Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) — Advancing what works in STEM education
In the Spotlight
July 30, 2010: Leadership Development: Helping Faculty Learn to “Lead Up”
In early June 2010, PKAL held a regional STEM education leadership workshop in the Upper Midwest, hosted at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN. The thirteen attendees - early career faculty from public and private colleges and universities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and South Dakota - embarked on a leadership development journey that started with the identification of their own professional goals. They were then challenged to link these goals to the bigger picture of their departments and institutions. This necessarily involved thinking deeply about shifting focus from their individual agendas to one that is more collective or institutional in nature. In other words, making the transition from “I” to “we” and becoming “servant leaders.” One of the highlights of the workshop was a session led by MaryAnn Baenninger, President of The College of St. Benedict, in which she elaborated on her views of leadership.
Since its founding in 1989, PKAL has been one of the leading advocates in the United States for building and sustaining strong undergraduate programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). With an extensive network of over 1,500 faculty members and administrators at more than 500 colleges and universities, PKAL has developed far-reaching influence in shaping undergraduate STEM learning environments that attract and retain undergraduate students.
PKAL accomplishes its work by engaging campus faculty and leaders in funded projects, national and regional meetings, community-building activities, leadership development programs, and publications that are focused on advancing what works in STEM education.
Engaged STEM Learning: From Promising to Pervasive Practices Network for Academic Renewal Conference
March 24-26, 2011
Hilton Miami Downtown
Miami, FL Meeting website.
2010 Keck/PKAL National Colloquium on Leadership in Interdisciplinary (ID) STEM Learning
October 15-16, 2010
Keck Center of The National Academies
Washington, DC Meeting website
Registration deadline is September 10, 2010. Registration is limited to the first 150 registrants.
Facilitating Partnerships for STEM Pedagogy and Undergraduate Research
PKAL Atlanta Regional Fall Meeting
November 19, 2010
Brenau University
Gainesville, GA
What We Know About Planning Learning Spaces and What We Still Need to Know
PKAL Learning Spaces Collaboratory National Colloquium
November 5-7, 2010
Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles
Chantilly, Virginia Meeting website
Quantifying Quantitative Reasoning in Undergraduate Education: Alternative Strategies for the Assessment of Quantitative Reasoning A workshop co-sponsored by Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) and the QuIRK initiative
October 8-10, 2010
Carleton College
Northfield, MN
Meeting website
