Research+on+faculty+learning+around+community-engaged+scholarship+-+A+mixed+method+investigation+of+competency+development

**Research on faculty learning around community-engaged scholarship:** **A mixed method investigation of competency development** Patti Clayton, Practitioner-Scholar, PHC Ventures; Senior Scholar, IUPUI; Visiting Scholar, UNCG [patti.clayton@curricularengagement.com] Bob Bringle, Executive Director, Center for Service and Learning, IUPUI [rbringle@iupui.edu] John Saltmarsh, Co-Director, New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE), University of Massachusetts - Boston [john.saltmarsh@umb.edu] Audrey Jaeger, Associate Professor, NC State University [audrey_jaeger@ncsu.edu] Jessica Jameson, Associate Professor, NC State University [jameson@ncsu.edu]



**Keywords:** Faculty development, faculty competencies, faculty learning, assessment, community engaged scholarship

**Track:** Faculty roles and professional development

**Format:** Research paper  **Date & time: **Friday 9:30-10:40 **Location: ** Salon 1

**Summary:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Faculty development efforts assume that faculty learning takes place and leads to enhanced faculty practice, but how do we assess that learning? The Faculty for the Engaged Campus (FEC) initiative funded by FIPSE and sponsored by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) supported the design of innovative faculty development models focused on competencies for community-engaged scholarship (CES). One of the campuses awarded an FEC pilot grant, NC State University, developed a cohort-based learning community (called EDGES, for __E__ducation and __D__iscovery __G__rounded in __E__ngaged __S__cholarship) with a curriculum grounded in democratic civic engagement and a strategy for assessing resultant faculty learning.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">This study investigated faculty learning around community-engaged scholarship (CES) using new-to-the-field methods that included a new scale on CES competencies and written reflection products. Study design accounted for the possibility of “response shift bias": the tendency to over-estimate competence on pre-tests, which can lead to decreases on post-tests as learning brings greater awareness of complexities. Facilitators will briefly overview the design of EDGES and its strategy for assessing faculty learning then share research methods and results, inviting participant critique. Framed by the paradigm of democratic engagement, the session will invite participants to consider which faculty competencies apply to students and/or community members and how the strategy that investigated faculty learning might be adapted accordingly. Participants will take away sample competencies, assessment instruments, and data analysis methods.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**References:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Clayton, P., Hess, G., Jaeger, A., Jameson, J., & McGuire, L. (forthcoming in 2012). Assessing Faculty Learning in Service Learnng. In P. Clayton, J. Hatcher, & R. Bringle (Eds.), //Research on Service Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Assessment//. Vol 2, IUPUI Series on Service Learning Research. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">J aeger, A., Jameson, J., & Clayton, P.H. (in press). Institutionalization of Community Engaged Scholarship at a Land Grant, Reseach Extensive University: Examining the Paradox of Identity. //Journal of Higher Education, Outreach, and Engagement//.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Jameson, J., Clayton, P., & Jaeger, A. (2010). Community Engaged Scholarship as Mutually Transformative Partnerships. In L. Harter, J. Hamel-Lambert, & J. Millesen (Eds.), //Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research//. Dubuque IA: Kendall Hunt.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Saltmarsh, J., Hartley, M., & Clayton, P. (2009). //Democratic Engagement White Paper//. Boston, MA: New England Resource Center for Higher Education.

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