NSF CAREER Grant Workshop Ken Schriver, Department of Physics and Astronomy Molly Bolger, CIRTL

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NSF CAREER Grant WorkshopKen Schriver,
Department of Physics and AstronomyMolly
Bolger, CIRTL
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Who am I sitting next to?
Engineering Civil and Environmental, Chemical,
and Electrical Engineering Medical Center
Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology and
Biophysics, Biochemistry, Pediatrics, Cancer
Biology, Radiation Oncology, Radiology,
Biomedical Informatics, and Urological Surgery
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CIRTL -Vanderbilt

• Our Goals
• To encourage communication between the various
  groups on campus who are involved in Science,
  Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education
• To provide graduate students, postdocs and
  faculty in STEM with resources that will help
  them improve their teaching and education outreach

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CIRTL-Vanderbilt

• Committee Members
• David Weintraub, Physics and Astronomy
• Thomas Harris, Biomedical Engineering
• Allison Pingree, Center for Teaching
• Andy Porter, Learning Sciences Institute
• Ken Schriver, Physics and Astronomy
• Virginia Shepherd, Pathology and Center for
  Science Outreach

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CIRTL-Vanderbilt

• Our Partner Institutions
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• Howard University
• Michigan State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Texas AM University
• University of Wisconsin at Madison

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The CIRTL Pillars
These are the key ideas that underlie the work
that CIRTL at Vanderbilt University and
throughout the CIRTL Network. .
Learning Communities
Teaching as Research
Learning-Through-Diversity
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Teaching-as-Research
Teaching as research is the deliberate,
systematic, and reflective use of research
methods by science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) instructors to develop and
implement teaching practices that advance the
learning experiences and outcomes of both
students and teachers.
For me, teaching as research involves applying
the same tools that would I use to solve a
problem in the research lab to the problem of
improving my students learning of introductory
physics I read the relevant literature, make
quantitative measurements, acquire baseline data,
modify parameters, assess the outcomes, and
document the results. I compare these results to
the learning goals for my course, allowing me to
critically evaluate and make improvements to my
teaching methods. Dr. Ken Schriver
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Learning-Through-Diversity
Learning-through-Diversity capitalizes on the
rich array of experiences, backgrounds, and
skills among STEM undergraduates and
graduates-through-faculty to enhance the
learning of all. It recognizes that excellence
and diversity are necessarily intertwined.
"To me, Learning-Through-Diversity means
promoting the inclusion of diverse groups in our
classrooms and thereby enhancing learning for
all. Naturally, Learning-Through-Diversity
presupposes the presence of diversity in its
various forms. Thus, efforts aimed at
Building-Up-Diversity are critical to providing a
foundation thatsupports and sustains the
Learning-Through-Diversity pillar."-Dr. Keivan
Stassun
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Learning Communities
Learning Communities bring together groups of
people for shared learning, discovery, and
generation of knowledge. To achieve common
learning goals, a learning community nurtures
functional relationships among its members.
The Center for Teachings Working Groups are a
fantastic format because they take advantage of
the collective knowledge of the group.   In my
mind, a working group has succeeded when all
members have contributed to and received
significant contributions from other members of
the group. This is the power of a learning
community, and it is important whether the topic
of the working group is course design, exploring
the literature of teaching and learning, or
designing teaching as research projects. Dr.
Jeff Johnston
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Why does CIRTL want to host a workshop on CAREER
grants?

• The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)
  Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers
  the National Science Foundation's most
  prestigious awards in support of the early
  career-development activities of those
  teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate
  research and education within the context of the
  mission of their organization. Such activities
  should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of
  integrated education. - program solicitation
• CIRTL Center for Integration of Research,
  Teaching and Learning

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Todays Schedule
NSF CAREER Grant Workshop Tuesday May 8 407
Light Hall 900 - 905 Welcome Ken Schriver,
Senior Lecturer, Physics and Astronomy
Department   905 910 Introduction to CIRTL
Molly Bolger, Postdoctoral Fellow, CIRTL 910
930 Introduction to CAREER Grants and Review
Criteria - Todd Graham, Assistant
Professor, Biological Science Department 
930 1015 Panel Discussion Vanderbilt
Faculty who have obtained NSF CAREER
Grants Robert Bodenheimer, Assistant Professor,
Computer Science Department Todd Graham,
Assistant Professor, Biological Science
Department Eva Harth, Assistant Professor,
Chemistry Department Bridget Rogers, Associate
Professor, Chemical Engineering Department 1015
1030 Break 1030 1110 Presentations by
campus Groups who may help with teaching
Opportunities / broader impact 1030-1040
Overview of VaNTH, Stacy Klein, Research
Assistant Professor,
Departments of Biomedical Engineering,
Radiological Sciences, and
Teaching and Learning 1040-1050 Overview of
the Center for Science Outreach, Jo Lopez,
Program Coordinator, Center
for Science Outreach 1050-1100 Overview of the
Center for Teaching, Derek Bruff, Assistant
Director, Center for
Teaching 1100-1110 Overview of Vanderbilt
Student Volunteers for Science (VSVS), Pat
Tellinghuisen, Director,
VSVS 1110 - 1200 Group discussion over lunch
with worksheets and written information on grants
and programs