Enhancing Teaching & Learning at Harvard Kennedy School

December 5, 2011

• Mission: To train enlightened public leaders and generate the ideas that provide solutions to the most challenging public problems.

• 190 Faculty, 470 Staff

• Approx. 1,000 students in four master's degree programs

• Approx. 160 students in five doctoral programs

• Approx. 2,900 Executive Education students/year

Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) at a Glance

• Strengthening Learning And Teaching Excellence initiative

• Established in the fall of 2007 by Dean David Ellwood

• Launched to reaffirm the school's commitment to excellence in professional education

• HKS Case Program rolled into SLATE in 2007

History of SLATE

SLATE Areas of Focus

Transforming the educational experience to equip our students to drive positive change

1. Curricular material

2. Pedagogy

3. Assessment

4. Instructional Technology

SLATE staffing 11 staff 7.85 FTE

SLATE Advisory Board

SLATE Faculty Committee

Academic Dean

Associate Director of SLATE

Case Publications Coordinator

SLATE Program Assistant

Senior Case Writer

Case Writer

Case Writer

Multimedia Case Producer

Asst Multimedia Case Producer

Director of Professional Pedagogy

Curriculum Solutions Specialist

Associate Academic Dean

Asst Academic Dean, Director of SLATE

Operations Curriculum Pedagogy

SLATE Org Chart

Opportunities:

1. Strong support from HKS leadership

2. High integration among our services

3. Ability to tailor services to individual faculty

Challenges:

4. Serve 190 faculty – limited low-hanging fruit

5. Few strong incentives for faculty to engage with SLATE

SLATE’s Institutional Model

Carolyn WoodAssistant Academic Dean and Director, SLATE

1. Ensure strategic alignment with HKS priorities

2. Oversee budget and personnel

3. Coordinate development of new services

4. Cultivate case projects & manage case pipeline

5. Support curriculum innovation

Rebecca LooseAssociate Director, SLATE

1. Collaborate with HKS IT and Media Services on instructional technology

2. Represent SLATE on cross-HKS technology projects

3. Oversee HKS case study collection

4. Manage department operations

Allison PingreeDirector of Professional Pedagogy

1. Provide personalized instructional coaching to faculty

2. Facilitate faculty seminars and workshops on teaching

3. Lead New Faculty Institute and Teaching Week

4. Disseminate and support research-based best practices in professional pedagogy

Josh BookinCurriculum Solutions Specialist

1. Help faculty identify and integrate new curriculum

2. Train teaching fellows and course assistants

3. Conduct research to support pedagogical improvement at HKS

4. Work with faculty to improve usefulness of student evaluations

Patricia Garcia-RiosMultimedia Case Producer

1. Produce custom video supplements and case studies commissioned by faculty (5 to 30 min.)

2. Develop multimedia case studies tailored to faculty teaching needs

3. Create online videos in support of pedagogy and coaching