The STEM Teaching, Engagement and Pedagogy (STEP) Program is designed to encourage research-focused STEM faculty to become more knowledgeable about Evidence-Based Instructional Practices (EBIPs) and to support the implementation of targeted strategies borne out of this type of research.
The STEP Faculty & Student Partnerships Program is strategically blending the often-isolated approaches of faculty development and student success to create faculty-student partnerships that train both faculty and Learning Assistants (LAs) to create classroom communities that will enhance student learning and faculty satisfaction. This strategic plan to blend evidence-based instructional techniques with peer instruction initiatives, like Learning Assistants, will ensure consistency in the evidence-based approach for faculty and students, enhance training for faculty and LAs, ensure regulatory compliance (i.e., FERPA), provide access to Blackboard and ultimately create a central hub for faculty and students to partner.
The goals of this project are to emphasize faculty and student partnerships while training and supporting STEM faculty in the use of EBIPs from course conception and development through classroom implementation.
This program offers weekly Zoom meetings to address current faculty needs and concerns related to pedagogy. These flexible Zoom sessions are intended to be a casual come and go, virtual conversations where we discuss various evidence-based pedagogical techniques and crowd-source creative and empirical solutions for our day to day responsibilities in the classroom. Topics include Bloom’s taxonomy, how to improve “cold-calling”, transparent assignment design, and more. These sessions are not just for faculty in STEM and are open and applicable to any discipline!
Spring 2024 Schedule:
- Tuesdays from 2:00-3:00 PM
- Wednesdays from 11:00-11:50 AM
- Thursdays from 9:30-10:30 AM
Please use this link to join the standing meetings for any of the times listed: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/9133326523