making academic change happen - craig downing and matt lovelll
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Making Academic Change Happen[MACH]
KEEN Winter Conference – Tempe, AZ01.06.16
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Higher education today is defined largely by calls for change.
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been recognized as a leader in innovation in engineering education.
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Knowing Yourself
Successful change requires faculty and administrators to develop and practice new competencies.
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Cultivating a Community of Colleagues
Knowing Yourself
Change agents need to practice social interactions and work with a wider group of change leaders.
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Cultivating a Community of Colleagues
Knowing Yourself
Making Change on Campus
Change agents need to understand their environment and use specific change models effectively.
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Make time for focused work and develop an action plan.
Try out ideas on a friendly audience.Reflect on ways to overcome objections.
Develop a support groupof change leaders.
Do it to know it: practice and feedback develop mastery.
Find partners whose interests you can serve.
Change leaders can acquire the long-range view..
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Research we have conducted with MACH Workshop participants suggests that the development of MACH change skills directly impacts their success as change agents.
Interview questions (a sample):1. Can you describe how you went about learning the different skills you’ve
needed to be successful as the leader of your project?2. What type of resources did you seek to assist you in managing this
project?3. Tell me about how engineering educators can position themselves for
success as leaders.
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Faculty Engagement
Student ExperienceEdu. Environment
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RHITReimagined
Operation Catapult
EML-Infused Courses
Case Study Initiative
Faculty Onboarding Workshop
EML Sabbatical Program
MACH
Leadership Advancement
Program
NationalEntrepreneurial
Internship Program
EML-Focused
EventSeries
EML Personnel
Educational EnvironmentFaculty EngagementRHIT EML Ecosystem
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Design and DeliverRespond to the following prompt.
How can the network be assistive to your change EM project? The response is not a give me money (i.e. a grant)! Suspend your beliefs and think broadly.
More specifically, deliver a concise pitch to establish or increase KEEN activities on your campus.
WorkshopRose-
Hulman Institute of Technology
June 8-10, 2016
www.rose-hulman.edu/mach