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Summer Instructional Development Stipends--Call for Proposals


In an effort to support reflective practice in teaching, the college supports short-term faculty innovation projects through summer Instructional Development Stipends (IDS).  These summer stipends are awarded to faculty to make a concrete change in a course that solves an identified problem.  Funding is limited and typically ranges from $500 to $1500.

Innovations will be defined differently in different departments.  To communicate why your project should be considered an innovation, please clearly define a problem and propose a solution that you could implement with a summer IDS grant.  Projects will be ranked based on:

*         Clarity of problem. (The problem is clear to a college-wide audience)

*         Evidence of impact of the problem.  (Applicant has collected relevant quantitative and/or qualitative data)

*         Project impact and feasibility (How big will the impact be?  How long will the impact last? Does the project solve the identified problem?)

*         Anticipated time spent (The amount of time spent to complete the project is clearly defined)

*         Proposed way to share the work with other faculty members through the TCC. (These can vary, but should be offered to a college-wide audience and include a self-assessment of the project)

Applications will be reviewed by a college wide committee of faculty peers, who will send recommendations to the Provost.  Recipients will be contacted directly by the beginning of June. 

To continue to spread reflective practice in teaching and mindful innovation, upon completion of the project, IDS recipients will be invited to share their expertise and a self-assessment through the Teaching and Creativity Center’s programming. 

For examples of previously funded projects, see attachments. 

To submit an application for a summer IDS grant, please describe the faculty innovation project using the following sections:

*         Identify the problem
*         Evidence of impact of the problem
*         Proposed innovative solution
*         Expected impact of the project
*         Anticipated time spent
*         Proposed way to share this work with other faculty through the TCC

Click here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfj33gU0Y4bfhcmCYAmKbZa20HvHM9R-XFuNm_i4XQW6osY_g/viewform>  to submit your application.  Deadline to apply: Monday, April 24, 2017. 

Submissions will be evaluated using the following rubric:

Criteria

Description

Score
(1-5)

Clarity of the problem
The problem is clear to a college-wide audience.

Evidence of impact of the problem
Applicant has collected relevant data (quantitative or qualitative).

Project impact
How big will the impact be?  How long will the impact last? Does the project solve the identified problem?

Anticipated time spent
The amount of time spent to complete the project is clearly defined.

Possible ways to share this work with other faculty members through the TCC
These can vary, but should be offered to a college-wide audience and include a self-assessment of the project.

Gena Merliss
Teaching and Creativity Center
02/17/2017


Attachments:
icon A Tippett OER IDS.pdf
icon K Borbee Global IDS.pdf
icon M Weingart Flipped Classroom IDS.pdf