Office of Diversity Initiatives

Annual Report Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Summer 2016

Nicole J. Wilson M.Ed., Director

Mission Statement*

• To build a community that fosters diversity through support, unity,

and guidance within Purdue Teacher Education Program

• To develop strategies that will assist in the recruitment and

retention of underrepresented students in Teacher Education

• To create awareness and promote inclusion through strategic

planning and partnerships on various programs that enhance the

climate related to diversity for students, faculty, and staff

*Adopted from 2010-2011 Annual Report

Goals*

• Provide support, foster unity, and equip all pre-service teachers

with the guidance needed to thrive in our diverse, global world

• Increase and retain the number of historically underrepresented

students entering teacher education programs

• Cultivate an environment that promotes understanding, respect,

inclusion, and a welcoming atmosphere for diversity

*Adopted from 2010-2011 Annual Report

Programs & Initiatives

CPS Field Experience

Teacher Education Diversity

Committee

Holmes Scholars Program

Math Review

SessionsStudents in Education Enhancing Diversity

EXCITE! Summer

Camp

Recruitment Initiatives

BoilerMentor Program

Office of

Diversity

Initiatives

Fall 2015 Enrollment OverviewUnderrepresented Minority

College of

Education

Teacher

Education

Purdue

University

Total

Undergraduate

Enrollment:

515 866 29,497

Undergraduate

Underrepresented

Minority

43 75 2,568

Total Graduate

Enrollment 604 - 8,974

Graduate

Underrepresented

Minority

74 - 654

Office of Enrollment Management Analysis and Reporting (10, Sept. 2015)

Fall 2015 Enrollment Overview

• During Fall 2015, underrepresented minorities (URM) accounted for 8.35% of

COE’s total undergraduate population

• Fall 2015 COE URM enrollment (43) was slightly higher than Fall 2014 (37)

• Increase in COE URM enrollment/retention compared to total enrollment numbers

• Lowest URM enrollment total since Fall 2008

• 8.66% of students enrolled in a Teacher Education Program identified as URM

• Increase in TEP URM enrollment compared to FALL 2014 (61)

Highlights

Office of Enrollment Management Analysis and Reporting (10, Sept. 2015)

Undergraduate Underrepresented Minority

2015-2016 Recruitment & Yield Timeline

August 2015

July 2016 September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

High School College Fairs

Explore Purdue*

Explore Purdue*

Destination Purdue*

Indiana HS

Counselor

Breakfasts

*

*

GAME ON!

Oakland HS Group Visit

BoilerTracks Day

Recruitment Events: Explore Purdue, Special Group Visits, EXCITE,

HS recruitment fairs

Yield Events: GAME ON!, Destination Purdue, BoilerTracks

Engagement: IBE, Indiana Counselor Breakfast

Chicago Public Schools- Urban Field Experience

Trip DatesMonday, October 12 - Wednesday, October 14

Lodging Chicago Hosteling International

Participants22 students enrolled in EDCI 2059 Special Education/Elementary Education

7 Elementary Education

3 Social Studies Education

1 Agricultural Education

1 English Education

1 Family and Consumer Science Education

Chaperones

Nicole Wilson, Office of Diversity Initiatives

Hanna Dockrill

Jubin Rahatzad

Field Experience SitesYates Elementary

Westinghouse College Prep

*Project transitioned to Office of Field

Experience effective August 2016

Chicago Public Schools: Urban Field Experience

9

Day One: Cultural Immersion Day

Chicago Public Schools: Urban Field Experience

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Day Two- Three: Field Experience

Chicago Public Schools: Urban Field Experience

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Post Survey Results

Only Observed

Worked with a student

Worked with a group

Taught a mini lesson

Assisted the Teacher

Grading

Distributed Materials

Teacher Discussion

010

20

During my field experience, I…

Chicago Public Schools: Urban Field Experience

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Post-Survey Results

Yes

No

I would recommend the Chicago Public

Schools- Urban Field Experience trip to other

Teacher Education majors “I really enjoyed getting a different

teaching experience [and] getting the

chance to go somewhere other than the

local schools in order to get a variety of

different teaching settings.”

“I honestly loved the whole trip! I loved

getting to experience a school that is

completely different than the one I

attended. I also like that we were able to

take public transportation to the school

and sit alongside many CPS students who

were also heading to school. All of our

free time activities were really fun as well.

I loved this trip so much and I wish we

could have gone for a week!”

Math Tutoring Program

Program Overview

• Coordinated tutoring services for students enrolled in MA13700, MA13800,

and MA13900

• Individual tutoring

• Exam review sessions

• Weekly review sessions (MA13700 only)

• Hired three (3) students who have passed to course (with a B+ or better) to

lead review sessions and provide individual tutoring

• Met Biweekly to review timecards and address concerns/issues

Math Tutoring Program

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Fall 2015 & Spring 2016 Data

FALL MA13700 MA13900

Course

Enrollment 106 35

# who utilized

tutoring

services

22 17

SPRING MA13700 MA13800 MA13900

Course

Enrollment 50 Data not

available41

# who utilized

tutoring

services

18 Data not

available9

Exam Review Sessions

• Qualtrics survey administered to those who attended any Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 tutoring

sessions .Results can be found here:

• U:\Advising\Math Tutoring Program\2015-2016\Fall 2015\Report

• U:\Advising\Math Tutoring Program\2015-2016\Spring 2016\Report

*Project transitioned to Office of Advising and Recruiting effective August 2016

Students in Education Enhancing Diversity

S.E.E.D. serves as a student organization which supports and cultivates diversity within Teacher

Education. S.E.E.D. places emphasis on recruiting underrepresented students and highlighting the

importance of exposure to and understanding of diversity present in today’s K-12 classroom.

Program Overview

Students in Education Enhancing Diversity

• Membership increased to 22 members

• Membership now includes teacher education majors who do not identify as an underrepresent

minority

• Attended Indianapolis Alliance of Black School Educators Forum (November 2015)

• Celebrated graduating seniors- S. Irvin, E. Sura

• Increased programming efforts to all teacher education majors:

• TRUE LIFE: I’m a Student Teacher

• Social Justice Issues in K-12 education

• Completed Annual Service Project: BackPack Reloaded @ Lafayette Urban Ministry (January 2016)

• Delivered $900 worth of back packs and school supplies

• Purdue University Engagement grant

• Trip to DuSable Museum of African American History (February 2016)

• Jasmine Hawthorne was the recipient of the “Dr. Dorothy Reed Scholarship” (2016)

Fall 2015 & Spring 2016 Highlights

BoilerMENTOR Program

The BoilerMENTOR program began in 2014 as a university-wide peer mentoring program for

first-year students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Mentees are paired with an

upperclassmen mentor in their respective college. The peer mentoring relationship includes a

series of support initiatives to assist incoming students in achieving their academic goals,

identifying institutional support resources, and becoming more acclimated with life at Purdue.

BoilerMENTOR Program

• Implemented the BoilerMENTOR program in the College of Education Fall 2015

• Collaboration with Division of Diversity and Inclusion

• Six (6) first-year URM students were paired among 3 BoilerMentors

• 5 first-year URM students were retained in COE

• 1 student switched majors

• Issues with mentor consistency

• Mentor and mentees were not meeting

• Program vision was not clear

Significant improvements, revisions, and clarity brought to program during Fall 2016

Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Summer 2016

Teacher Education Diversity Committee

COMMITTEE OVERVIEW

We are committed to enhancing diversity by fostering partnerships, leaderships, awareness and

communication for students, faculty and staff in the College of Education (COE) and Teacher Education

at Purdue. We are dedicated to celebrating and understanding differences and similarities; providing

educational opportunities that are inclusive and promote respect among traditionally under-represented

groups; and addressing issues of social inequity by promoting social justice.

Possible Activities & Strategies:

• Act as an advisory committee for new program and initiative development for the Office of Diversity

Initiatives

• Make recommendations for possible recruitment and retention efforts for underrepresented

undergraduates and graduates

• Make recommendations for opportunities to develop diversity awareness among students, faculty

and staff

• Make recommendations regarding Diversity Speaker Series and possible speakers

• Assist with the selection of the Holmes Scholars

*Committee merged with COE Equity and Diversity Committee November 2015

AACTE HOLMES SCHOLARS PROGRAM

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Established in 1991, the AACTE Holmes Scholars Program consists of doctoral students from

traditionally underrepresented backgrounds pursuing careers in education at AACTE member

institutions. The goal of the program is to offer mentorship, peer support, professional

development, and rich scholarly experiences to Scholars, who in turn, become an outstanding pool

of candidates for future faculty and leadership positions.

AACTE HOLMES SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Highlights:

• Appointed LaMarcus Hall as Holmes Scholar (Aug. 2015)

• Holmes Scholar Hall attended AACTE 2016- Vegas, NV (Feb. 2016)

• Holmes Scholars Hall served on COE Equity and Diversity Committee

• Program overhaul began late Spring 2016

• Cohort intake model- Adeoye & Iseminger appointed as incoming scholars

• Monthly programming preparation

Year of

Application

Holmes

Scholar Year Name Department

2008 2009-2010 Kevin Brooks Unknown

2009 2010-2012 Constance Harris EDCI

2011 2012-2014 Ileana Santiago EDCI

2014 2014-2016 Kwalfle Scott EDCI

2015 2015-2018 LaMarcus Hall EDCI

2016 2016-2019 Temitope Adeoye EDST

2016 2016-2019 Shalyse Iseminger EDCI

EXCITE! Summer Camp

• EXcel, Create, and Inspire the Teaching Experience

• July 10-15, 2016

• Camp Theme: K-12 STEM Education

• 5-day residential summer camp

• Geared towards rising sophomores, juniors, and senior high school students• Strong emphasis placed on recruiting underrepresented populations in teaching profession

• Campers participate in various leadership and educational workshops that will

inspire and motivate them to explore teaching as a career

Program Overview

EXCITE! 2016 Recap

EXCITE! Enrollment DemographicsGrade Level

Rising Seniors

Rising Juniors

RisingSophomores

41%

45%

14%

Sex

Male

Female69%

31%

Racial Diversity

Non URM

URM48%52%

GeographicalDiversity

Indiana

Illinois

Michigan

New Jersey

Massachusetts

Wisconsin

72%21%

EXCITE! Enrollment Demographics

Post-Survey

Workshop ExcellentVery Good Good Fair Poor Total

No Response

Gizmo Team Building Activity 13 4 6 3 1 27

Teach Me with Tech 5 5 9 7 1 27

Purdue Teacher Education 101 13 4 7 1 2 27

Learning and Motivation 7 10 8 1 1 27

Miller Center Tour 13 8 3 1 1 26 1

Teaching Towards Social Justice 1 9 13 2 2 27

Mathematics Education 8 2 3 10 4 27

Agricultural Education "C.A.S.E." 6 3 9 6 3 27

Hanna Center Service Project 23 3 1 27

Teaching Genetics 8 8 6 4 1 27

Movie Premiere: Ghostbusters 17 5 1 1 1 25 2

Yes No

I would recommend EXCITE! To other high school students

interested in exploring teaching as a career. 27

EXCITE! 2017: SAVE THE DATE July 16- 21, 2017

16- 21, 2017

Contact Information

Nicole Wilson, Director

Office of Diversity Initiatives

Beering Hall Room 3210

Email: nicolewilson@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-2345