Strengths and Potential

Creating a Culture of Inquiry

Creating Interdisciplinary Synergy

Enhancing Communication

Creating a Community of Scholars

Research Opportunities

Future Directions

“The College of Education is a

turbocharged engine propelling UTEP

where external funding is concerned.”

Washington Advisory Group

National Network for Educational Renewal

School-University-Community partnerships

Service-learning

Bilingual education

Cooperative learning Strategic themes topics: Areas of COEd strength with potential for further investigation

“[COE] has built strong partnerships with

K-12 schools and regional communities

over the years as well as, more recently,

interdisciplinary partnerships with

faculty and programs in Liberal Arts,

Health Sciences, Engineering, and

Science/Mathematics.”Washington Advisory Group

STRENGTHS & STRENGTHS & POTENTIAL POTENTIAL

Bilingual Education

Mathematics and Science

Second language acquisition

English Language Learners (ELLs)

Diversity in higher education

Strategic themes topics: Areas of COEd strength with potential for further investigation

“[The College] has obtained and implemented numerous

grants, mainly from the U.S. Department of Education. . .

These grants have focused primarily on teacher training and

outreach …and provide significant opportunities for

publishable follow-up and outcomes research on student

achievement.” Washington Advisory Group

STRENGTHS & STRENGTHS & POTENTIALPOTENTIAL

“The College has a well-articulated plan to build on existing activities and partnerships, exploiting the fact that the relatively isolated local area is virtually a “closed loop” in which to conduct research.”

Washington Advisory Group

•UTEP was selected as one of 11 universities to receive $5 million as part of the Carnegie Corporation’s Teachers for a New Era Initiative. •This visionary reform initiative is designed to build on existing strengths to stimulate development of excellent teacher education programs.

•UTEP and the other 10 selected universities are engaged in developing research and policy for development of this national dissemination model.

Strategic themes topics: Areas of COEd strength with potential for further investigation

STRENGTHS & STRENGTHS & POTENTIALPOTENTIAL

Creating a Culture of InquiryCreating a Culture of Inquiry

Developing the InfrastructureFaculty recruitment and socialization

Creating a vibrant, powerful environment

Identifying Research Interests, Expertise, Directions

Reorganizing (Optimal Use of Intellectual Resources)

Release time, Review of Tenure and Promotion Policies

Web Portal to Enhance Information Sharing & Communication

“The challenges this College faces are the

familiar ones: lack of research oriented tenured

faculty to mentor the new junior recruits;

teaching loads that Include a lot of time in the

field…” Washington Advisory

Group

CULTURE OF INQUIRYCULTURE OF INQUIRY

TNE/ELL (Inter-institutional)FIPSE (UTEP, UNT, UND, UM)

UTEP/UACJ Critical PedagogyAdult Literacy (the GREAT Center)

TETC and Hewlett Packard (COEng-COEd as co-PIs)COEd-COLA Faculty—(Bilingualism, cognition, school improvement)

Service learning initiatives (with COLA’s Center for Civic Engagement)TAMU/Sam Houston U./UTEP (ELL Research)

UTA/UTEP (Research Academies)

“Among the specific potential sources of funding

they are pursuing are Interdisciplinary

collaborations to respond to RFPs from NIH, NEH,

etc. in the areas of health, education, and

community development, building on existing

grants as seed money for larger research projects;

and getting further grants from Carnegie and FIPSE.

One of these grants, for example, examines the

ways in which innovative teaching impacts

engineering students to Improve retention.”

Washington Advisory Group

INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERDISCIPLINARY SYNERGYSYNERGY

Faculty meetings have been convened to discuss research needs have yielded a variety of areas of

need as well as strengths and potential for growth.

Suggestions from COE faculty include the need to:

• rethink faculty roles and rewards• build strong infrastructure

• increase technology access• provide mentors for untenured faculty

• reorganize and encourage collaboration across departments• provide ORSP-type support at college level

ENHANCING ENHANCING COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION

• Second Language Acquisition/ELLs• Bilingual Education

• Diversity in higher education (preparing future faculty)• School-University-Community Partnerships

• School Improvement• Technology/Distance Learning

• Parent Involvement• Education for a Democracy/Social Justice

• Service Learning• Curriculum and Instruction

• U.S.-Mexico Linkages• Leadership Development

• Educator Retention• Alternative Programs (ATCP, CATE, Job-Embedded Model for

Paraprofessionals)

AREAS OF STRENGTHAREAS OF STRENGTH

RESEARCH NEWSRESEARCH NEWS

…. is a collaborative tool for the College of Education. The web portal features include:• project pages• latest news• discussion boards• document sharing• relevant web links• calendar and polls

College of Education faculty have started using many of the Research News features to collaborate on strategic planning and project work.

http://dmc.utep.edu/researchnews

Creating a Community of ScholarsCreating a Community of Scholars

Professional Development Schools (schools as “laboratories”) Interdisciplinary work with Liberal Arts//Science

Relationships w/community partners = Research opportunities Engage Students (UG, ATCP, Grads) in Scholarly Work

Research ConferencesStrong Linkages with School Districts = Partnerships

on Grants for School Improvement

“The College has a proposal for a new Ph.D. in

Teaching and Learning, stressing literacy,

including bilingual literacy in science and

mathematics.” Washington Advisory Group

COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARSCOMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS

“There are also exploitable opportunities

for comparative research on education in

the U.S. and Mexico.” Washington Advisory

Group Second Language Acquisition/ELLsBilingual Education

Diversity in higher education (preparing future faculty)School-University-Community Partnerships

School ImprovementTechnology/Distance Learning

Parent and Community InvolvementEducation for Democracy

Service-LearningCurriculum and Instruction

Social JusticeLeadership Development

Recruitment and Retention

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESRESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Research (Discovery)

Teaching(Teaching/Learning)

Service(Engagement)

(Adapted from Boyer, 1990)

Faculty support

Rethinking faculty roles

and rewards

Integration

Emerging Forms of ScholarshipEmerging Forms of Scholarship

The College of Education led the initiative to join CASTL

The Scholarship of Teaching and The Scholarship of Teaching and LearningLearning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Focus on student learning