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Faculty Inquiry Groups

This document outlines the setup and management of Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs), emphasizing collaborative strategies to enhance teaching and learning in community colleges. It includes a step-by-step agenda for meetings, such as welcoming introductions, freewriting discussions, generating inquiry questions, and forming smaller groups. Participants will explore critical questions related to student learning, such as improving reading skills, making office hours more effective, and sustaining academic investment. In addition, valuable resources and potential questions for inquiry are provided to stimulate meaningful discussions and create targeted action plans.

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Faculty Inquiry Groups

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  1. Faculty Inquiry Groups Set-Up Meetings

  2. Agenda • PDP Sign-in Sheet (Register on PDP) • Welcome & Introductions • Freewrite to Discussion • FIG Handout • Generate Inquiry Directions • Develop Our Own List of Questions • Form Groups—FIG Start-Ups

  3. Freewrite or Brainstorm: Why am I here? Why did you come to a FIG start-up meeting? Reflect on the two to three needs, hopes or goals that you bring to this table.

  4. FIG Handout • FIG Definition & Potential • FIG Resources • BSI Web Site • Windows on Learning: Resources for Basic Skills Education. Multi-media Web sites by participants in Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC). • Faculty Inquiry Network

  5. Stages to FIG Growth • Develop a Question • Design a Plan • Gathering and Examining Evidence • Experimenting with New Approaches • Circulating the Knowledge

  6. Potential Questions • Why do my math students struggle with word problems? • What do students need to know to move on to the next course in the sequence and how can we be sure they know it? • How can we improve students' reading in our courses? • How can we make office hours more accessible and useful for students? • How can we use student-teacher conferences to support student learning and success? • What are accelerated learning programs?

  7. Potential Questions cont. • What does the brain have to do with it? • How can we help students sustain their academic investment through the entire semester? • What are the benefits of common exams or portfolios? • How can we use (not abuse) SLOs for student success? • How can our courses be linked to promote student learning? (learning communities)

  8. Your FiG Questions

  9. FIG Faculty Connections • FIG #1 • FIG #2 • FIG #3 • FIG #4

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