DAT Project Newsletter, Issue 1
Hello Departmental Action Team supporters!
You are receiving this, our first newsletter issue, because you have been a DAT member, been involved in supporting the DAT project, participated in one of our workshops or webinars, or indicated an interest in the project. We intend to send 2-4 of these email issues per year. If you do not want to receive this newsletter, please use the link at the bottom to unsubscribe.
Announcements
In the past year we have done a lot of publishing and spreading the word about DATs:
- We wrote a book to support departmental change organizers and facilitators! Facilitating Change in Higher Education: The Departmental Action Team Project is now available at major book retailers.
- You can find our scholarly articles on our Publications page, including these new ones:
- Several new recorded talks and webinars can be viewed at our Web Resources page.
Look for us at these upcoming conferences:
- Leadership in Higher Education (Oct. 7-9)
- Colorado Community Colleges (Oct. 14-15)
- POD Pre-conference workshop, "Catalyzing Department-level Change at your Institution" (October 20 & 27, 11-12:30 MT)
- POD Conference (Nov. 8-17)
DATs in Real Life
Between 2014-2020 we facilitated seventeen DATs at CU Boulder and CSU. We are so gratified to see the changes that each DAT brought to their departments. Many DATs are continuing to work together, often with new members and internal facilitators. We salute your perseverance and resilience!
- Here’s a blog post with a table describing the projects and impacts of all seventeen DATs.
- In 2019 a former DAT received a U. of Colorado President’s Diversity Award – read the article!
Facilitator Corner
Do you want to make a group you’re involved with a more effective working team? We are excited to share these ideas and resources:
- Our new Digital Toolkit provides 100+ free resources for facilitators: slides, handouts, and how-to guides!
- We have started to play around with the MURAL set of tools for digital visual collaboration. Finally, a better way to do “sticky activities” online!
- We started a Facilitator Network to support former DAT internal facilitators. Stay tuned to this newsletter to learn about future facilitator support opportunities.
Funding
We began a new NSF-funded research project which will run from 2021-2022! Joel Corbo, Sarah Wise and Courtney Ngai are researching long-term impacts of DATs on student success using surveys, departmental artifacts, and interviews with former DAT members. You may be invited to participate sometime over the coming year.
We are pursuing funding opportunities and new institutional partners with the intention of training new DAT facilitators and expanding the DAT model beyond CU and CSU.
Contact Us
Feel free to contact us using this form with ideas or questions!