Global Citizen Awards Implementation Team Meeting Agenda January 22, 2015 I. Welcome II. QEP Update: Conceptual Framework, SLOs, Assessment III. Review of Global Citizen Awards IV. Process for declaring and completing the awards V. Spring 2015 pilots VI. SACSCOC On-Site Visit: April 7-9, 2015 VII. Next Steps Team Membership 1. Cynthia Brown-Hernandez (Assistant Director, Academic Services, Undergraduate Studies) 2. Karla Davis-Salazar (Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies) 3. Angela Debose (University Registrar, Office of the Registrar) 4. Holly Gerardi (QEP Graduate Assistant) 5. Judelande Jeune (Assistant Director, University Affairs, Student Government) 6. Jean Keelan (Career Counselor, Career Services) 7. Jessica Lauther (QEP/SACS Administrative Specialist) 8. Monica Miranda (Director, Center for Student Involvement) 9. Kali Morgan (Graduate Assistant, Global Citizenship General Education Program) 10. Rick Pollenz (Director, Office for Undergraduate Research) 11. Rene Sanchez (Assistant Director, Education Abroad) 12. Brianne Stanback (Chair, Undergraduate Council) 13. Lance Arney (Associate Director, Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships) 14. Caroline Twachtman (Academic Advisor, Honors College) 15. Todd Wells (Director, Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement)
Conceptual Framework of the Global Citizens Project (Quotes are from Schattle, 2008.)
Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Flowchart of the Global Citizens Project
Goals and Objectives of the Global Citizens Project Program Goals Program Objectives Student Learning Outcomes Certification Processes
Student Learning Outcomes of the Global Citizens Project for the FKL Core Curriculum
AWARD REQUIREMENTS Global Citizen Award 1. Attendance at 8 on-campus global/cultural events 2. TWO different globally/culturally engaged activities: 6 credit hours of foreign language study at the intermediate level or higher 9 credit hours of Global Citizen coursework outside of general education Active participation in the Global Citizens Living Learning Community for an academic year Short-term study abroad (min. 1 week of a USF program) 45 contact hours of pre-approved globally/culturally engaged curricular or cocurricular community service 45 hours of globally/culturally engaged undergraduate research (~3 hrs a week during a single semester) 3. Reflection essay integrating the above experiences Global Citizen Scholar Award 1. 30 contact hours of pre-approved globally/culturally engaged curricular or co-curricular community service (above Global Citizen Award requirements) 2. ONE of the following pre-approved activities: An additional, separate study abroad experience (min. 3 weeks of a USF program) Globally/culturally engaged semester-long internship Globally/culturally engaged research/community engagement project (IDS 4940) An additional 6 credit hours of foreign language study at the intermediate level or higher Global Citizen Capstone course 3. ONE of the following: Presentation at the annual Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium Culminating performance or artistic expression Global Citizen Portfolio 4. Reflection essay integrating the above experiences Upon completion of the Global Citizen Award, students will be awarded a Global Citizen graduation cord and letter of congratulations from the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, which will be presented at the Celebration of Leadership Awards, sponsored annually by Student Affairs. Global Citizen awardees also become eligible to apply for a $2500 Global Citizen Study Abroad Scholarship (up to 45 awarded in the first year). Once a student has earned the Global Citizen Award, she/he can pursue the Global Citizen Scholar Award. Students who earn the Global Citizen Scholar Award will receive a Global Citizen Scholar gold medallion for commencement and a letter of congratulations from the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, which will be presented at the Celebration of Leadership Awards. Completion of the awards will appear as a comment on the student s transcript.
PROCESS FOR DECLARING AND COMPLETING THE GLOBAL CITIZENS AWARDS Students interested in pursuing the Global Citizens Award will: 1) Attend a Starting Your Adventure Workshop. Starting Your Adventure Workshops will be advertised as a community-wide event in BullSync. In this student involvement management system, students will RSVP to the workshop date of their choice. When they arrive at the workshop, students will sign in by swiping their USF ID card to verify their attendance. After the workshop, students who swiped their USF ID card will be prompted by BullSync to complete a short assessment of the workshop (including both outcomes and satisfaction-based questions). Once this short assessment questionnaire is complete, BullSync considers their attendance to be complete. 2) Enroll in the Canvas organization for the Global Citizens Award. Once the student has completed a Starting Your Adventure workshop, the BullSync system will then generate an e-mail to the student that provides a link to the Global Citizens Award Canvas organization. Students must click on the link to enroll themselves in the organization, thereby signaling their intent to pursue the award. 3) Complete an Adventure Map. The first module in Canvas provides this follow-up instruction and related assignment to which students must submit their completed Adventure Map. Introduced in the Starting Your Adventure Workshop, the Adventure Map serves as a program of study on which students will intentionally select and plan their path to the Global Citizens Award, based on their unique interests, academic goals, and career paths. Once the student completed the Adventure Map, the student will upload this signed document to the Adventure Map module in Canvas. This module functions as a prerequisite for all other Award components and instructional modules of the Canvas organization. This means that students must complete their Adventure Map prior to submitting documentation for remaining award components. 4) Execute the global activities selected on the Adventure Map and acquire evidence of these activities. Once this initial Adventure Map module in Canvas has been successfully completed, the remaining modules in Canvas provide details and assignments for each of the award components. The Global Citizens Award organization in Canvas has one instructional module for on-campus events, with eight (8) separate assignments, designed as quizzes to guide students connecting learning outcomes and reflective processes. Through Canvas API, USF IT will develop a way to access and aggregate data from these quizzes for assessment purposes. Qualifying events will be advertised in the On-Campus Events module in Canvas. Campus partners providing opportunities for the Award components have been involved in the planning process, or may have had related programs in existence that have been adapted for the Global Citizens Project. Consequently, students will engage in the Award component as set up by the campus partner, producing evidence of their engagement as they work. Consequently, the campus partner office will be able to verify students completion of the relevant award component
in the same ways they would verify completion for students not pursuing the Award. However, students pursuing the Award will upload their evidence, which may differ for each Award component, to the respective module in Canvas. If preferred by campus partners, arrangements can be made for the campus partner to act as the teaching assistant or grader for students engaging in their Award component. 5) Submit a Global Citizens Award Application form to indicate the Adventure Map is completed. Receipt of this form will serve as a catalyst for GCP staff to evaluate students work by confirming students successful submission of documents and that the coaches have graded all submissions. o The gradebook in Canvas is built to acknowledge and allow students to submit documentation for only the Award components purposefully selected on students Adventure Map. The gradebook will drop the low scores (or scores of 0) for sections that the student has not selected on their Adventure Map. Consequently, when students have completed and the GC Coaches have graded the students chosen Award components, their grade will show as 100%. This Award Application will include programmatic assessment questions and prompt students to complete the Global Perspectives Inventory. Additionally, it will inquire about students intent to pursue the Global Citizens Scholar Award. 6) Participate in optional, but highly encouraged, post-award activities. If GCP staff verifies the student has successfully completed their Adventure Map, the student can proceed to the following optional activities: o Attend a Professional Development Workshop: Translating Your Global Citizens Award Experiences to Graduate Schools and Employers. o Attend the annual Celebration of Leadership Awards for a formal Global Citizens Award presentation. Students who are unable to attend the Celebration of Leadership Awards may still receive the physical awards. o o Apply for the Global Citizens Study Abroad Scholarship. Begin work toward the Global Citizens Scholar Award. Students pursuing the Global Citizens Scholar Award, as indicated on their Award Application form, will be manually enrolled by GCP staff into a different, yet structurally similar, Canvas organization for the Global Citizens Scholar Award. Students then repeat steps 2-6. Getting Started Workshops Outline I. Welcome II. Activity Designed to Explore Why A Global Perspective Is Imperative III. What Are The Awards and Requirements? (Presentation-Style) IV. Creating YOUR Adventure Map! (How to fill out and plan for a solid GC Award experience) V. Next Steps: o Instructions on Enrolling in Canvas Organization & Getting Adventure Map Approved o Attend an On-Campus Event! Where to Find the Events & Calendar