Workshops

1. "Trauma Informed Teaching - Teaching with Compassion" by Melodi Guilbault and Megan O'Neill on 4/22 from 3-4:15 pm

The session focuses on providing an understanding and some tactics to assist faculty in supporting student learning through a discussion of trauma-informed teaching principles. The session will include small group discussion.

2. "The NJIT/Newark Math Success Initiative (MSI): A holistic program to prepare and support urban students to succeed in earning STEM degrees in college" by Jacqueline L. Cusack, Kevin D. Belfield, Levelle Burr-Alexander, Bruce Bukiet, Monique Paden-Hutchinson, Kenneth Horwitz, and Angela Moncrieffe on 4/23 from 11:15 am - 12:30 pm.

The NJIT/Newark Math Success Initiative (MSI) aims to increase the enrollment and success of Newark high school graduates in STEM programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). This holistic effort is a partnership of the Newark Mayor’s Office, the Newark Board of Education (NBOE) and NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) and the College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA). The program is composed of a 6-week summer program for rising seniors consisting of strengthening student math content knowledge through enrichment, and college and test preparation skills. This is followed by a math class for college credit at NJIT during senior year with weekly college preparation and support sessions. In this workshop, participants will examine the development and the implementation/assessment of the first three years of MSI:  (a) how the program was developed; (b) how the MSI model has been executed and refined; (c) how students experience active learning through a hands-on activity from the program; (d) project outcomes and challenges including student reflections; and (e) opportunity for workshop participants to dialogue on lessons learned.

3. "From Remote to Flipped: Increasing Student Engagement through the Classroom Flip" by Sarah Zappe and Stephanie Cutler on 4/23 from 11:15 am - 12:30 pm.

With the transition to remote instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new opportunities could be leveraged to implement a flipped classroom as faculty move back to campus. This workshop can help formulate strategies for how to use teaching videos and materials created during the pandemic as part of a flipped classroom. This workshop is intended for engineering instructors who have not yet flipped their courses but might be interested in doing so in the future. Additionally, we welcome instructors who have previously flipped their class to come share their experience and explore additional strategies related to flipped classroom. The workshop will be interactive and will allow time for participants to consider how they might flip their own course. Instructors are encouraged to bring their course syllabus with them to consider how different course elements can be taught in a flipped setting.