Queensborough Community College
DEPARTMENT:
Non-teaching Department
CETL
June2014
2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
MISSION
The mission of CETL is to foster faculty’s innovation and effectiveness. By promoting teaching
and publication grounded in evidenced-based best practices and the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning, CETL facilitates not just faculty excellence but also student success. Through
workshops and programs, CETL brings faculty from all disciplines into contact with creative
instructional practices and technologies. Using a collaborative approach and building on faculty
strengths, CETL supports a campus culture that recognizes and values faculty contributions.
A. DEPARTMENT CORE ACTIVITIES AND PERFORMANCE
Plan, develop, and coordinate a
consistent number of professional
development activities
Encourage and support faculty in
implementing innovative
pedagogies to engage students
Encourage and support faculty in
utilizing
instructional technology for
engaging students
Encourage and support faculty in
submitting proposals to
conferences, giving conference
presentations, and submitting
articles for publication
B.
Volume of service and participation of full
time and part time faculty
Yes
Number of faculty participating in high
impact learning practices
Yes
Number of workshops on instructional
technology and number of faculty utilizing
instructional technology to enhance their
courses
Yes
yes
Number of faculty’s presentations and
articles related to pedagogy
DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES, 2013-2014
Type of Activity and Topic
Organized, Presented, Date
or Both
Number
Attending
Reflective and Integrative Learning
Assessment of SWIG
Invited Speaker-Writing in the 21st Century
Organized and
presented
Organized
8/20/13
17
8/21/13
32
Event-New Faculty orientation
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
8/27/13
22
8/30/13
15
Organized and
Presented
Organized
9/10/13
27
9/10/13
10
Organized
9/18/13
10
Presented
9/20/13
13
Workshop-Academic Service-Learning 101
Event-New Adjunct Faculty orientation
Workshop- How to use library’s E-Reserve
system for your courses
Workshop- Library Workshop on Academic
Publishing
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
June2014
and Learning-Session One
Common Read Book Club – Professional
Workshops
Organized and
Presented
Workshop- How can classroom work have an
impact on Community College Pedagogy/
Organized
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Two
WorkshopReflection and High Impact Practices
Workshop-Campus-Based Partnerships in
Pedagogical Research
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Three
WorkshopThe Art of Discussion Leading
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Four
Workshop-CUNY-Based Partnerships in
Pedagogical research
Workshop-Using rubrics to promote student
learning outcomes
Workshop-Exploring Global & Diversity
learning
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Five
Workshop-New faculty Institute
New Adjunct and Substitute Faculty
Orientation
Workshop-Course Design across HIPs
Winter Institute-Global & Diversity Learning as
a High Impact Practice
Workshop-Course Design
Event-New Adjunct Faculty Orientation
Workshop Series-Bridging the Gap;
Session One
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session One
Workshop-Grant Development-C3IRG
Workshop Series-Bridging the Gap; Session
Two
10/2,
10/30,
11/6,
11/7,
11/25,
11/26
10/2/13
63
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized
10/4/13
9
10/9/13
20
10/23/13
24
Organized and
Presented
Organized
10/25/13
7
10/30/13
6
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized
11/15/13
9
11/20/13
32
11/22/13
10
12/11/13
30
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized
Organized and
Presented
12/13/13
8
1/13/14
-1/16/14
2/6/14
28
1/16/14
45
1/21/141/22/14
1/24/14
12
25
2/3/14
16
2/5/14
18
2/14/14
6
2/14/14
3/5/14
20
16
30
12
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
June2014
Workshop-Reflection as a means to enhancing
student learning-Across HIPs
Workshop-Reflection as a means to enhancing
student learning-Across HIPs
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Two
Workshop Series-Bridging the Gap; Session
Three
Workshop-Pedagogical Research
Proposal Guidelines
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Three
Event-Faculty Presentations of Pedagogical
Research Results (2012)
Workshop-The IRB Review Process
Invited Speaker- Jackie Dewar- Where’s the
Evidence Publishing your Pedagogical
Projects
Invited Speaker-Where’s the Evidence:
Designing and Carrying out a Pedagogical
research Study
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Four
Workshop Series-Bridging the Gap; Session
Four
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Five
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized
3/7/14
27
3/12/14
39
3/14/14
5
3/26/14
14
3/20/13
15
3/28/14
5
4/2/14
30
Organized
Organized
4/2/14
4/4/14
15
16
Organized
4/9/14
25
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
4/11/14
6
4/23/14
14
4/25/14
24
Invited Speaker Milton Cox- Three Steps to
Publishing SoTL
Workshop Series-Bridging the Gap
Session Five
Seminar Series-The Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning-Session Six
Organized
4/25/14
22
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
5/7/14
8
5/9/14
4
Organized
Organized and
Presented
Organized and
Presented
5/23/14
6/2-4/14
19
7
SP ‘14
1,368
Workshop – The Idea Grant proposals
Developing your Teaching/Professional ePortfolio
Common Read Co-Curricular Events
C. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES/ACHIEVEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT’S
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, 2012-2013
Name
Meg Tarafdar
Achievement type (from
menu)
Conference
Presentation
Citation
“Engaging Students in Global Learning:
Knowledge, skills, and dispositions.”
International Conference on Teaching
Semester
Spring
2014
Queensborough Community College
Meg Tarafdar
Conference
Presentation
Meg Tarafdar
Conference
Presentation
Meg Tarafdar
Invited Presenter
Meg Tarafdar
Conference
Presentation
Meg Tarafdar
Conference
Presentation
Meg Tarafdar
College Service
Meg Tarafdar
Campus Presentation
Meg Tarafdar
Invited Presenter
Meg Tarafdar
Training Attended
Meg Tarafdar
Workshop Conducted
Meg Tarafdar
Meg Tarafdar
(with Jo Pantaleo
College Service
Publication (book
Chapter)
Non-teaching Department
and Leadership Excellence, NISOD
(National Institute of Staff and
Organizational Development), Austin,
Texas, May 25, 2014
“Global Learning inside and outside the
Classroom.” CUE Conference: Learning
inside and outside the classroom,
LaGuardia Comm. College, CUNY.
May 2, 2014
“Facilitating Culturally Responsive
Teaching in the Literature Classroom:
Design, Implementation, and
evaluation.” Transitions and
Transactions II conference on
Community College Pedagogy, April 26,
2014.
“Somaly Mam as Bodhisattva: Buddhist
Perspective on the Message of
Enlightenment in The Road of Lost
Innocence.” Cross Curricular
Connections –Common Read, QCC.
March 31, 2014
“Creating the Globally Informed College
Student.” Tri-State Best Practices
Conferences, Bergen Community
College,
March 1, 2014.
“Differences that Matter: Instructional
Design for Diverse learners in the
Online Learning Environment.” HETS
Best Practices Conference, PuertoRico, Jan 17, 2014
Committee Member-Cultural and
Archival Resources
“Diversity and Global Learning –High
Impact Practice. Campus Conversation,
Feb 26, 2014.
“Engaging students during tutoring.”
College Discover Program staff
development, Jan 28-29, 2014 and Sept
11-12, 2013
“Community Engagement Institute for
Two Year Colleges,” Guttman
Community College, Jan 27, 2014
“Diversity and Global Learning –High
Impact Practice. Winter Institute, Jan
21-22, 2014.
Study Abroad Task Force-Advisor
“Fostering the Intercultural
Learning Cycle through Academic
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Spring
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AY 13-14
Fall 2013
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
June2014
Meg Tarafdar
Grant Received
Meg Tarafdar
Publication (Book
Chapter)
Meg Tarafdar
College Service
Service Learning (ASL)” in Intercultural
Horizons: Intercultural Strategies in
Civic Engagement. Cambridge Scholars
Press. 2013.
Teagle Foundation Three year Grant:
“A Larger Vision for student learningEducating for Civic and Moral
Responsibility.”
“Teaching Eastern Perspectives in
World Literature Courses: An
Interdisciplinary Approach.” Teaching
Literature in Community College:
Traversing Practices. McGraw Hill,
2012. (ISBN- 13: 978-0-07-812019-0
and ISBN-10: 0-07-812019-5)
QPAC Director Search
Meg Tarafdar
College Service
Affirmative Action Rep-
Meg Tarafdar
Workshop Attended
Professional Development Day:
“Integrating Rubin Museum of Art
collections into your classes.” Rubin
Museum gallery, Oct 10, 2013.
Fall 2013
Jane E Hindman
Grant Received
Jane E Hindman
Conference
Presentation
AY
2013-14
Spring
2014
Jane E Hindman
Conference
Presentation
Jane E Hindman
Conference
Presentation
Jane E Hindman
Conference
Presentation
Jane E Hindman
Invited Workshop
Presenter
“Getting Ready for College Writing”
from Graduate NYC!
“Description and Disruptions: Native
American Auto-Ethnographic Texts.”
Conference on College Composition
and Communication. Indianapolis IN
March 18-21, 2014.
"Re-thinking the Politics of Second
Wave Feminists: The Case of Midge
Costanza." Conference on College
Composition and Communication.
Indianapolis IN March 18-21, 2014.
“Scaling Up High Impact Practices in
the Community College.” 10th Annual
CUNY CUE Conference: Learning
Inside and Outside the Classroom. La
Guardia Community College NY. May
2, 2014.
“Strategic Engagement: Supporting
Faculty Writing for Publication.” The
Teaching Professor Conference.
Boston MA. May 30 – June 1, 2014
“Getting Started with SOTL.” AAS
Program and MSN Program faculty,
Department of Nursing, City Tech.
October 24, 2014
and Sharon
Ellerton)
Fall
2013
Fall 2013
Fall
2013
Fall 2013
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Fall
2013
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
June2014
“The Queensborough Academies
Model.” Monroe Community College.
November 10-11, 2013
Professional Development Day:
“Integrating Rubin Museum of Art
collections into your classes.” Rubin
Museum gallery, Oct 10, 2013.
Comprehensive Ethics Training Course.
December 3, 2013
“Community Engagement Institute for
Two Year Colleges,” Guttman
Community College, Jan 27, 2014
Middle States Conference on Higher
Education and workshop on General
Education Assessment. Philadelphia
PA. December 7 – 10, 2013.
Workshop on “New Designs for
Integrative Learning.” AAC&U
Conference. Washington DC January
22, 2014.
AAC&U Conference and ePortfolio
Forum. Washington DC. January 2225, 2014.
Fall
2013
Spring
2014
College Service
AAC&U Institute on High Impact
Practices. Nashville TN June 17-21,
2014
Reviewer “CETL Pedagogical
Challenge Grants Review team” and
representative of team to proposers
Committee Member Academic
Development Committee
English Department faculty search
committees
HPED faculty search committee
Jane E Hindman
College Service
Library faculty search committee
Jane E Hindman
College Service
CTL Council – member
Jane E Hindman
College Service
Academies Strategic Planning
Committee
Susan Madera
Workshop Attended
Susan Madera
Organized Campus
Professional Development Day:
“Integrating Rubin Museum of Art
collections into your classes.” Rubin
Museum gallery,
Oct 10, 2013.
“Women in STEM”
Jane E Hindman
Invited Lecture
Jane E Hindman
Workshop Attended
Jane E Hindman
Workshop Attended
Jane E Hindman
Training Attended
Jane E Hindman
Conference and
workshop Attended
Jane E Hindman
Conference and
workshop Attended
Jane E Hindman
Jane E Hindman
College Service
(represent QCC as a
Roadmap College and
as a Connect to Learn
project Institution)
College Service
(represent QCC as a
team member)
College Service
Jane E Hindman
College Service
Jane E Hindman
College Service
Jane E Hindman
Jane E Hindman
Fall
2013
Fall
2013
Spring
2014
Fall
2013
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
AY 1314
Fall
2013
Fall
2013
Spring
2014
AY 1314
AY 1314
Fall
2013
Fall
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
Susan Madera
Presentation
Invited Lecturer
Susan Madera
Invited Presenter
Susan Madera
Susan Madera
College Service
(represent QCC as
Roadmap Team Leader
and as a Connect to
Learn project Institution)
Webinar Participant
Susan Madera
Workshop Attended
Susan Madera
Invited Participant
Susan Madera
Invited Lecturer
Susan Madera
Organized
Susan Madera
College Service
Susan Madera
Webinar Participant
Susan Madera
College Service
Susan Madera
College Service
Susan Madera
College Service
June2014
October 23, 2014
“The Queensborough Academies
Model.” Monroe Community College
November 10-11, 2013
New Faculty Institute
January 14, 2014
AAC&U Conference and ePortfolio
Forum. Washington DC. January 2225, 2014.
2013
Fall
2013
“Changing Student Pathways”
March 6, 2014
“Reflection as a Means to Enhancing
Student Learning-Across HIPs”
March 12, 2013
“Conversations about Learning
Communities at CUNY Community
Colleges: Best Practices, Lessons
Learned, Next Steps” at BMCC
Friday, April 25, 2014
“How Do We Know if Students Get It?”
At Manchester Community College
May 2, 2014
AAC&U Focus Groups “GEMS: General
Education Maps and Markers:
Gathering Student Feedback on
General Education”
May 8, 2014
CLIP HEO Search
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
“The Evolving Curriculum: Measuring
Effectiveness of Change”
June 26, 2014
Honors Committee Member
Academies Strategic Planning
Committee
Roadmap Team Leader
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
Spring
2014
AY 1314
AY 1314
AY 1314
D. DEPARTMENT CHANGES, 2013-2014
Type (from menu)
New HEO
Description of
Change
Personnel
Reason for
Change
CETL
responsibilities
expanded to
included HIPs
management
Date/Semester
July 1, 2013
Evaluation of
Change*
Annual Evaluation
Queensborough Community College
PT College
Assistant
PT College
Assistant
PT College
Assistant
New desk, table,
book cases, filing
cabinets, office
chairs, chairs for
computer lab
New office built in
suite 316A
Additional phone
line 718-281-5311
Bridge the Gap
workshop series
Non-teaching Department
Personnel
CETL
responsibilities
expanded
Personnel
Take over
duties when
CLT left
Personnel
Assistance with
ePortfolio
seminar and
creating HIPs
Blackboard site
Facilities/space New HEO and
upgrade of
chairs &
bookcases
June2014
September
2013
Annual Evaluation
May 2013
Annual Evaluation
June 2013
Annual Evaluation
AY 13-14
N/A
Facilities/space Accommodation Summer 13
for new HEO
Facilities
New line for
Spring 2014
Associate
Director when
CETL main line
taken over by
office assistant
Services
Professional
Spring 2014
development re:
cognitive
sciences
N/A
N/A
FIG - Publishing
your Pedagogical
Research Project
Services
Faculty request
AY 13-14
FIG – Global and
Diversity Learning
FIG –
Undergraduate
Research
Backwards Course
Design - workshop
Services
OAA request to
add HIP
OAA request to
add HIP
AY 13-14
Numbers of
participants;
surveys of
participants’
experience
Numbers of
participants;
surveys of
participants’
experience
deliverables
AY 13-14
deliverables
Across-HIPs
professional
development
Across-HIPs
professional
development
January 16 &
24, 2014
Survey of
participant
satisfaction
Survey of
participant
satisfaction
Reflection workshop
Services
Services
Services
March 7 & 12,
2014
Queensborough Community College
Creating an
Effective Rubric
Non-teaching Department
June2014
Services
Request from
November 22,
Survey of
Office of
2013
participant
Assessment,
satisfaction
Accreditation
and Institutional
Effectiveness
*Please note that, if change has been too recent to evaluate, you may indicate NA.
E. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION, 2013-2014
Key
Performance
Indicator*
Target outcome(s)
for Key
Performance
Indicator**
Volume of service
and participation
of full time and
part time faculty
Assess and address
faculty need re:
faculty development
Actual
outcome(s)
Per CETL
Faculty
Satisfaction
Survey (May
2013),
scheduling and
types of CETL
workshops
revised to
include Bridge
the Gap and
ePortfolio.
Per exit survey
responses:
curriculum in
New Faculty
Institute revised
to include more
hands-on and
teaching-related
material;
curriculum in
Assessment
Institute and to
offer follow-up
workshop in
Developing
Rubrics.
Over 800
faculty and staff
Recommended
action plan
Volume of
service for
CETL-led
workshops does
not necessarily
indicate quality
of service.
CETL’s
awareness of
faculty need for
professional
development
and response to
that need should
be a KPI.
Recommended
status of Core
Activity and KPI
(see menu)
KPI has been
modified
Queensborough Community College
Number of
faculty
participating in
HIPs
Enhance quality and
coherence of HIPs
pedagogy
Non-teaching Department
attended CETL
sponsored
and/or led
events in AY1314.
Two acrossHIPs workshops
were added to
CETL’s catalog
of HIP faculty
development to
encourage
participation in
and coherence
across HIPs.
Student
Learning
Outcomes
developed for
each HIP.
18 new faculty
participated in
HIPs as result of
CETL-ponsored
FIGS that
structured and
introduced 2
new HIPs, GDL
and UR.
Number of
faculty utilizing
instructional
technology
Offer instructional
technology
professional
development only if
not available
through ACC
Per CETL
Faculty
Satisfaction
Survey (May
2013),
“incorporating
instructional
technology into
my courses” is
Volume of
faculty
participating in
HIPs does not
necessarily
indicate impact
on student
learning.
June2014
Core activity and
KPI have been
modified
“Enhance
quality and
coherence of
HIPs pedagogy”
should be core
activity of
CETL.
Assessment of
SLOs and of
implementation
of HIPs should
be KPI.
Other means of
encouraging
faculty to
implement
innovative
pedagogies
should also be
considered in
KPI for this core
activity.
Since it is ACC’s Core activity and
KPI have been
eLearning
discontinued
Institute—not
CETL-sponsored
activities—that
train faculty to
develop hybrid
courses, it’s
recommended
Queensborough Community College
Number of
faculty giving
presentations
and publishing
articles related
to pedagogy
Increase by 10%
faculty scholarly
activity related to
pedagogy
Non-teaching Department
June2014
that this KPI be
faculty’s #1
choice for future removed from
CETL’s targeted
workshops.
outcomes.
CETL
conducted
faculty focus
groups in Spring
2014 to examine
faculty’s
technological
needs in detail.
Core activity and
In the annual
Continue to
KPI will continue
FAR (faculty
include all
as before
activity report)
faculty and
QCC faculty
HEOs in future
and HEOs
FAR related to
reported 31
pedagogy.
journal articles
or book chapters Continue
and 137
offering
conference
introductory
presentations
SOTL workshop
and published to series and of
pedagogy.
pedagogical
(compared to 6
research design
articles, 28
speakers and
conferences
presentations.
from mandatory
faculty reporting Add
in 2012).
intermediate
level SOTL
activity related
to designing a
pedagogical
research project
F. ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR NEW YEAR, 2014-2015
Core Activity
(New Year)
Plan, develop, and
coordinate
consistent number
of professional
Key Performance
Indicator
(New Year)
Assessment of and
response to faculty’s
need for professional
development
Target Outcome(s)*
Plan for Achieving
Target Outcome
Faculty learning in and
satisfaction with type
and quality of CETL
workshops
Develop multiple
methods of assessing
CETL services
Queensborough Community College
development
activities, including
series of themebased workshops
Encourage and
support faculty in
implementing
innovative
pedagogies to
engage students
Enhance quality
and coherence of
HIPs pedagogy
Non-teaching Department
Faculty driven
activities/workshops
Consistent and/or
increasing numbers of
faculty using HIPs and
other innovative
pedagogies
Student learning
outcomes
Number of faculty and
HEO scholarly
activities related to
pedagogy
Promote and facilitate
FIGs
Bridge the Gap
seminar series
HIPs showcase SP15
Promotion of current
faculty’s innovative
pedagogies
Consistent
implementation of
HIPs
Encourage and
support faculty in
submitting
pedagogically
related proposals to
conferences and
funding sources as
well as articles to
SOTL journals
Faculty’s knowledge of
science of learning and
application to their
teaching methods
June2014
Improved student
learning of gen ed
outcome in HIPs v. nonHIPs courses
50% agreement in
student/prof views of 8
quality student
engagement indicators
featured in HIPs courses
Increase C3iRG, IDEA,
and PSC CUNY grant
applications by 5%
Increase number of
SOTL articles and
conference presentations
by 5%
*Targets indicated here will direct assessment efforts for the following year – see part A, column 3.
Campus Conversation
and/or other QCC
faculty presentations
HIPs Assessment
Action Plan
SOTL seminar series
Invited presentations
re: application process
for
pedagogical research
grants
FIGs related to
pedagogical research
design