Summer Institute
Summer Institute is sponsored by the Highline Community College
Faculty Resource Center and the Standards, Outcomes, and
Competencies Committee (SOCC).
The goals of the institute are to:
- strengthen the role of assessment in promoting and
evaluating student success, and
- encourage instructional innovation and responsiveness to
student needs.
Summer Institute was established to encourage staff, faculty, and
administrators to develop and enhance innovative programs and
classes. Staff and faculty submit project proposals, in teams or as
individuals, for projects that begin in the summer and generally
extend into the following academic year. The Institute provides a
time for participants to work on their projects in a collaborative
setting.
All Summer Institute projects must include an evaluation
component and relate to department or program-level outcomes.
2007 Summer Institute
There will not be one
this year. Stay posted for 2008 Summer Institute.
2006 Summer Institute
I-BEST teams academic "Content" faculty from Professional
Technical and transfer programs with academic ESL and ABE faculty to
provide short term education and training to students with English
language and Basic Education challenges. Students "graduate" from
the I-BEST program with a marketable certificate and college credits
that articulate into existing Professional Technical programs.
In July of 2006, Highline faculty from a variety of disciplines
participated in the Summer institute sponsored by the FRC. The
Institute allowed faculty to learn and develop best practices in
I-BEST instruction, including integrated planning and instruction
between ABE/ESL and content faculty, and teaching and training
students with English language and Basic Education challenges.
The Institute was facilitated by Maurea Maya, Highline ESL
instructor, Joy Smucker, Highline Coordinated Studies (integrated
learning) instructor, and Sara Stapleton, Renton Technical College
ABE/ESL instructor and coordinator of I-BEST studies.
An I-BEST website and listserv will be a continuing project of
the 2006 Summer Institute.
2005 Summer Institute
The first week was a special session dedicated to
Departmental Assessment. It was open to teams designated by their
departments to develop and enhance departmental outcomes assessment.
The second session focused on reflection and action to improve
student success. Projects for this session developed and enhanced
the ways we can work together to more effectively promote student
success, and thus student retention. There was a strand of this
session that concentrated on student success in courses with
internationalized curriculum.
Last updated:
June 25, 2007
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