VIDEO CLUB ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTATIONS
Video club is a semester-long professional development program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (DUE-2337153). This program invites teaching assistants to become researchers of their own instruction, in which they will engage in salient literature, broaden understanding of chemistry pedagogy, and enhance noticing for student understanding and engagement. If you are interested in applying for video club in lieu of the mandated peer observations, there is a set of terms and conditions that need to be explicitly and transparently communicated.
Prescribed video club activities include:
- Review consent for professional development and research activities
- Engage in two pre-post interviews (one before and after video club, 1 hour each, 2 hours total time)
- Administer consent forms to undergraduate students who must all sign and return them (approximately 3 emails and 5 in-person announcements to your class, 1 hour total time)
- Administer surveys interspersed throughout the SP26 semester to your undergraduate students (approx. 15 minutes to complete)
- Read assigned literature for each session (approx. 1.5 hour for each batch of reading, 13.5 hours total time)
- Select and evaluate clips from your instruction (approx. 1 hour for each round of event identification, 3 hours total time)
- Attend all nine sessions of video club meetings, occurring approximately once every two weeks on Saturdays, Sundays, or at a time amenable to everyone’s schedule (90 minutes per session, 13.5 hours total time)
We anticipate a maximum of 35 total hours throughout the SP26 semester, which is less than 1-credit hour course at The Ohio State University.
Expected conduct includes:
- Prompt email responses (within 2 business days)
- Completion of activities assigned by the research team
- Respectful engagement with facilitators and video club participants
- Thoughtful inquiry in terms of questioning, reflection, and pursuit of new pedagogical ideas
- Openness to different perspectives
- Enthusiasm toward individual/collective pedagogical growth
For video club to be successful, we want participants who understand our expectations of conduct and the seriousness of this commitment. Video club entails a series of mandatory activities. However, consent to having your activities used for research purposes is optional. More information will be detailed in a secondary consent form. Your decision to participate in the research or not will not affect your professional development experiences in any capacity.
Compensation and Stipulations
Upon completing video club, you will be compensated $500 for your time (domestic-status students only). Students who have international status can be compensated for interviews (up to $99). However, compensation may be prorated based on the extent the expected conduct is not met. In addition, failure to comply with the outlined terms and conditions in this professional development may negatively affect your evaluation as a teaching assistant via the assignment of a S- or U.
If you are still interested in video club, please click this link or scan the QR code below that directs you to a Qualtrics form. Note that interest in video club does not guarantee selection. Invitation to participate in video club will be a first-come, first-serve basis.
