Embedding education specialists within departments to catalyze change
Feb 28 2019 Join authors Stephanie Chasteen and Warren Code as they discuss the messages from their new (free, open-source) Science Education Initiative Handbook on how to effectively use discipline-based education specialists to facilitate change within departments. We will discuss who makes a good educational expert, what their role can be within a department, how to train and support them, and engaging faculty and departments in change.

Co-Creating Systemic Change of Instructor Practices for Better Student Wellbeing and Academic Outcomes
Sep 19 2023 Join this session with the Action Network for Equitable Wellbeing for an interactive discussion that will briefly highlight key insights and explore synergies and potential collaboration between ANEW and ASCN.

Empowering STEM departments to enact change through the PULSE Ambassadors Program
Sep 27 2022 The PULSE Ambassadors Program is designed to inspire department-level transformation in STEM education through a two-day workshop with department faculty and follow-up support activities. A team of trained facilitators guides the department to build a shared vision for transformed undergraduate education by increasing ownership and collaboration in the visioning process. Rooted in biology-education reform efforts, the program supports departments across STEM disciplines and institution types as they undertake the challenge of providing equitable access to STEM education for all students. Participants in this session will learn about the goals, structure, and outcomes of the PULSE Ambassadors Program.

The Politics of Leading Change Panel Discussion
Apr 19 2022 As change leaders, we often come up against challenges we call "politics". This series examines the politics of leading change through three types of engagements: 1) a recording of Susan Elrod's (Chancellor, Indiana University-South Bend) presentation on leadership moves, which starts to de-mystify actions change leaders take that sometimes fall under the "politics" umbrella [17:27- 43:54], 2) a panel discussion with change leaders working in different contexts, and 3) an informal discussion with WG 3 leaders about the ideas discussed in the recording and panel discussion. The panelists are Ande Durojaiye (Miami University Regionals, College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science), David Craig (Leadership Team of Effective Practices for Physics Programs & Associate Professor of Physics, Oregon State University), Susan Singer (Provost & Professor of Biology, Rollins College), and Gabriela Weaver (Assistant Dean for Student Success Analytics & Professor of Chemistry, Univ. of Massachusetts –Amherst). You may choose to participate in all three engagements or any combination thereof.

Aligning Faculty Incentives with Systemic Change Working Group Monthly Meeting
Nov 27 2023 4th Monday | 10:00-11:00am PT / 11:00am-12:00pm MT / 12:00-1:00pm CT / 1:00-2:00pm ET To access working group meetings: Make sure you are logged into your account on the ASCN website. At the time of the meeting, ...

ASCN Community Welcome Call
Sep 27 2023 The ASCN Hub Members (Charles Henderson, Kadian Callahan, Andrea Beach, and Casey Wright), will welcome new and interested members into the ASCN community. We will begin with a brief network overview presentation and then offer time for new, new(ish), and interested network members to chat in smaller groups with the ASCN Hub about their interests and how the network can support them.

Financial Alignment with Inclusive Teaching Effectiveness (FAITE) Working Group Monthly Meeting
Nov 27 2023 4th Monday of each month | 1:00-2:00pm PT / 2:00pm-3:00pm MT / 3:00-4:00pm CT / 4:00-5:00pm ET All ASCN members are welcome to attend the Costs, Benefits, and Impacts monthly meeting to discuss the 2022 year. No ...

Defining Inclusive Teaching Practices
May 12 2022 This event is part of a series. More information about future events is coming soon... Thursday, May 12, 2022 9 am PT | 10 am MT | 11 am CT | 12 pm ET Presenters: Melissa M. Haswell, Associate Dean of Science and ...

Departmental Action Leadership Institutes (DALIs): A scalable model for supporting departmental change efforts
Feb 24 2022 How can individual departments gain expertise in leading change locally? The American Physical Society (APS) Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3) initiative aims to help physics programs respond to challenges with a collection of knowledge, experience, and proven good practice derived from the physics community and disseminated via the EP3 Guide. As part of this initiative, we are piloting Departmental Action Leadership Institutes (DALIs), which provide intensive support for departments in implementing changes to their undergraduate programs. In this presentation, we will describe the goals and structure of the pilot DALI, present some initial feedback from our participants, and provide opportunities for the audience to reflect on how this model might be useful at their institutions.

Social Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group Monthly Meeting
Nov 20 2023 3rd Monday of each month 11am-12pm PT | 12pm - 1pm MT | 1pm - 2pm CT | 2pm - 3pm ET Please join us for the monthly meeting for the diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice working group. Here are the ...