Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

6) Implement management evaluation processes to detect and remedy infrastructure criticalincidents in a timely manner.Current Status:Faculty enthusiasm for teaching is dampened by inefficiencies that breed frustration. Staff areburdened with tasks that could be automated. Communication between faculty and staffregarding support needs for teaching are ineffective.Critical Indicators:1) Smoothly running system as indicated by quality reports from stakeholders.2) Increased student, faculty, and staff satisfaction with infrastructure as evidenced by surveydata obtained by the Director office.Resources:Implementation of the strategies to achieve this objective will involve:1) Allocation of financial and human resources by DAC to support identified strategies.2) Allocation of time by faculty and staff to participate in data collection, planning anddevelopment of processes, budgeting for identified missing aspects of the desired system,evaluation of the system changes and correction loops, this would mean increasedcommitment of many staff/faculty to School service.Timeline:Information gathering:Instructional redesignImplementationEvaluation9 months18 months1 year1 yearEndorsements Of FacultyBased on faculty discussion and vote at the 2005 Faculty Retreat, objectives outlined above forwere not among those selected for priority implementation. However, the following strategieswere endorsed for improvement of pedagogy:1) Use of combined and complementary learning/teaching strategies across settings2) Ongoing faculty education regarding teaching strategies3) Optimal use of currently available campus resources (i.e., Office of InstructionalDevelopment, iCompass)4) Incorporation of mentoring for teaching and use of “Teach the Teacher” approaches5) Application of currently available internal resources (i.e. videotaping of teachingperformance as a method of providing feedback and critique)6) Consideration of the application of problem-based learning to additional clinical courses275