Career Advancement for Amplifying KEEN

The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network, supported by the Kern Family Foundation

CAREER ADVANCEMENT FOR AMPLIFYING KEENKEEN Winter MeetingJanuary 6, 2015

Facilitator - Donald D. CarpenterLawrence Technological University


Description

• When young faculty members focus on KEEN, what is the early career impact? {Faculty}

• Can leveraging tenure and promotion policies on your campus amplify KEEN efforts? {Institution}

• Can participating in KEEN early in a faculty career be a “win-win-win” for the faculty, the institution, and the Network? {All}


Eric Meyer (LTU)

Jennifer Mallory (WNE)

Gary Gabriele (VIL)

Heath LeBlanc (ONU)

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali (UNH)

Eric Baumgartner (ONU) Dennis O’Neal (BAY)


Session Outline

• Brief Introduction to the Topic – 10 minutes• Faculty Panel – 30 minutes• Dean’s Panel – 30 minutes• Q & A – 15 minutes


Exercise – 4” x 6” Card

• Does participating in KEEN activities (on and off campus) “count” towards T&P or Annual Performance Review (APR) at your Institution? • Y/N• If Yes, rate on a scale of 1 (very little) to 5 (a lot)

• Does pedagogical scholarship (i.e. the scholarship of teaching and learning) “count” towards T&P or APR at your Institution? • Y/N• If Yes, rate on a scale of 1 (very little) to 5 (a lot)


Interviews

• Interviews Conducted with Dean’s and PIs at 20 KEEN Institutions • Faculty Development Opportunities (KEEN and non-KEEN)• Course and Module Development Expectations and Efforts• APR and T&P Policies• Best Practices and Gap Analysis

• Individuals involved included 15 Center Directors, 16 KEEN PIs & Co-PIs (not Deans), and 10 Administrators (Deans, Provosts, Associates, etc.)


Interview Results

• Terminology• Teaching, Research, and Service• Teaching, Professional Development, and Service• Teaching, Professional Development/Scholarship, and

Service/Advising• Teaching, Curriculum Development, and R&D• Teaching, Research & Scholarship, and Service• Teaching, Service, and Scholarship

• Continuous Course Improvement• Academic Citizenship or Collegiality


Interview Results

• 14 of 20 had a broad acceptance of KEEN-related activities towards T&P and APR

• Statistics for Faculty Development (towards T&P)• KEEN-related Faculty Development “Counts” @ 12• KEEN-related Faculty Development indirectly “Counts” @ 5• 3 indicated “No”

• 13 of 20 accept pedagogical scholarship towards T&P and APR


Interview Results

• Ranked Perceived Value• Pedagogical (Instruction)• Pedagogical Research (SoTL)• EML and Discipline Specific Connections• Faculty Engagement In Process

• Service• To Profession and To University



Eric Meyer (LTU)

Jennifer Mallory (WNE)Heath LeBlanc (ONU)

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali (UNH)

Eric G. Meyer, PhDAssistant Professor

Biomedical EngineeringLawrence Technological University

Background Attended Shaping Entrepreneurial Engineers at 2011 KEEN

Winter Meeting LTU KEEN Innovative Teaching workshops on PBL and ACL

2011-2013 Attended KEEN Topical Grant Workshop with Doug Melton at

Fall Meeting in 2013 Awarded KEEN Topical Grant (PI) Fostering the

entrepreneurial mindset through development of multidisciplinary engineering learning modules based on the “Quantified Self” social movement 2013-2014

Publication and presentation at 2015 ASEE Conference. Awarded KEEN Topical Network Grant (Co-PI) Building a

Network for Faculty Collaboration on Entrepreneurship by means of a “Quantified-Self Roadshow” 2014-present

Delivered QS4EML webinar and Roadshows at LTU and Bucknell (also with Kettering, Ohio Northern and Western New England) in 2015

LTU Expectations

Teaching 12 credit hours per semester (or 14 contact hours)Coordinating/Developing coursesAdvising students on projects

Scholarship Grants and other support for the programPublicationsPopular media news, newsletters, blog

ServiceTo the Department/CollegeTo the UniversityTo the Profession

Topical Grant fundingFive ASEE conference papers (2 in

review)Presentations/posters at

receptions/workshops/webinarsNetworking with faculty from similar

UniversitiesTeaching workshops/resourcesMotivation to create/update course

contentStudent project opportunitiesMedia exposure

Benefits of Participation

PRT Process at Ohio Northern University

• Annual Review by Department Chair• Annual Review by PRT Committee• PRT Criteria and % Time

– Teaching (60%)– Research/Consulting/Scholarship (20%)– Service to the University and Community (20%)– Collegiality

• Sixth Year apply for tenure

Detailed PRT Criteria: Teaching & Research• Teaching (60%)

– Nominal teaching load is 16 credit hours & 20 contact hours per year (sum over 2 semesters)

– Need strong student evaluations • > 4.0 out of 5.0 on average

– Must maintain labs and integrate active learning• Research/Consulting/Scholarship (20%)

– External funding• Must submit earnest grant proposals

– Publishing• 1 Journal article every 2 or 3 years• 1-3 conference papers every year

Detailed PRT Criteria: Service & Collegiality• Service to the University and Community (20%)

– University Service• At least 1 or 2 university-level committees • Faculty mentor for student groups

– College Service• Undergrad Recruitment

– Department Service• Advising & Curriculum Development

– Professional Service• Collegiality

– Mentoring– Substitute for instructors when they travel– Cross-disciplinary teaching and research initiatives– General friendliness/politeness/etiquette

Leveraging KEEN toward PRT Success• Teaching

– Electric Circuits EML Modules (over 3 years)– System Design EML Modules– Engineering Economy EML/Co-Curricular Structure

• Research/Consulting/Scholarship (20%)– External funding– Publications (6 conference papers + 2 in progress)

• Service– KEEN Committee

• Collegiality

1. Education2. Years of credited collegiate faculty experience3. Teaching Competence

• Teaching performance• Related educational activities

4. University and Professional Service5. Scholarly Activity6. Visibility in the Discipline

“In considering any petition for tenure and promotion, the candidate will be judged only according to the criteria defined below for tenure and for the rank for which he or she is applying for.” - UNH Faculty Handbook

KEEN FITS HERE

“ … candidate must present the following: [ … ] elements such as syllabi, exams and/or assignments, that can serve as evidence of teaching proficiency. …”

Easy to leverage KEEN work towards 3. Teaching Competence

Topical Grant Modules PBL/EML Workshop Modules

• Co-PI on KEEN Grant coordinate KEEN activities and manage grant budgets and agreements

• Coordinated & Hosted 2014 ICE Workshop on our campus where primary audience were UNH faculty

• Represent UNH at CT Consortium of Entrepreneurship and Engineering Educators

Leveraging KEEN work towards 4.University & Professional Service

Boyer’s model of scholarship broadens the definition of scholarship to include the systematic study of teaching and learning processes.

Leveraging KEEN work towards 5. Scholarly Activity

Assessment work towards quantifying and characterizing an engineering mindset

Conference presentations and proceedings

KEEN’s Impact on theTenure and Promotion Process

By: Jennifer Mallory

Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringWestern New England University

Department of Mechanical EngineeringSpringfield, MA 01119

Tenure and Promotion at WNE1. Teaching – 60%

• Student evaluations• Recommendation letters focused on teaching effectiveness

2. Professional Development / Scholarship – 20%• Publications and presentations• Written proposals (funded and unfunded)• Professional work (course development, significant course

revisions, unpublished research, etc.)• Consulting

3. Governance / University Service / Advising – 20%• Number of advisees• Committees• On-campus activities

2

Tenure and Promotion at WNE1. Teaching – 60%

• Highly rated teaching evaluations • Certificate of Appreciation from students

2. Professional Development / Scholarship – 20%• 3 EML publications (1 award) • 6 EML presentations (1 award)• 2 funded KEEN proposals • Course development in 3 courses (Statics, Thermo, ME Lab)• EML workshop and conference participant• Collaborative technical research project

3. Governance / University Service / Advising – 20%• Assisted in coordination of EML workshop• Presented at EML workshop

2


Gary Gabriele (VIL) Eric Baumgartner (ONU) Dennis O’Neal (BAY)

Gary A. Gabriele, PhDDrosdick Endowed Dean

Tenure and Promotion @ Villanova

Teaching Criteria

Candidates for tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor are expected to:

Teach a variety of courses at different levels of the curriculum at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Develop and implement effective and current educational approaches.

Maintain course and teaching material rigor that meet the departmental standards.

Advise students academically and professionally and keep regular availability during a schedule of office hours.

Advise graduate student research projects and mentor undergraduate student projects.

Teaching Criteria

Teaching Guidelines for Promotion to Professor

Candidates for promotion to the rank of Professor must present a more significant and sustained record, clearly documenting contributions substantially beyond those expected for promotion to Associate Professor. Such a record will include the development and successful delivery of advanced undergraduate courses and graduate level courses, continued guidance of student research projects, and leadership in curricular development and evaluation.

KEEN Activities for Faculty

Participation in the Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor

Faculty Deep Dive Workshop

Classroom visits by PI’s

Regular meeting of faculty participants to review results

KEEN Impact on Faculty Evaluations at ONU

Faculty Evaluations

• All faculty are evaluated annually by their department chair

• Tenure-track faculty are evaluated annually by the college’s Promotion & Tenure (P&T) Committee– Faculty produce P&T binder, meet with P&T

Committee members plus Dean and Dept. Chair, and receive written feedback

• Faculty document their activities within the tool called Digital Measures

Teaching

• “You included entrepreneurial content into two courses from KEEN grants. You are integrating active learning styles in the classroom.”

• “In an effort to move the class to project based, I added two new projects that focus on different modules. One of the projects included entrepreneurial mindset.”

Scholarship• “[Faculty] is collaborating . . . through a

KEEN Topical Grant to build course modules on the topic of . . .”

• “Immersive Learning Methods of Delivery and Entrepreneurial Minded Learning”, Kern Family Foundation, $39,566

• “Blending Entrepreneurship and Design in an Immersive Environment,” ASEE Annual Conference, 2015

Professional Development

• “[Faculty] attended . . . KEEN Fall Meeting, one technical conference, one educational conference, and two KEEN webinar workshops.”

• Attended “Nurturing Curiosity in the Classroom and Beyond,” KEEN/ University of Dayton, April 30 - May 1, 2015

Service

• Member, ONU KEEN Committee, ME Department Representative, April 2012 - present– Organize KEEN Innovation Challenges,

solicit and evaluate internal proposals for KEEN-funded teaching grants, monitor and guide grant progress

Tenure and Promotion at Baylor University

Dennis L. O’Neal, Ph.D., P.E.Dean

2016 KEEN Winter Meeting

Tenure and Promotion Process at Baylor

• Annual review by the tenured faculty of the candidate– Candidate’s “tenure” notebook– Summary teaching evaluation

• Peer review reports• Student evaluation forms• Candidates reflective summaries

• Standard evaluation in the 6th year

Candidate’s tenure notebook includes a “letter” explaining the case for tenure

• Teaching effectiveness

• Scholarship

• Professional and university service

• Community and religious service

• Interpersonal relationships – collegiality

• Statement of how the candidate support the goals and mission of the university

Other items in the tenure notebook

• Annual evaluation reports• Teaching

– Classes taught– Evaluations – peer and student– Teaching improvement

• Graduate students supervised• Supporting materials for scholarly and

creative work

Where does KEEN fit into the tenure process?

• Teaching– Creation of new course content through integration of KEEN

concepts into existing classes– Development of new classes– Attending pedagogy workshops

• Scholarship– ASEE educational papers related to integration of KEEN concepts

in the classroom• University service

– Student engagement• Small group book reviews• Teal residential college program


excited

EML makes sense!


Questions or Comments?


Exercise – 4” x 6” Card

• Has your answer or perception of the value of KEEN changed based on the panel?

• What are your personal action items when you return to campus (based on this session)?