PAWS: Advance

Nevada Engineering Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (NEATLE) consists of four principals, known as PAWS: Prepare, Advance, Welcome and Serve. 

Advance

To help faculty advance their skill sets in education, the goals include:

• providing tutoring services and enhanced learning opportunities for 100- to 700-level courses;
• improving student acquisition of skills and knowledge by using assessment-based grading practices;
• creating faculty engagement with advanced educational practices and collaborative opportunities; and
• contributing to the mentorship of undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty members.

Input:

• Director of NEATLE
• Assistant Dean for Assessment, Compliance and Evaluation
• Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
• Associate Dean for Student Affairs
• Lecturers
• Coordinators
• Administrative assistants/managers for Tutoring Center

Output:

• Enhance Tutoring Center to provide material for all course levels.
• Create honor code culture.
• Enhance motivation of students by creating a system of peer mentors, professional mentors and industry partners.
• Train faculty on how to create assignments for assessment.
• Train faculty of assessment-based grading practices.
• Develop formative assessment in curriculum mapping.
• Diversify mentorship structure to include multidisciplinary- and teaching-focused collaborations.