UCET/FACET Faculty Development Awards
Applications are accepted until the end of each of the following months: September, October, November, January, February, March, April. Please send completed applications to the UCET Office, Northside 244.
All full-time and part-time faculty are invited to apply for the new UCET/FACET Faculty Development Awards.
Preference will be given to requests for funds to attend faculty development or teaching-related conferences. Applications containing other teaching-related funding requests may be considered. Applications will be reviewed by the Awards Committee. The committee will review proposals at the end of each month. Because funds are limited, faculty are encouraged to apply early. Partial funding of proposals is possible.
Awards are for travel/fees related to instructional/course development (e.g. to attend faculty development seminars, conferences, workshops, or to visit a faculty member or program on another campus).
Individual proposals submitted to the awards committee should focus especially on how the activity for which funding is being sought will specifically impact one's teaching at IU South Bend. This could include, but is not limited to, references to the specific course which you hope to develop, a concrete description of how it will be improved, and/or a discussion of how your activity will specifically develop and improve your teaching at IU South Bend in general. A concise statement of how this activity will directly, or indirectly, affect your teaching is the most critical documentation in your application.
Recipients of all awards will be expected to participate in a follow-up activity, such as a brown-bag presentation or written report, in conjunction with the UCET office, within six months of receiving funds.
Application forms are available at this site or by request from the UCET office (520-4894).
To view previous awards, please click
here for the academic year 2003-2004, click
here for the academic year 2004-2005, click
here
for the academic year 2005-2006, and click here for the academic year 2006-2007.
View examples of presentations
from 2005 by faculty members:
Micheline
Nilsen and
Naomi
Jeffery Petersen.
Guidelines
Guiding Principles
- UCET/FACET Faculty Development Awards will be open to all full-time and part-time faculty each year.
- Priority will be given to requests that involve the development of new skills, which then might be shared with others on campus.
- High priority will be given to requests involving two or more faculty desiring to attend a given faculty development conference. Recipients of all awards will be expected to participate in some type of follow-up through UCET, such as a workshop presentation or report.
- Awards can be used for travel/fees related to instructional/course development, such as:
- to attend faculty development seminars, conferences, workshops
- to visit another campus (e.g., biology lab in Mansfield, Ohio)
Selection Committee
- The UCET/FACET Awards Committee will be made up of four faculty (two representing UCET and two representing FACET), including at least one associate faculty member; no two will be from the same department or division. The committee will elect a chairperson. The committee will be responsible for making the decision as to how award monies will be distributed. The committee will establish timelines and guidelines for the decision-making process, as well as determining the necessary documentation to be submitted for a given type of award.
- Awards Committee members will be selected by UCET and FACET in April of each year. Committee members will serve on the selection committee for a two-year term. One half of the committee will carry over to assure consistency of procedures etc.
Selection Process
- Awards will be competitive.
- Awards will be made in the fall and spring semesters.
- Announcements of awards and award deadlines will come from the UCET office.
- Timeline
- April 1–July 1: Selection of Awards Committee
- September 1: Description of awards procedure and deadlines sent to all faculty
- Application Deadlines: Last day of each of the following months: September, October, November, January, February, March, April.
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