BREAKING NEWS


The Research Report An Investigation of Try Science is now online! This NSF-funded study examined the experiences of teachers who took the course Try Science online and of other teachers who took it "face-to-face" on campus.
 

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Faculty Seminar Begins Soon!

 

"I am so impressed by the high quality of all the materials and the thought that went into this training ... as I look at things no detail seems unexplored."

-- Summer '03 seminar feedback

  
     

If you're a first-time visitor to the Faculty Forum, welcome! You'll find a wealth of resources -- feel free to explore. You may also want to bookmark this site for future reference.

If you're a first-time visitor to the Faculty Forum, welcome! You'll find a wealth of resources -- feel free to explore. You may also want to bookmark this site for future reference.

The Faculty Seminar, the preparation for teaching in the online master’s program, will be starting soon. The seminar lasts four weeks and takes place fully online.

In addition to becoming familiar with the program’s online learning environment, seminar participants become acquainted with a model for learning science through inquiry. They do this by analyzing case studies, writing practice facilitation posts, and considering the role they might play in furthering group and individual learning.

We offer this seminar two times a year, once in the late Spring and once in the early Fall. If you are interested in signing up for a future seminar, drop us a line at science@mail.lesley.edu.

 



Our Overarching Expectations for Faculty

  1. Respond to all email messages, phone calls, and help queries from course participants within 2 days.
  2. Provide individual feedback on project work, such as lesson plans, interviews, thought experiments, investigation plans.
  3. Post a starter message and at least one mid-week message per study group per week in the discussion forums for which you are responsible.
  4. Archive messages and check participation on a weekly basis -- contact a course participant within 2 days if work is past due or not posted.
  5. Have a mid-course phone conference with each student.
  1. Communicate weekly with your co-instructor and mentor.
  2. Submit grades and provide end-of-course feedback to students within 2 weeks of the end of the course.
  3. In your own posts, model high quality writing that is crafted to deepen the conversation.
  4. Support student success in academic work.
  5. Be compassionate -- work with students to make sure they succeed in the program when difficult problems arise (illness, family crises).
  6. Stay true to the goal of furthering scientific understanding through inquiry.