Teaching Scholar-in-Residence

As we begin to reimagine teaching with the lessons learned from the pandemic, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology and the Office of the Cross Chair for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning are pleased to announce a call for proposals for Teaching Scholars-in-Residence for the summer and fall of 2021.

Through the Teaching Scholar-in-Residence program, CTLT and the Cross Chair aim to positively influence student success at Illinois State University and contribute to the conversation regarding intellectual inquiry around learning and teaching.

Eligibility

Tenure-track and tenured Illinois State University faculty members are eligible to apply to this program.

Areas

One Teaching Scholar will be named in each of the following three areas:

Student success - Support for the "whole student" that includes factors such as engagement in the learning process while managing competing demands, sense of belongingness in the campus community, and progress toward completion of their degree that enables them to pursue their career or life goals
Student engagement - The degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education
Diversity, equity, and inclusion – Teaching practices that respect and value individual and social/group differences; promote active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with diversity to increase understanding of the complex ways individuals interact with systems and institutions; and create equal access to educational opportunities for historically underserved populations

Duties

Teaching Scholars participating in the residency program will:

Join a community of educators dedicated to enriching intellectual inquiry around learning and teaching,
Be "in residence" as an educational developer working with CTLT staff during May and June 2021, designing and implementing a three-day "deep dive" workshop on your topic during Summer Institute,
Be "in residence" working with CTLT and/or the Cross Chair to complete a project related to their residency focus during the fall of 2021.

Duration, Timing, and Funding

The Teaching Scholar residency will be completed in two parts, each aligned with the Framework for Inclusive Teaching Excellence (FITE).

Part 1

The Teaching Scholar will be in residence at CTLT during May and June where they will serve as an educational developer alongside CTLT staff, designing and implementing a three-day "deep dive" workshop on your topic as part of Summer Institute programming. Teaching Scholars will receive $3,000 stipend upon the successful completion of Part 1 (by June 30, 2021).

Part 2

The Teaching Scholar will work with CTLT staff or the Cross Chair to complete a project related to their focus after July 1. At the successful completion of the project, the scholar will receive an additional $3,000 upon successful completion of Part 2 (by May 1, 2022). Projects may include:

Planning and conducting a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project
Developing a second workshop series for Fall 2021 or Spring 2022 that is different than the programming developed in Part 1, though the second workshops can build on the topic introduced in Part 1
Construction of "ready-to-go" resources with accompanying online modules for ISU instructors to use and learn from
Composing a white paper on a topic central to teaching and learning with accompanying assessment tools and/or resources that ISU instructors can apply to their own teaching
Development of a video series on specific topics that may be added to the CTLT website for instructors to utilize

Deadline

Applications are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, March 15, 2021. Decisions will be announced by Friday, March 26, 2021.

Application Process

Prospective Teaching Scholars will be asked to address the following in their applications:

Identify your residency focus area: student success, student engagement, or diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Describe the specific campus issue, program, pedagogical need, or endeavor that this Residency will be addressing.
Describe how your residency topic aligns with one or more FITE dimensions.
If applicable, describe how your topic relates to the multiple ways and modalities that instructors are being asked to teach as a result of the pandemic and going forward.
Describe the current research, theory, and/or effective teaching practices that serve as the starting place for your scholarship.
Describe the methods you might explore to learn more about your topic in conjunction with CTLT and Cross Chair mentorship.
Describe the three-day workshop you'd like to facilitate, including two or three draft learning objectives and what you hope your participants will take away from the experience.
Propose a Part 2 project, understanding that this is a starting point, and your project may evolve as you complete Part 1.
Describe how serving as a Teaching Scholar-in-Residence might advance your professional skills, knowledge, or goals.

Questions?

Please contact Dr. Julie McFann at jmmcfan@ilstu.edu.