Implementing Vision and Change:
Sharing Strategies and Successes
Sharon Klavins, UW-Platteville
Karen Klyczek, UW-River Falls
OPID/PULSE Conference
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
April 11, 2015
Overview
• Introductions
• PULSE programs and resources
• Hands-on experience with PULSE tools
– How is your department doing?
– What would you like to enhance?
• Examples of successful strategies
• Identify networking opportunities
What is PULSE?
Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education
• Initiated as as result of a collaboration between NSF,
NIH/NIGMS, and HHMI
• Charge: to catalyze change in life science education at
the departmental level using the recommendations in
Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology
Education: A Call to Action
A Vision for Implementing Change
• Integrate core concepts and competencies throughout
the undergraduate biology curriculum
• Focus on student-centered learning
 Authentic research experiences
 Innovative pedagogical practices – active
experiential learning, multiple forms of instruction
 Assessment of student learning outcomes
• Promote a campus-wide commitment to change
 Administrative support, faculty development,
resources and tools for reform
• Engage the biology community in implementation
Vision and Change Leadership Fellows
• 40 Department Chairpersons/Deans who have
worked on developing a framework for V&C
implementation since 2012
• Developed resources/materials for departmental
level change.
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Rubrics for department self-study, certification
Online resources (toolkit, workshops)
Ambassadors to facilitate departmental change efforts
Outreach, awareness and mapping efforts
Regional networks
www.pulsecommunity.org
Vision & Change Rubrics
• Purpose:
– Evaluate department progress in V&C implementation
– Certification Program
• Six areas: curriculum development, faculty
support, student engagement and inclusivity,
assessment, infrastructure, and the campus
climate for change
• All types of Institutions
• PULSE Vision & Change Rubrics v1.0
www.pulsecommunity.org
Vision & Change Ambassadors
• Goal: Develop cadre of faculty trained in
institutional change strategies
o Serve as catalysts for departmental change
o Provide resources for individuals and
departments
o Provide structure for ongoing support and
follow up for implementation
Regional Networks
Pacific Northwest
Midwest and Great Plains
New England
• Systems approach to
institutional change
• AK, WA, OR, ID, MT,
WY
• 2 conferences, follow
up, RCN-UBE
• Connect with NWBIO
• Regional hubs
• IA, IL, IN, KA, MI, MN, MO,
ND, OH, OK, SD, WI
• 1 conference and follow
up, EAGER
• 2nd conference in June
• Focus on supporting
change agents in
departments
• Online component
• 3 workshops
• VT, NH, MA, CT, ME,
RI, NY
Southwest
Southeast Regional
• Newly formed
• AZ, CA, CO, HI, NM, TX
• AL, FL, GA, KY, NC,
SC, TN, VA, WV, VI
• Focus on diversity
• 1 conference and
follow up
• Connect with ASB
Mid-Atlantic
• In development
• NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD
81 institutions from 31 states impacted
Midwest and Great Plains Network – Regional Hubs
Fellows’ Institutions:
Southwest Minnesota State U
Betsy Desy
U of Wisconsin-River Falls
Karen Klyczek
Iowa State University
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman
Washington University
Kathy Miller
Truman State University
Michael Kelrick
Oberlin College
Taylor Allen
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Planning Committee and Founding Network Institutions
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Steven Matzner, Augustana College (SD)
Jennifer Momsen, North Dakota State University (ND)
Paul Arriola and Eve Melgren, Elmhurst College (IL)
Elena Brey Speth, Saint Louis University (MO)
Robert Seiser, Roosevelt University (IL)
Rosa Rivera-Hainaj and Janis Thompson, Lorain County Community
College (OH)
Caroline Breitenberger, Ohio State University (OH)
Monica Hall-Woods, St . Charles Community College (MO)
Todd Martin and Terry Davin, Metropolitan Community College (MO)
Mary Phillips, Tulsa Community College (OK)
Jim Colbert, Iowa State University (IA)
Bernd Fritzsch and Bryant McAllister, University of Iowa (IA)
Stephanie Gardner, Purdue University (IN)
Sharon Klavins, University of Wisconsin-Platteville (WI)
Stephen Nold, University of Wisconsin-Stout (WI)
MWGP: 2014 Institution Types
Research Univ
16%
37%
21%
26%
Regional
Comprehensive
Liberal Arts
College/Univ
2-year or
Community College
MWGP Conference Goals
June 2014
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• Identify talents, expertise, support in region
• Facilitate connections, collaborations, synergies
• Convey strategies for facilitating departmental
discussions on curricular change
• Develop departmental action plans to enhance
programs with respect to V&C
• Provide information about PULSE resources
• Determine mechanisms for maintaining and growing
the network
– Next conference: June 5-7, 2015
Complete the “PULSE Progress Snapshot
Rubric”
Identify
• areas of success
• areas that need enhancement
• resources that are needed to
accomplish enhancement
Report out
Faculty Development and Support
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Rewards
Mentoring
Support for innovation
Training in new pedagogy
Collaboration, sharing
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