RECAST | Are you interested in expanding access to capstone or signature work experiences for Evergreen students?
From: Metzker, Julia <metzkerj@evergreen.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2020 12:21 PM
“Culminating experiences provide graduating seniors a course, program, or activity designed to cap off the integration of educational experiences, and foster transition to work or further education beyond the bachelor’s degree experience.”
Kinzie, J. (2013). Taking Stock of Capstones and Integrative Learning. Peer Review, 15(4), 27–30.
The
New Academic Directions Capstone workgroup has been charged with developing a vision
for increase access to capstone and signature work experiences for Evergreen
students. Please consider bringing your perspective to this important
work. To join, add your name to an open slot on the sign-up form. I
am happy to answer your questions – just shoot me an email.
New Academic Directions
Capstone Workgroup, 2020-2021:
Goal: Build upon the capstone work from this
summer to further develop capstones as a strategy to improve curricular
cohesion for students.
Expectation: Work collaboratively with faculty in your
Path group and capstone stewards from other paths to finalize a capstone
proposal for review by Curriculum Area Team (CAT) Leaders and the Student and
Academic Life Leadership Team (SAL-LT).
Charge: Charge a faculty committee/workgroup, with
staff and student representatives, in the Fall to develop a common,
college-wide vision for expectations, language, and support structures for
capstones. This committee would detail the faculty, administrative, and
financial support needed to make capstones a vibrant, signature feature of an
Evergreen education. It would also consider the changes to FTE
distribution/compensation needed for faculty to mentor/support capstone
experiences for all students. Faculty meetings and student GU meetings would be
places (amongst others) for robust, substantive discussions of the proposed
capstone system. Any increase in expectations for faculty mentorship of
increased numbers of capstone projects would involve negotiations through the
Union. The committee will collaborate with CAT leaders, Path conveners,
Marketing and Admissions, the LTC, and other New Academic Directions initiative
teams to move the project forward in a coherent and integrated manner. Consider
the question: in order to fully support all students in competing capstone
work, what do we need to do? (from the 2020 Summer 2020 Workgroup Report)
Workgroup lead: Stacey Davis
In community,
Julia Metzker
—
Julia Metzker
(she/her)
Director, Washington
Center for Improving Undergraduate Education
http://www.evergreen.edu/washingtoncenter/
metzkerj@evergreen.edu | 360-867-6637
The Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Sem II E3115
Olympia, WA, 98505
