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UCLA Strategic Plan

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Goal 4 Implementation Committees

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Subcommittee #1: Evaluation of the Teaching Process

Melissa Paquette-Smith, Psychology (Chair)

Robert Gould, Statistics

Adrienne Lavine, Engineering

Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, TLC

Glory Tobiason, TLC

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Committee Support Analyst: Anita Han, TLC

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Restructure reward mechanisms (either time and/or financial) to celebrate excellence in teaching so that it leads to transforming teaching practices.

  1. Examine, expand &/or refine teaching awards
  2. Review existing Distinguished Teaching Awards Program

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Subcommittee #2: Innovating Instructional Practice

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Muriel McClendon, History (Chair)

Anya Booker, Arts & Architecture

Sylvia Hurtado, Education

Rachel Kennison, CEILS

Ted Robles, Psychology

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Committee Support Analyst: Marjorie Llanera & Milinda Tabarez, TLC

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Develop an Education Innovation Initiative Grants Program (e.g. instructional design, course planning grant, teaching reflection opportunity).

  1. Review Instructional Improvement Program (IIP) Major and Mini-Grants program data
  2. Develop tiered grants program (new RFP in Fall 2024)

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Subcommittee #3: Modernizing Learning Spaces

Joe Way, ITS (Chair)

Allison Benedetti, Library

Kim DeBacco, TLC

Chris Dutton, TLC

Jeff Maloy, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology/LS Core

Michael Samojlik, Anderson

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Committee Support Analyst: Lucia Tabarez & Candice Thomas, TLC

Develop strategy for modernizing classrooms

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  1. Generate concept paper describing a plan for the systematic modernization of classrooms, including timeline for implementation and budget model to execute renovation projects
  2. Draft a proposal for new classroom(s) in Westside Pavilion.

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Subcommittee #4: Diversifying Modalities of Instruction

Debra Pires, Life Sciences (Chair)

Ava Arndt, TLC

Ilana Intonato, ITS

Kate Jakway Kelly, Registrar

Travis Lee, Disabilities & Computing Program

Kerry Schutt Nason, TFT

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Committee Support Analyst: Serge Chenkerian, TLC

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Course Design Imperative: EVCP initiative supporting strategic course (re)design efforts that help to expand access to courses, particularly in light of increases in undergraduate student enrollment, decreases in graduate student numbers, and constraints on physical space.

  1. Devise a toolkit for departments that showcases data-driven strategies to address the goals of the Course Redesign Imperative
  2. Develop a RFP to support a TLC/CoE pilot projects grants program

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