The Statistics Education cluster consists of department members with interests in teaching and educational methods. Members strive to increase the quality of teaching in the department and the teaching effectiveness of academic-bound graduate students. They serve as mentors for those beginning their teaching careers, supervise teaching TAs, and devote some of their effort to the scholarship of teaching. University programs such as the

• New Faculty Workshop,
• Preparing for the Professoriate

are integral components of this group.s efforts to promote excellence in teaching. The latter program has been used aggressively to provide teaching instruction for VIGRE-I Trainees. Trainees and faculty teaching mentors are paired and together are responsible for teaching one course each of two semesters. During the first semester the faculty member has primary responsibility for the course; the Trainee is responsible for the second. Throughout the academic year all participating Trainees attend several workshops featuring speakers and panels with expertise in various aspects of teaching. Through mentoring or workshop presentations Trainees gain understanding about syllabus and lecture development, grading, diversity, and use of technology in the classroom. A doctoral degree program in statistics education is being explored.

• Dr. Pamela Arroway
  
• Dr. Thomas Reiland
  
• Dr. Jeffrey Thompson
  
• Dr. Roger Woodard