2016 12: 45 PM May 12, 2016 TBD Location: Gateway A&B Acadia National Park Department of the Interior Facebook Page
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