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Over the span of my teaching career, I have taught a variety of biology classes at both North Seattle College and Edmonds College. These courses include:
BIOL& 100: Survey of Biology w/ lab
BIOL& 160: General Biology w/ lab
BIOL& 175: Human Biology w/ lab (BIOL&128 at North Seattle College)
BIOL& 211: Majors Cellular Biology
BIOL& 241 and BIOL& 242: Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II
BIOL210, BIOL251, BIOL252: Problem Solving (Co-requisite classes)
BIOL& 260: Microbiology
Explore the list of specific courses I have taught each quarter at Edmonds College as part of my probationary tenure status including the modality of instruction for each course.
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Course Evaluations
Course Evaluations
The course evaluations, ARC committee observation, and highlighted student comments from the evaluations below are only from the first two years of the probationary tenure status period. However, my evaluations during this period are consistent with evaluations from students and performance observations over the 12 years I taught as an associate faculty at both North Seattle College and Edmonds College. Overall in the reports below, the means from my student evaluations on every question ranged from 4.44-4.96 (on a 5.0 scale) with cumulative means ranging from 4.52-4.95 (on a 5.0 scale), which is higher than the STEM division average at Edmonds College of 4.31.
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Read my ARC student representative, Grace Griffin's observation of my Hyflex synchronous lesson on the urinary system. (Winter 2022)
Read some of the selected anonymous student comments from my course evaluations.
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While at Edmonds College, I have focused on the development and teaching of the Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) majors and non-majors courses.
Majors: Human Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL& 241/242)
Majors: Human Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL& 241/242)
Course Overview
Course Overview
The majors A&P classes are a comprehensive study of the anatomy and physiology of the human body with lab. These courses are prerequisites for medical and healthcare transfer programs. However, this class at many schools often is a barrier for students to obtain these goals due to the complexity of the material and pace of the classes. Having taught these classes for 14 years, I knew there needed a change to the curriculum to begin to close the equity gap.
Select the embedded video (9:05) below to learn about BIOL& 241/242 and the changes from the revamp of the courses.
Enrollment Data
Enrollment Data
Many of the students taking the majors A&P classes as prerequisites to transfer programs are pursing healthcare and medical careers in nursing, physical therapy, dental hygiene, dentistry, digital imaging/ultrasound, radiology, pharmacy, nutritionist, and medical doctor. The population of this class includes 82% females, with 64% underrepresented students, (the largest population of underrepresented students being African American at 29%) consistent with industry trends in nursing in Washington.
Previously, BIOL& 242 was not offered in fall and BIOL& 241 was not offered in summer quarters. Retention and completion from BIOL& 241 to BIOL& 242 has improved with the addition of Saturday classes allowing us to offer both classes every quarter, including summer. Enrollment in BIOL& 241 or BIOL& 242 is 35-40 students each quarter, with 20-24 in the Saturday series and summer classes, increasing enrollment by about 40 more students through the series.
Completion rates for 2019-2020 are considerably higher partly due to the adjustment in the curriculum to a regional approach and increased accessibility and language support for ELL students. Completion rates are at or above 90% for all populations of students, except Asian students at an 86% pass rate. Notably this has increased overall from 79% to 92% for the class. This increase is attributed to improved completion by African American students (from 72% to 100%), Latin-X students (from 64% to 100%), Indigenous students (from 50% to 100%), multi-racial students (from 67% to 90%), other race students (from 67% to 90%), unknown race students (from 57% to 90%), and white students (from 89% to 94%) with Asian students remaining static in pass rates. (From biology program review-2022)
NOTE: Completion rate data is not analyzed for the pandemic due to varying course modality changes and college policy adjustments that may indirectly influence student completion data further complicating the conclusions that can be determined.
Non-Majors: Human Biology (BIOL& 175)
Non-Majors: Human Biology (BIOL& 175)
Course Overview
Course Overview
BIOL& 175 is a survey course of human biology that includes a lab and is a course that satisfies the natural science credit on many of the direct transfer agreements. Prior to the pandemic, the biology department had discussed plans to develop this class into an online lab class to diversify the modalities available for students needing non-majors level lab courses.
To determine the best way to adjust this class to an online modality, it was important not to just convert the class to an online course. Instead it was important to focus on the entire course design. I needed to not only examine the lab components that would shift from in person to online, but also wanted to make sure this class was providing an educational experience for students to connect culture and diversity with the human body, met the learning objectives for students in allied health needing this class- including determining how this class differs from AHE 110, and update the course learning objectives to fit the needed adjustments based on these findings.
Select the embedded video (6:24) below to learn about BIOL& 175 and the changes from the revamp of the course.
Enrollment Data
Enrollment Data
Students taking the non-majors human biology class range from students needing a science lab credit to those interested in learning more about the body or interest in exploring careers in healthcare to students pursuing allied health careers (i.e. medical technologist) or in preparation for the majors A&P series.
Prior to the revamp of this class, it was offered only winter quarter as a hybrid class filling one to two sections at 24 students per section. Since the revamp, the class has been offered fall, winter, and spring quarters with 1-2 sections per quarter increasing enrollment for this class. In the 2021-22 year, enrollment in the class was 114 students, an increase of more than double the previous level of students in this class. Part of this increase is due to inclusion on the running start list of lab classes available at Edmonds College in addition to the course design and modality changes.
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