The PEN Project - A Program History
Spring, 1998 : A mentoring program is proposed by Betsy Decyk
Summer/Fall, 1998 : Project Planning
Betsy Decyk, lecturer, Departments of Philosophy and Psychology
Elizabeth Hoffman, lecturer, Department of English and Lecturer Project Leader in the Center for Faculty Development
Troy Myers, lecturer, Department of English
Fall, 1998 : Initial general meeting to welcome new and continuing lecturers
October, 1998: "Conversations about Teaching and Scholarship - Becoming More Reflective"
Leader: Susan Nummedal brainstorming and discussion of the PEN project
Spring, 1999 : Pilot Project; partnerships set up
Local :
February, 1999: Case Study - Late Arriving Students(1)
March, 1999: Case Study - Hostile Reactions to Innovative Teaching(2)
May, 1999: Participant Reflection on the Project
Outreach : June, 1999: Presentation of our lecturer programs to representatives from CSU Pomona - Hanley, Reichard, Hoffman & Decyk
Fall, 1999 :
Local : September, 1999: "A Community of Shared Values" prompt: what has been your best teaching experience so far this semester?
What made it so good? Classroom Assessment Techniques
October, 1999: "Collaborative Communication"
Outreach : October, 1999: Presentation on CSULB Lecturer Project for chairs of the Southern California CSU campuses - Hoffman
December, 1999: Presentation, AAUP's Committee G, Washington, D.C. - Hoffman
Spring, 2000 :
Local : February, 2000: Case study - first day of class(4)
Outreach : February, 2000: "Faculty Communities for Teaching" Sixth CSU Regional Symposium of University Teaching, CSU San Marcos - Hoffman & Decyk
May, 2000: "Commitment as a Two Way Street," Southwest Labor Studies Association Conference - Hoffman
May, 2000: Presentation of lecturer issues and the CSULB Lecturer Project (PEN) Lecturers' Luncheon, CSU Pomona - Hoffman
August, 2000: "Creating Faculty Communities for Teaching"
American Association of Philosophy Teachers' 13th International Workshop Conference, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI. - Decyk
Fall, 2000 :
Local : September, 2000: "Freedom of Speech" - Speaker: Craig Smith
October, 2000: "Freedom of Speech in the Classroom: Rubrics for Participation" Leaders: Decyk & Hoffman
November, 2000: "Transcending the Solitude of Teaching" Leader - Toni Aquino, Faculty &Staff Assistance Program
Outreach : December, 2000: "Consider the FACTS ( Faculty Communities on Teaching )" Special session arranged by the APA Teaching Committee, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, New York, NY - Decyk
Spring, 2001 :
Local :
March, 2001: "Collaborative Technology Programs"
Leader - Ray Waters
April 2001: Case study: Karen's Disappointing Discussion Board(5)
Leader: Julie Rivera
May, 2001: Tea in the Japanese Garden - Docent tour: Allison Redfoot
Tea & Readings: Hoffman & Decyk
Outreach : February, 2001: "New Communities: Introducing the PEN Project," Statewide CFA Lecturers' Meeting - Decyk, Hoffman, Rivera
May, 2001: The PEN Project - Lecturers for Lecturers, CSU Pomona - Rivera
Notes
(1) "Paula Jefferson," Case Studies for Faculty Development by Rita Silverman and William M. Welty, Center for Case Studies in Education, Pace University, 1992.
(2) "Just Tell Us What You Want," Marilla Svinicki, To Improve the Academy, Vol. II, 1992, pp. 271-2.
(3) Thomas A. Angelo and Patricia Cross, Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers, 2nd edition (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993).
(4) "Bill Jasper's First Night," by Nick Brockunier, Alan Heffner, ed. Barbara Millis, To Improve the Academy, Vol II, 1992, pp. 287-291.
(5) Created for this session by Alan Colburn, Associate Professor, Science Education, CSULB. |
