Events
CPP PolyTeach 2020: Do the Flip!
March 6th, 2020, Bronco Student Center at Cal Poly Pomona
PolyTeach 2020: Do the Flip! focuses on “flipping” the classroom to help students to learn better, succeed better, and to have a sense of classroom community.
The program will feature talks from Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Los Angeles faculty in STEM and STEM-related fields. These faculty participated in a Department of Education “First in the World” grant to investigate how flipping could contribute to student success in core STEM and STEM-related courses. We also have a short workshop on how to write a “guided practice,” a document that helps students to do the class preparation which is critical for making flipping work.
The event included talks from Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State LA, and San Jose State faculty who have flipped their course. The 2020 Wall of COOL awards were conferred. The keynote by Dr. Kevin Kelly, “Designing Flipped Courses for Learning Equity”, focused on ensuring that flipping is an inclusive teaching strategy rather than one that perpetuates imbalances. The event wrapped up with “speed-teching” to quickly introduce people to different technologies that support flipping.
More than 170 faculty and staff from Cal Poly Pomona, CSU LA, and other southern California universities including UC Merced, Azusa Pacific University, University of Southern California, California Baptist University, CSU San Bernardino, Western University, UC Riverside, and CSU Fullerton.
"Do the Flip" Workshops - 2019
To meet the needs of instructors who have difficulty attending a full-day workshop, we are offering two versions of the workshop:
- A full-day in-person workshop from 8:30am to 4:30pm, with only basic required follow-up activities, hosted at Cal State LA on Friday, April 26, 2019 and San Jose State on May 31, 2019.
- A half-day in-person workshop (choose your preferred session, either from 8:30am - 12:00pm or from 1:00pm - 4:30pm), with more robust required post-workshop content online. This workshop is offered at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday, April 19, 2019.
Cal Poly Pomona
Friday, April 12th, 2019
8:30am-12:00pm
1:00pm-4:30pm
California State University -Los Angeles
Friday, April 26th, 2019
8:30am-4:30pm
San Jose State University
Friday, May 31st, 2019
8:30am-4:30pm
For more infomation about the Do the Flip workshops, please visit our Workshop page.
Spring 2019
SJSU Second Annual Student Success Symposium:
Connect, Collaborate, and Innovate for Success
April 15th, 2019, Diaz Compean Student Union Ballroom at San Jose State
SJSU 2nd Annual Student Success Symposium Program Schedule [pdf]
There were over 250 attendees at this one-day conference. Dr. Backer was the lead in the development and implementation of this event which included two keynote speakers (Dr. Laura Rendón and Dr. Scott Freeman) and 7 presentation sessions, 3 panel sessions, 6 workshop sessions, 4 discussion circles, and 6 poster sessions with a total of 113 speakers.
Mini-Grant Application Spring 2019
This application form is for faculty who would like to apply for a mini-grant in Spring 2019 to support curricular development using flipped classroom pedagogy to be implemented in the 2019 academic year.
Faculty who attended one of the Summer 2017/2018 FITW workshops are eligible. All faculty applicants will be reviewed by a committee of representatives from the three campuses: CSULA, SJSU, and CalPoly Pomona. There will be up to 10 mini-grants awarded to each campus. Each mini grant will be overload(up to 20%) for the Spring semester. The priority deadline for submission is Tuesday, November 27th, 2018. Submitting an application before the priority deadline gives you priority during the selection process. The Final Deadline to submit applications will be Wednesday December 12th, 2018. If you participated in the Spring 2018 mini- grants, you will be expected to flip another course.
For more infomation about the FITW Mini-Grants, please visit our Outcomes and Dissemination page.
"Do the Flip" Workshops - 2018
These summer workshops are intended to introduce STEM faculty to the flipped classroom model. The focus of the workshop will be to learn about available resources and to work though the development of a lesson plan for pre-class and in-class activities. We will investigate active learning strategies that can be used in the classroom, as well as ways to hold students accountable for doing the pre-class activities. Workshop participants will become part of the campus community consisting of the grant core faculty, and will be able to participate in on-going professional development.
San Jose State University
Monday, June 18th, 2018
8:30am-4:30pm
Cal Poly Pomona
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
8:30am-4:30pm
California State University -Los Angeles
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
8:30am-4:30pm
For more infomation about the Do the Flip workshops, please visit our Workshop page.
Mini-Grant Application Summer 2018
This application form is for faculty who would like to apply for a mini-grant in Summer 2018 to support curricular development using flipped classroom pedagogy to be implemented in the 2018-2019 academic year.
Faculty who attended one of the Summer 2017 FITW workshops are eligible. All faculty applicants will be reviewed by a committee of representatives from the three campuses: CSULA, SJSU, and CalPoly Pomona. There will be a total of 10 mini-grants awarded. Each mini-grant will be for 5 days of summer salary.
For more infomation about the FITW Mini-Grants, please visit our Outcomes and Dissemination page.
"Do the Flip" Workshops - 2017
These summer workshops are intended to introduce STEM faculty to the flipped classroom model. The focus of the workshop will be to learn about available resources and to work though the development of a lesson plan for pre-class and in-class activities. We will investigate active learning strategies that can be used in the classroom, as well as ways to hold students accountable for doing the pre-class activities. Workshop participants will become part of the campus community consisting of the grant core faculty, and will be able to participate in on-going professional development.
San Jose State University
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
8:30am-4:30pm
Cal Poly Pomona
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
8:30am-4:30pm
California State University - Los Angeles
Friday, July 7th, 2017
8:30am-4:30pm
For more infomation about the Do the Flip workshops, please visit our Workshop page.
