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Coordinate status consultation

A strategy for instructional improvement

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College and university instructional development programs frequently rely on seminars and workshops as methods for assisting faculty. Group formats alone are unlikely to provide the individual assistance faculty need to explore problems in their unique teaching environments. An alternative approach is coordinate status consultation in which a faculty member and teaching improvement consultant collaborate to address the faculty member’s concerns. The faculty member brings his knowledge of his content area and his teaching environment to the relationship. The consultant provides his expertise in examining teaching concerns and facilitating change. This paper defines coordinate status consultation, summarizes its conceptual bases, describes the major phases in the consultation process, and provides an example to illustrate its use.

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  1. Family Practice and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Kathleen A. Dalgaard & Deborah E. Simpson

  2. Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Carol A. Carrier

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  1. Kathleen A. Dalgaard
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This project was supported in part by the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education.

For purposes of clarity the faculty member will be referred to as “he” and the consultant as “she.”

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Dalgaard, K.A., Simpson, D.E. & Carrier, C.A. Coordinate status consultation. Journal of Instructional Development 5, 7–14 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905227

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