PAWS: Prepare

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

Prepare

To prepare students and faculty for excellence in education, the goals are defined to:

• address remedial skills missing from students’ knowledge base;
• ensure compliance with the University’s policies;
• contribute to graduate student experiences; and
• develop a library of training modules, research-informed content and evidence-based pedagogical methods.

Input:

• Director of NEATLE
• Associate Dean for Student Affairs
• Assistant Dean for Assessment, Compliance and Evaluation
• Administrative assistants/ managers for Tutoring Center
• Lecturers
• Coordinators
• Platform specialist
• Director, University Advancements in Teaching Excellence

Output:

• Help student acknowledge skill deficit to take resolution action and provide remedial training opportunities.
• Enhance Tutoring Center to address remedial skills.
• Research and design a requirement to demonstrate skill achievement before declaring engineering as a major.
• Develop modular trainings.
• Enhance the reputation of the College of Engineering by producing graduate students with qualifications for teaching.
• Partner with University Advancement in Teaching Excellence Center and National Centers (i.e., CIRTL).
• Create library platform.