Teaching and Learning Workshops

Faculty Learning Communities

September 2014 - May 2015 Deep Reading and Information Literacy Service Learning Teaching and Learning with the iPad

September 2014 - May 2015

Deep Reading and Information Literacy

Service Learning

Teaching and Learning with the iPad

Spring 2014 - Fall 2014

Program and University Assessment

STEM Student Success

Instructional Materials for the 21st Century Student

Critical Thinking and  Student Discussions

Fall 2013 to Spring 2014

Critical Thinking and the First Year Student

Teaching the First Year Student

Integratied Learning Across Disciplines

Spring 2012 to Fall 2012

Grants and Projects

Principal Investigator for National Science Foundation Science Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Project PASS: Peer Assisted Student Success. 2011- present ($1,999,995)  This project integrates research based retention programs with existing university programs to improve the persistence and graduation rate of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) students. The focus is on increasing student success in gateway math and science courses. As PI I manage all facets of the project including program design, implementation, evaluation, and budgetary planning.  I work with a cross functional team of administrators, faculty, and student affairs colleagues to create and implement an Early Intervention and Advising Program, STEM Commit to Study Program, and STEM Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Program.

Principal Investigator for California State University Chancellors Office Professional Development Grants. Faculty Learning Communities  2011 ($10,000), 2012 ($10,000), 2013 ($10,000), 2014 ($10,000), Affordable Learning Solutions 2014 (20,000) Quality Assurance for Online Courses 2014 ($25,000).  As PI for these projects I co-facilitated Professional Development Workshops and Programs for Sacramento State Faculty on Topics including Program Assessment, Learning Management Systems, STEM Student Success, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Action Research in Teaching and Learning, Critical Thinking, the Integration of Technology and Teaching, and Quality Assurance for Online Courses.

Principal Investigator for Sacramento State Associated Students (ASI) and Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) grants for First Year Experience Program $7000 (2008), $18,000 (2009), $21,878 (2010). As PI for these grants I organized co-curricular opportunities for First Year Students and Faculty in collaboration with Associated Students Inc. Peak Adventures and hired student editors and peer mentors to facilitate curriculum development and student advising.

Co-Principal Investigator for Project Baseline: Information Literacy Study and Assessment of CSUS Freshmen (2006-2009) $37,903.  Used ICT Literacy Assessment to collect Information Literacy baseline data on Sacramento State Freshmen.  Provided professional development for and implemented “Lesson Study” as a curriculum development tool to create information literacy lessons for the First Year Seminar course.

Principal Investigator for Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching Leadership Grant.  $194,000   Together with faculty in the College of Education I integrated mobile and tablet computer technology in the science curriculum for pre-service K-8 teachers. This included the development of mobile data acquisition, electronic laboratory journals, and the integration of online simulations into the core curriculum.(2005-2010)

 Principal Investigator for National Science Foundation Project C-CUESST (A College Curriculum for Elementary School Science Teachers).  As PI I managed the $247,000 budget and an interdisciplinary collaborative team to design, implement, and assess an inquiry based physics course for pre-service elementary school teachers. (1998- 2002)

Co-Principal Investigator for National Science Foundation project: “Developing a Computer Based Laboratory/Discussion Facility for General Physics”  As co-PI I assisted in management of the $30,000 NSF budget and matching $30,000 university budget to create a microcomputer based Physics laboratory course for life science majors.  (1998-2001) 

Awards, Presentations, and Publications

Teaching and Learning

 • Fulbright Scholarship, Fulbright Specialist Grant in Education awarded May 21, 2014.  Project title: Internationalization of Higher Education: Intercultural Communication, Teaching, and Technology. Project dates, October 2014 and June 2015.  Project utilizes technology and external grants to strengthen partnerships and bilateral exchange programs between Sacramento State and Yokohama National University.   

 • Demonstration Workshop at WASC Academic Resource Conference, Los Angeles CA,  April 24, 2014. Workshop titled “VALUE Rubrics and Curriculum Maps” A demonstration of how VALUE Rubrics and Curriculum Maps can be used to define, assess, and improve degree programs. Examples of how student work can be used as evidence of achieving institutional core competencies. Amy Liu and Lynn Tashiro

 • Mini-workshop at WASC Academic Resource Conference, Los Angeles CA, April 25, 2014. Workshop titled “Program-Level Assessment with Faculty Learning Communities: The Wisdom of Well-managed, Small Crowds” Joint presentation with the CSU Chancellor’s Institute for Teaching and Learning provided instruction on how to use faculty learning communities to create assessment leadership teams that begin to transform university cultures. Wayne Tikkanen, Amy Liu, and Lynn Tashiro

 • Workshop at National Science Foundation 2014 STEP Grantees Meeting NSF March 6, 2014. Workshop titled “Faculty Learning Communities: A Tool for Engaging Faculty in your STEP Project”, Workshop provided models of STEM Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) and used backward design to enable participants to create their own FLC curriculum.  Jennifer Lundmark, and Lynn Tashiro

 • Invited Presentation at the CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning 2013 Summer Institute.  “Academic Program Assessment: Traps, Tricks, and Tools”  Workshop used program assessment case studies to examine attributes of measurable program learning outcomes, facilitate  an evaluation norming process, and use assessment results for program improvement.  Sue Escobar, Samantha Hens, Amy Liu, Mary Maguire, Todd Migliaccio, and Lynn Tashiro

Science Education

• Workshop at First Annual California STEM Symposium, Sacramento Convention  Center, Sacramento, CA, November 18-19, 2013. Workshop title “"Preparing effective Elementary STEM Teachers: A University and Out of School Time Partnership" Workshop presented activities for K-12 students that addressed Next Generation Science Standards. Deidre Sessoms, Jenna Porter, Lynn Tashiro, Dennis Dahlquist, Barbara Munn, Adam Rechs, Matthew Salveson, Kevan Shefizadeh and Phil Romig

 • Invited Presentation at the CSU STEM Conference: A New Vision for Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers, CSU East Bay, Hayward CA, October 29, 2013. "Preparing effective elementary science teachers at Sacramento State: DARTs, dams and detectors” Presentation on curriculum designed to meet the Next Generation Science Standards. Deidre Sessoms and Lynn Tashiro

 • Paper published in American Institute of Physics monograph “The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing K-12 Teachers”. Paper titled “How can a Physics course for non-majors and pre-service K-8 teachers engage students in the process of scientific inquiry?  A case study in collaborative curriculum design and implementation”, Lynn Tashiro, pages 7-42, 2000. ISBN#1-56396-985-8

 • Invited project presentation at National Science Foundation Annual Conference of Principal Investigators from Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (CETP).  Presentation entitled "A Collaboration Model for Improving the Teaching of Science Content and Science Methods for Pre-service K-8 Teachers. April 2001, Lynn Tashiro

 • Paper presented at AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) and NARST (National Association for Research on Science Teaching) 2001 Annual Conferences. Paper entitled “The effect of Inquiry on College Students’ Ability to Pose Testable Scientific Questions “ Lynn M. Tashiro and David Jelinek. 

Physics: Nonlinear Optics and Laser Molecular Spectroscopy Publications

 • “The HF and DF B¹S⁺ - X¹S⁺ and C¹P – X¹S⁺B Band Systems studied by 1 XUV + 1 UV Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization”, L. M. Tashiro, W. Ubachs, R.N. Zare, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 138, 89-101 (1989)

 • “Study of the N₂b¹P_u state via 1 + 1 Multiphoton Ionization”, W. Ubachs, L. M. Tashiro, R.N. Zare, Chemical Physics, 130 1-13, (1989)

 • “A General Purpose XUV Laser Spectrometer: Some Applications to N₂ O₂, and CO₂, W. E. Ernst, T. P. Softley, L. M. Tashiro, R. N. Zare, Chemical Physics, 116, 299-309 (1987)

 • “XUV Laser Spectroscopy of Xe Autoionizing Rydberg States” T. P. Softley, W. E. Ernst, L. M. Tashiro, R.N. Zare, International Laser Science II. Vol. 160, 185-187, 1986

K-12 Teacher Projects

^{Hewlett Packard Technology for Teaching Leadership Grant
Virtual Community Science Lab Pedagogy Enhancement Grant
Teacher Professional Development Programs (SIRC, eSci)}
Next Generation Science Standars

National Science Foundation: Project PASS

The National Science Foundation Project PASS is a STEM Talent Expansion Project focused on increasing student success in gateway math and science courses.

Fulbright Specialist Project

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