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While folks are coming in,

please share some information

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Welcome!

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Student Voice in Department and Program Level Spaces

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MSU’s Spring Conference on Teaching and Learning

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  1. Welcome
  2. The Department
  3. The Student
  4. The Program
  5. Q&A
  6. Supported work time
  7. Check in & Check out

Agenda

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Mindful Moment

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  • We are all co-learners
  • Practice “both, and” thinking
  • Move up & move back
  • Practice mindful listening
  • Right to pass
  • Use Chat for questions, connections, and ideas

Norms

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INTROS

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Presenters

Liz Owens Boltz

MAET Director

Brittany Dillman

Director of Graduate Certificate Programs

Candace Robertson

Assistant Director of Student Experience

and Outreach

Morgan Abb

MAET Student

MAET Dept Rep

Cary Roseth

CEPSE Dept Chair

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CEPSE Department

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You

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In the chat, please share:

  • Your name
  • Do you have experience with doing something like this?
  • Favorite thing about your students

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You

Program Assistant/Academic Program Coordinator

Fixed-Term Faculty/Academic Specialist

Tenure Stream Faculty, Administration

Graduate Student, Adjunct Faculty, Staff

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  • How do I get students to want to get involved in the department's governance and committee?

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Your Questions

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BACKGROUND

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DEPARTMENT CHAIR

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SHARED VISION

DEPARTMENT CHAIR

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What have you been able to do because of SAC?

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Elevate student voices

Cary says…

What have you gotten out of CEPSE SAC?

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Learn about different approaches and derive best practices

What else?

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Calendar that aligns with major program events and milestones

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STUDENT VIEW

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Pre-SAC:

  • Involvement
  • Making an impact
  • Growing my network

What I’ve done:

  • Point of contact
  • Department improvement
  • Student soundboard

Post-SAC:

  • Leadership
  • Connection
  • Impact

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What have you been able to do because of SAC?

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Share the student experience

What have you gotten out of CEPSE SAC?

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Leadership opportunities and connections between departments

What else?

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Feel connected in a remote environment

Morgan says…

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PROGRAM VIEW

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“We love that we have someone who has volunteered to help us make the program better by sharing their experiences with us.”

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September - December: meet w/ team, meet w/ instructors, email

August: onboarding, expectations, responsibilities

June - July: nothing

April - May: election process, email, share survey data

January - March: meet w/ team, meet w/ instructors, email, survey

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Area

MAET Reps will

MAET Reps will not

Admissions

  • Provide insight about MAET
  • Be a contact person for a potential applicants
  • View applications
  • Be involved in admission decisions

Recruit

  • Share information on social media
  • Provide insight on K-12 current trends
  • Have responsibility to recruit

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Hiring

  • Be part of instructor interviews, when available
  • Have responsibility for final decisions

Curriculum

  • Provide feedback from experiences (self and peers)
  • Provide voluntary or requested curricular input
  • Provide formal evaluation outside of SIRS

Budget

  • Voice priorities and concerns that impact budget
  • Advocate for lower tuition prices
  • Make budget decisions
  • Be responsible for budget

Committee

  • Attend department SAC meetings
  • Share information back to team
  • Be involved in other committees

Student Exp & Annual Review

  • Reps will be available to confer with advisor
  • Provide input on the ideas to communicate
  • View reviews of other students

Elections

  • Write newsletter article and email
  • Run for re-election
  • Have voting data

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EPET PhD

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  • Outgoing reps run election
  • Reps attend monthly faculty meeting
  • Reps email students and faculty as needed
  • Reps survey students
  • Reps attend dept SAC meetings
  • Reps share reports regularly in EPET faculty meetings

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  • Program staff run election
  • Reps attend one program staff meeting per semester
  • Reps attend one instructor gathering per semester
  • Reps email students, as needed
  • Reps survey students
  • Reps attend dept SAC meetings

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What have you been able to do because of SAC?

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Improve the program…

Ungrading

Course improvement

What have you gotten out of CEPSE SAC?

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Connect and get to know 5 students

better → all of our students better

What would we have done differently?

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Review responsibilities every year

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QUESTIONS

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WORK TIME

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SUPPORTED

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SAC in 1, 2, 3!

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check in

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check out

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