[WFA] STARTING NOW workshop on Alternative SET and Learning Objectives!

[Katherine Stavropoulos]

Hi all,
Just a reminder that the workshop on alternative SET and learning
objectives starts now!

Link here: Join Zoom Meeting
https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99982423457?pwd=Y2ltRGhjY1pNWHgwQ0M0aEdmVlVMQT09
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99982423457?pwd%3DY2ltRGhjY1pNWHgwQ0M0aEdmVlVMQT09&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1641693377359122&usg=AOvVaw1VtyOCiscH5dDQX7hgDMYQ>
Meeting
ID: 999 8242 3457 Passcode: 555642 One tap mobile
+16699006833,,99982423457# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,99982423457# US
(Houston)

Best,
Katherine and Jennifer

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 10:29 PM Jennifer Hughes <jennifer.hughes at ucr.edu>
wrote:

> Dear WFA* constituents and allies,
>
> We are writing to announce a WFA workshop on writing effective Learning
> Objectives for syllabi taught by faculty from our Academy of Distinguished
> Teachers.  We realize the timing is challenging, given the first week of
> teaching.  Below, we explain why we feel it is necessary and urgent.
>
> The workshop will take place on zoom on Friday, January 7th from 9-10:30am
> (no registration required).
> Join Zoom Meeting
> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99982423457?pwd=Y2ltRGhjY1pNWHgwQ0M0aEdmVlVMQT09
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99982423457?pwd%3DY2ltRGhjY1pNWHgwQ0M0aEdmVlVMQT09&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1641693377359122&usg=AOvVaw1VtyOCiscH5dDQX7hgDMYQ>
> Meeting ID: 999 8242 3457 Passcode: 555642 One tap mobile
> +16699006833,,99982423457# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,99982423457# US
> (Houston)
>
> Last year's WFA survey identified bias in Student Evaluation of Teaching
> as an area of ongoing concern. This past spring, our campus SET Task Force
> concluded that our existing SET survey is prone to bias (disadvantaging
> women faculty and faculty of color). Our campus is in the process of
> establishing a committee to implement recommendations for comprehensive
> revision of our survey. It is not yet clear how long this process will
> take.
>
> Student evaluation of clearly articulated learning objectives is
> understood to be a method that is less prone to bias (that is, asking the
> students to evaluate the success with which the class has met learning
> objectives as stated in the syllabus). We are hopeful that the creation
> of strong learning objectives for individual courses can serve as building
> blocks for more objective SET questions.
>
> Some of our faculty constituents have expressed interest in submitting
> alternative SET as evidence of teaching excellence for purposes of merit
> and promotion in the interim period (while our own SET survey, determined
> to be flawed, is in revision). We will send out additional information
> regarding alternative SET after the workshop.
>
> Please note that our workshop is open to ALL interested faculty on campus.
> Please feel free to share the link.
>
> If you are unable to attend Friday's workshop on writing learning
> objectives, there is a shorter, general campus workshop being offered on
> January 27th:
> https://ucr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErc-yurTIjGtyj8CCsxNSlTmuDeJA1y6XO
>
> In any case, we hope to see you this Friday!
>
> Best,
> Katherine + Jennifer
>
> *In spite of its name, the WFA continues to strive to be a more inclusive
> organization with respect to gender diversity among our faculty.
>
> Jennifer Scheper Hughes
> Professor
> Department of History
> University of California, Riverside
> https://nyupress.org/9781479802555/the-church-of-the-dead/
>
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Katherine Stavropoulos, PhD (she/her/hers)
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Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Education

University of California, Riverside

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