RUME 27
2025
Alexandria, Virginia
How Course Coordinator Values and Practices Align With the Needs of Instructors
Page: 223
Course coordination in high enrollment undergraduate mathematics classes in the United States is a common practice that seeks to provide consistency in learning opportunities for students while balancing instructional support and pedagogical autonomy. In this study we investigate how the needs of instructors who teach in a coordinated course align with the values and practices of course coordinators. Analysis of 44 survey responses from both coordinators and instructors who teach in a coordinated course identified several coordinator actions and corresponding orientations that align with instructor needs as well as actions that instructors find valuable but that are not frequently occurring. These findings are significant because they can lead to better articulation of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to be an effective course coordinator, which could then lead to the design of professional development aimed at helping coordinators be better able to meet the needs of their co-instructors.