“Scaling Up – Bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms”: a QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network Spring 2016
Apply by November 20, 2015 https://qubeshub.org/groups/scalingup The Ecological Society of America (ESA) and Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education Synthesis (QUBES; https://qubeshub.org) are pleased to offer a unique networking and professional development opportunity from January – May 2016 for faculty interested in bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms. Faculty will implement selected Teaching Issues in Ecology & Evolution (TIEE) modules in their introductory biology or ecology courses, with a focus on providing students with the quantitative skillset needed to ‘scale up’ to large ecological datasets. For more information on the selected modules, visit https://qubeshub.org/groups/scalingup/tiee_modules. This opportunity is made possible by a grant from the NEON program of the National Science Foundation to prepare faculty to use NEON data in undergraduate education and to diversify faculty and institutions involved in NEON science and education. QUBES (qubeshub.org) is an NSF-funded virtual center that supports collaboration to promote quantitative biology education at the undergraduate level. BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION • Access to ready-to-use teaching modules. Participants will incorporate at least two of the selected TIEE materials in Spring 2016 classes. • Access to peer mentors on lecture/classroom/lab effective tips and strategies in small group virtual meetings every two weeks. • Travel support of up to $1,000 to participate in the Scaling Up workshop and the Life Discovery –Doing Science Education conference. • Recognition as an ESA Education Scholar Faculty from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) or Primarily Undergraduate Institutions will be given priority. MSIs include HBCUs, Hispanic serving, Pacific and Alaskan serving and Tribal institutions. Underrepresented minority faculty are especially encouraged to apply. INFORMATION WEBINAR For more information, attend our webinar on November 6, 2015 at 4:00pm EST. Register for the webinar by November 3 here. QUESTIONS? Contact Gaby Hamerlinck (gaby.hamerli...@bioquest.org) or Arietta Fleming-Davies (arietta.flemingdav...@gmail.com). Teresa Teresa Mourad Director, Education and Diversity Programs
