Tracking your Assignments:

Assignment Deadines (pdf)

Completed Pre-Institute Assignments (Intros, Reflections & Annotations):  

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Notable Dates:

May 28-31

ASMCUE

Resources:

Personal Epistemologies and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Diverse or Common
Beliefs? by D. Clancy, J. Fazey & R. Lawson

Beliefs about Teaching and Learning in your Discipline (Students) by R. Lawson

Biology Scholars Program
ASM Education Department
1752 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Phone: 202-942-9317
Fax: 202-942-9329

2007-2008 ASM Scholars-in-Residence Homepage

07-08 Scholars Listing ASM SoTL Institute 2007 Slideshow

Welcome to a Dynamic Year of Research…and a Year of Exciting Professional Development!

The American Society for Microbiology is delighted that have you been selected to participate in the ASM Scholars-in-Residence Program. We hope that you will find it a career-transforming experience.  This web page is designed especially for you, the 2007-2008 ASM Scholars. Think of it as your “information central” and the first place to look for program information. Please bookmark this page NOW! You will need to come back to it at various times during your residency.  

This information is provided to help you better understand your role, benefits, and responsibilities as an ASM Scholar. On this page you will find your assignments, lists of participants, and information about all aspects of the program. ASM staff contact information, listed at the left, may also be found here.

ASM Scholars Requirements and Expectations

Upon applying for the program, you confirmed you are available to participate in all aspects of the year-long ASM Scholars-in-Residence Program, including:

• ASMSiR SoTL Institute, July 18-21, 2007, Washington, DC
• ASMSiR Leadership Institute, May 29, 2008, Beverly, MA
• ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, May 30-June 1, 2008, Beverly, MA
• Scholars-in-Residence Listserv Community
• Presentations of your findings at local and/or national meetings
• Five-year tracking of your professional development by ASM

Besides meeting these requirements, there are several other important expectations of you as an ASM Scholar, including:

• Formulate a hypothesis about student learning and develop a plan to test this hypothesis.
• Conduct research according to the highest scientific and ethical standards and in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and policies regarding protection of human research subjects, human care and use of laboratory animals, and laboratory safety.
• Publish results of your studies or works-in-progress in the peer-reviewed literature and share your expertise locally and/or nationally.
• Report periodically to ASM regarding your current position, affiliation, and continued professional development for a minimum of five years after completion of the one-year Scholars-in-Residence Program. This arrangement will ensure proper follow-up studies regarding the effectiveness of such programs.
• Lead biology education reform locally in your institutions, within ASM, in the broader scientific community and in training the next generation of undergraduate biology educators.
• Complete all assignments and projects and respond to all evaluative surveys during the residency and the four additional years of ASM's tracking of your professional development.

SoTL and Leadership Institutes

The first event ASM Scholars are expected to attend is the ASMSiR SOTL Institute held in mid-July. This four-day, intensive institute will help you prepare for the year-long residency. Upon being accepted to the program, you will receive several pre-institute assignments providing background information in the field and helping participants focus on the goals of the institute. Upon completing the institute, participants will:

• Develop a hypothesis to explore student learning in microbiology
• Design an experiment using their classes to test the hypothesis
• Identify existing resources regularly used to assess student learning
• Understand methods of collecting and interpreting data used to measure student learning
• Understand IRB requirements for conducting research on students
• Identify appropriate venues for publishing their research
• ASM Scholars are also expected to attend the ASMSiR Leadership Institute held in May. This one-day institute is held just prior the the annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators. Upon completing the institute participants will:  
• Develop leadership skills for influencing biology education reform
• Identify opportunities to extend the educational community through publication of their research and findings
• Identify opportunities to grow a community of practice through their campus, regional and national mentoring and leadership efforts.

Timelines, Assignments & Projects

The goal of the assignments and projects are meant to help you and your colleagues move through the residency thoughtfully and effectively. You are expected to complete all assignments in a timely manner and lend your experience and expertise to the cohort. Successfully completed assignments and a commitment to the program will result in you receiving a Certificate of Completion, a letter detailing your participation from the ASM President, and a press release to share with administrators and colleagues at your institution.

Using the ASMSiR07 Listserv

As a Scholar you are part of the ASMSiR07 listserv community of your cohort, facilitators and ASM staff. ASM staff and facilitators will contact you via this listserv with reminders and other items of interest. Feel free to post questions or items you believe others would find interesting. Past cohorts have found the list to be valuable when they have hit roadblocks or needed advice about “how you do XYZ…?” at your institution. For example, previous comments posted include:

"I am trying to submit my IRB proposal... and now realize that I have to submit a long list of stuff with
my proposal. It includes the forms required, written answers to a set of questions, consent forms, the tools (surveys and tests) that I will use...I also have to go online and complete NSF training and obtain a certificate. BUT the last thing they ask for is that my Department Chair also complete the training and have certificate on file. Is this required at other institutions?"

 "The May 18, 2007 issue of Science, vol. 316, pp 996-997, has an article titled, "Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science". It is a review in a special section on behavioral science. Well worth taking the time to get it and read it."

Mentors

Throughout the residency you will be asked to help support one another and keep in contact with your critical friend, team leader and team members. Please use these contacts, as well as the rest of the cohort, as resources throughout your residency. The role of the critical friend is as I) sounding board; II) provider of oral and written feedback; and III) anchor and point of reference. Several of your assignments require sharing your work and helping to review the work of other Scholars in the cohort.

ASMCUE 2008

Plan on a great reunion with your fellow Scholars and ASM Staff at the ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (www.ASMCUE.org) at Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts May 30-June 1, 2008. As a Scholar, you are required to attend the Leadership Institute the day prior to ASMCUE and to present your research at the conference. Please plan for your attendance now and apply early for any travel funding you may need to attend. More details will be posted on this website in the spring.

After the Residency

What happens when it’s over? It is our hope that your experience as an ASM Scholar will never be “over.” One goal of the ASMSiR Program is to promote ongoing relationships between Scholar cohorts and promote you as a leader within the biological education community. As mentioned, we want to track your successes for at least five years. We want you to continue to develop professionally. We want you to publicly present your findings to develop a community of practice. Past Scholars have been invited to serve as mentors and to speak at education meetings about their involvement in the program.

Upon completion of the residency you will be added to the ASM Scholars Network listserv, a community of previous Scholars who continue to stay in contact about their research. ASM staff will also continue to stay in contact with you via this listserv and share information you may find useful.

To continue our work together it is vital for us to keep in touch. Please drop us an email whenever you are recognized for your work, lead a workshop on campus or within the community, have an itemed published, etc. Your success will serve as a model to others.