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Spring 2021 FMN Announcement: SENCER Educators as Civic Educators Faculty Mentoring Network

Entry #948: 13 Nov 2020; 9:29 am; 0 comments

SENCER Educators as Civic Educators

Assessing our impact on civic scientific literacy

Applications Due: December 1st, 2020

Today many instructors are embedding broader civic and social justice issues in their STEM teaching. Are you interested in knowing if your teaching is improving your students’ engagement with civic issues and social justice as well as their learning in science? Apply now to join us for the Spring 2021 SENCER Assessment Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN).

Participants in this FMN will focus on how to apply, adapt, and integrate meaningful forms of assessment for these outcomes in their STEM-related courses. Accepted applicants will customize and implement newly designed assessment modules/approaches from a variety of disciplines. While doing this, they will participate in biweekly virtual sessions to collaborate with and support others in the network and receive mentoring.

Applications are due Dec 1st. Please visit https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/sencerfmnsp21 for additional information and instructions on how to apply.

About the author

Deborah Rook

Deputy Director
@DebRookPaleo

Dr. Deborah Rook is an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist. She has a bachelor's degree in Biology and Evolutionary biology from Case Western Reserve University and a masters in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology from Ohio State University, having studied evolutionary and ecological dynamics of Cenozoic mammals. For her PhD, she moved into Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focusing on dynamic interactions of the rock and fossil records. Biology education has always been a focus for her, having taught and studied pedagogical techniques throughout her graduate studies and beyond. She joined the QUBES team in September 2017 as the FMN Project Manager, where she is working with the Faculty Mentoring Networks to enhance student experiences with quantitative biology, and the Professional Development Manager as our opportunities expanded. Since September 2021, she moved to Deputy Director, where she continues to work in the professional development space but now also manages staff and assists the Executive Director with business aspects of the organization.

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