Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Proposal for Innovations in Teaching Grant
For
PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS
Applications are due by Monday, April 1st at 5:00 p.m.
Introduction
CETL supports and values the enormous contribution by our part-time instructors. We are pleased to provide this special incentive and recognition. This $3,000.00 grant is aimed to enhance innovative teaching that focuses on student engagement, active learning, meeting learning outcomes and student success. Proposals must include innovative approaches to teaching and learning and detail how active teaching and learning strategies will be implemented and evaluated.
The award will be distributed in two equal installments; $1,500 will be provided at the beginning of the grant (summer) and the remaining $1,500 will be given upon submission of the final report.
Purpose:
Awards are meant to give part-time instructors time and funding to work on instructional improvement projects in their field that involve activities and time beyond the teaching preparation normally expected of faculty. It is expected that the project will be implemented and assessed within the next academic year. During this period, applicants may not be working on any other funded project (through E-Lis or department) similar to the proposed project.
Eligibility:
This call is for PART-TIME Instructors.
Two or more faculty working collaboratively may submit a proposal for a single fellowship with division of payment for each participant indicated.
Project Requirements:
- Proposal- as outlined
- Cover letter-
- Listing course and when it will be taught
- Description of your commitment to teaching, teaching at OU and the impact these revisions/innovations will have on students
- Letter of Support from your chair/program director
- Confirming that you will be teaching this course within the next academic year
- Description of your commitment to teaching, teaching at OU and the impact this will have on students.
- Curriculum Vitae.
- Proposal- up to 3-5 pages
- Proposal acceptance by the end of April- $1,500 awarded
- Summer planning and preparation- note: if you plan to “publish” your results you will need to seek Human Subjects (IRB) approval during the summer semester.
- Course implementation- Course to be taught between Summer II 2013-Winter 2014
- Course evaluation- how you will assess the impact of “innovations”
- Final Report- submitted within one semester following course implementation.-
- Length- 3-5 pages
- Remaining $1,500 will be provided at this time
- Report to include:
- Summary of project
- Examples of innovations used to increase engagement, active learning, meeting learning outcomes and student success.
- Results of course evaluation
- Analysis and discussion of evaluation
- Next steps and follow-up
- Dissemination of Project- You will be expected to share the results of this project through a presentation at CETL and are encouraged to present or publish elsewhere.
Project Proposal:
The proposal should be approximately five typed, double-spaced pages and must address the following:
- Description of the need for the design or redesign of the course. Why is it necessary to develop new instructional approaches? In what ways does this project go beyond normal teaching preparation?
2. Description of the project. How will this course design or redesign address the need described in item one? Describe, in particular, the innovative and creative aspects of the project.
3. Teaching innovation, active learning. In what ways are these innovative approaches to teaching and learning for you, your department, or your field? Explain how new approaches will be incorporated. Provide pedagogical support.
5. Impact on learning. Describe how you expect this project to improve student engagement, student learning outcomes, and student success. Clearly describe the relationship between the proposed activities and the anticipated student learning outcomes.
6. Evaluation. Include a proposed assessment plan that will evaluate the effectiveness of the course or project on the quality of student learning resulting from the new approach to teaching developed with this fellowship. Multiple methods of evaluation are encouraged. Evaluation measures might include midterm assessments, peer reviews, student focus groups, pre-and post-tests, questionnaires, end of term student ratings, interviews, samples of student work, reflective student writing, etc.
7. Timeline. Indicate the proposed timeline for the project from the preparation and planning during the summer period, through actual implementation with students when the course is taught, and the point at which final assessments and your final report will be completed. Please include the percentage of a normal work week (40 hours), during the summer period that will be devoted to this project.
Application Procedure:
Please submit the following attachments in one email submission to ableser@oakland.edu
- Cover Letter
- Letter of Support from chair
- C.V.
- Proposal
Deadlines:
Completed applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 1st, at 5:00 p.m.
Selection Process:
Proposals will be blindly reviewed by members of the CETL Advisory Board and will be ranked based on the selection criteria described below. If the ranks high on the criteria, the cover letter, letter of support and C.V. will then be reviewed for a final determination.
Selection Criteria:
(20) Problem/need: the degree to which the project or course design/redesign addresses a significant pedagogical need and its likelihood of success in addressing the need specified.
(30) Teaching innovation and use of active learning strategies: the degree to which the approaches are innovative for the individual, the department, or the field, and pedagogically sound; and the degree in which active learning strategies are planned to be implemented.
(20) Potential impact: potential for enhancing student engagement, active learning, meeting learning outcomes and increasing student success.
(20) Evaluation: appropriateness and effectiveness of the proposed evaluation process in
assessing the impact of the project on student learning.
(10) Time Commitment: Clear evidence that significant time (beyond the normal course preparation time) will be devoted to planning, implanting and assessing this course.