Education Innovation Session 3/23

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Education Innovation Session 3/23 Goals for today-

• To provide feedback to those that have proposed (spirit of collaboration; identify necessary needs

to progress);

• Inspire those that are still thinking (further proposals are welcome, this meeting will address those

that have already been received; help build community and culture of change);

• Construct a to-do list for the Dean (in terms of things needed and obstacles- all to be used for the

next meeting)

The Dean ran through some items she asked that we keep in the back of our mind as we consider the proposals today…

School of Education Strategic Priorities 2011–12

• Strengthen and maintain our excellence in the face of current circumstances.

• Create and sustain partnerships that provide sources of revenue outside of those provided by the

state that are mutually beneficial.

• Examine academic and administrative practices to improve innovation, outcomes, and efficiency.

• Expand international leadership in teaching, research, and outreach.

• Improve communications within and outside the School of Education.

• Use technology to improve learning and communications, to extend community, and improve our

lives.

• Recruit, support, reward, and retain excellent, innovative, and diverse faculty, staff, and students.

• With campus, celebrate the Year of the Wisconsin Idea by highlighting and strengthening

community-engaged scholarly research, teaching and service.

{Annual Strategic Priorities: Are we driving in the same direction?} Goals and Definition of Innovation for this project

Educational Innovation is a coordinated effort to create a sustained campus environment that maintains and enhances student learning while gaining efficiencies and generating new resources.

• Improve quality and access

• Create flexibilities and efficiencies for faculty, staff and students

• Create new revenue streams

• Create a culture of innovation and improvement

• Implement change that does not diminish or harm other priorities

We want a process of constant continuous improvement, and to be conscious of the effect of our decisions.

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 Market demand

 Existing area of academic strength and uniqueness

 Willing faculty and staff

Where they overlap, that’s the sweet spot and what we are aiming for- The proposals will be addressed in batches, like with like.

Batch #1

1. Education and Educational Services – Establish a cross department undergraduate minor

(funded by MIU). This is different; we have the bulk of the resources needed. Create new incentives for undergraduate students to takes classes in SoE. Market is there, strength is there, challenge to get faculty to offer to undergrads.

2. January Instruction in technology-Infuse technology into teaching; give students time to

practice instructional technology; introduce learning games through modular classes offered between semesters. The challenge: can we offer for credit and can we change design lesson and rubric to provide instruction. Envisions this as collaboration between C

& I and Merit. Obstacle Can we do this?

3. Block Schedule-Increase flexibility in course offerings by creating a ½ semester “block”

courses. Fewer classes with more focus. Advantage for faculty, getting an additional seven weeks for research etc. Creates “big red tape” Timetable? Saturdays? With a shorter block schedule faculty may be willing.

4. Internships in E learning start-ups. Create credit bearing summer internships for

education students. Provide students opportunities to connect to industry, build public-private partnerships. E-learning intern-interested in gaming and learning for start-up. Brings in a more diverse cross campus audience.

Comments (numbered to refer to proposal they address)

#4 Have you explored the spring timetable? You may have more flexibility than you think. This will impact how your faculty views workload. Great for Non-traditional students, traditional students may not support Friday/Saturday classes. Allows for more flexible schedules (GREAT idea!)

#2 Summer blocks are less flexible then they seem. Flex scheduling is a great idea. Global Health is doing this now. Travel is problematic. You have games-fun. Intensive blocks need departmental coordination, so link across departments. MIU has resources available. No way to generate revenue? Dollars don’t

follow credits. New schedule  revenue sharing. Can’t keep it all but will get some $ back, the rest is

shared to foster further initiatives. Corporate Relations Office would be resource.

Market Demand Willing Faculty and Staff Existing Strengths

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Batch #2

1. Early Career Consortium-Three year program to provide support for new teachers and

administrators – critical reflection, cultural relevancy, inclusion, PDPs, action research. Online and face-to-face. Badger Early Career Initiative-Year 1- Make students aware; reflect and discuss; Books and lecture series. Year 2- Professional development plan; Electronic connection to EPCS. Year 3- Action research project; PDP form.

2. Online ESL professional development- Sequence of two online that will be for educators

who want to know more about serving English learners. Technological infrastructure Merit/TSO outreach marketing. Helps teachers face ever-changing classroom

populations. State of Wisconsin-obstacle initial education bill. Consider giving reading more emphasis in first year.

#1 Why wait until year 2 to connect to EPCS? It would be better to build on rather than separate it out. Whether this is a free or a charged for service and whether credits will be earned are both yet to be determined. IES competition.

Batch #3

1. Global Higher Education-Prepare students as leaders and policymakers on a global and

international scale. Initiated by Amy Stambach for international students who want ELPA. Collaboration between ELPA (core) and SoE International programs (interest driven). A lot of interest shown already.

2. Global Education and Sustainable development-Prepare students to work together with others

around the world for a deeper understanding of sustainability principals. This is a “teach them to fish” type initiative. Possible professional masters in several areas including global health and global gender and women’s studies for example. Large US audience possible. Have interested faculty, need to strengthen course linkages. Want to establish links with international

organizations like USAID, UNESCO and others. No peer institution offers this.

3. Special Online Masters-Replace current (low enrollment) masters program in special education

with an online version. Small pool of possible takers now. Developing program for working

professionals. Obstacle no human capital. Little faculty expertise. How can we layer this

program onto existing programming?

4. Educational testing Program-New program developed by faculty and delivered by Advanced PhD

students in quantitative methods. Offered face-to-face and online. Masters in Educational testing.

5. Learning After School, Online and in the Workplace-Program which draws on expertise in

learning across the lifespan. Masters or certificate. Non-traditional students.

6. Psycho-social health-Developing courses and educational experiences to address psycho=social

health. Topics such as bullying, social conflict, emotional trauma. Non-credit certificate.

7. IECFMH certificate program-Establish and infant/early childhood specialization within school

psychology to deliver an intensive interdisciplinary one year continuing education program for professionals who work with children birth to six and their families.

8. Applied Behavior Analysis- Develop and offer a “minor” in applied behavior analysis- students

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#3 Need marketing. Delivery method for professionals being online is helpful. In person unlikely. Synchronous or not? RP & SE think of it as synchronous. Creating a new program is an obstacle in its own right. Dorothy F-E described OT program currently in place. There is a clinical MA in OT in place; they want to develop an online PhD in OT. The department is willing to share all they have learned in the process. Working with DCS to grow and define the certification. Marketing analysis would be helpful, help to identify audience. Getting DPI feedback could be advantageous as well.

#8 BCBA –Board Certified Behavior Analyst –seek out defined requirements. Need is growing. #2 Bring education principals into this effort. Huge amount of work. Two or three courses. Make them appealing. Gives us a place to work. Mind-share. Certificates vs. Certification. Who will come? Who will

pay? Need technology and start-up fund  possible source in Continuing Studies? Possible International

exchange: Wisconsin w/o Borders.

{JU: to obtain campus bridge funding, complete proposals will be required} Batch #4

1. Data Quality and Implementation-Improve working knowledge and implementation of educator

evaluation and strategic human capital systems. Recent legislation signed that relates to Student Learning Objectives, Principal observation, teacher observations. Initiative gives visibility. Mentor. Master.

2. SoEd Research Exchange-Plan to be developed for review and approval in Fall 2012 – to better

bridge research and practice across UW and community partners. Create a hub as an exchange for research in SoE. Need central location to allow access to current research efforts underway. Repository for completed research by topic/interest. Needs more vetting in next 3-4 months, need input from other interested parties. Clearing house.

3. Access to SoEd Teaching and Learning Resources outside of UW-Identify and promote open

education resources. Build SoE portal and promote new gateways for School of Education Open Education Resources. Resources include open courses, syllabi, digital resources, and shared course materials. Include support for self-publishing of new resources as well as peer review. ID and build an online course that can be open. Needs vetting and analysis. Potential audiences; DPI asking for this, International interest.

#2 Research exchange-by Wisconsin faculty? Others? More of a matchmaking effort. Researchers looking for subjects; community members looking for study to participate in.

MIT example- decoupling content from credentials. Materials/courses are free-assessment/certificate costs $.

Last proposal…

Shared Staffing-Build a hiring agreement-joint staff between MERIT and WID’s education group. Allow us to quickly respond to RFPs from industry and federal agencies. Provide MERIT with access to staff for software development. Limited staffing available. Want someone with complimentary skill set. (Great idea!) Staffing model could be used by others. Helps in moving expertise around. More bang for the buck.

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Needs (Necessary pieces that we didn’t/don’t have)

Need time to consider and work or need a sense of urgency Funding and Human Resources

International Marketing Market Analysis for…

Communication Channels: Coordinate across departments so all are swimming in the same direction Districts and teachers have reduced resources

Creation of new program “vessels”

Need information on emergency alternative licenses Faculty expertise in online instruction

Seed funding

Thoughts about different delivery mechanisms

Obstacles

Scheduling in off times and in blocks (Registrar/enrollment) Credits don’t equal $

Increasing undergraduate access {the plateau vs. non-plateau dilemma} Explore flexibilities already in timetable

Can program revenue and 101 classes meet together Creation of new Masters

Process Big Red Tape

Get DCS to expand definition of certificate Conflict with Department in scheduling Changing faculty load

For differently scheduled classes payroll red tape and load Be aware of DPI licenses and evaluation requirements

The Parking Lot ( Food for thought…)

Do we want to think about online courses to a broad audience? De-couple information from credential/degree granting

Is there audience for degrees, certificates, licenses? (Marketing analysis) What do we consider “open source” ?

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