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Scholarship of Teaching Proposal Cover Sheet-2000-2001

Title of the Proposal: ___________________________________________________________

Check appropriate category: New proposal___ Continuation proposal___

Faculty Team Members: ________________________________________________________

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Faculty Contact Person for the Project: ___________________________________________

Department(s) and College(s) Involved: __________________________________________

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Proposed Budget (July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001)

Amount Requested: ($3000 maximum) ____________________

Cost Sharing or External Support ____________________

Total Project Cost ____________________

Source of Cost Sharing or External Support: _______________________________________

Signatures of Faculty Team Members: ________________________________________________________________________

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Signature of Departmental Chair(s): ___________________________ Date: _______

__________________________ Date: _______

Signature of Dean(s): __________________________ Date: _______

___________________________ Date: _______

Deliver five (5) copies of your proposal to the Center for Teaching and Learning, 860 COE by March 13, 2000.

Center for Teaching and Learning

Memorandum

To: GSU Department Chairpersons and Faculty
From: Harry Dangel and Kirk Richardson
Co-directors, Center for Teaching and Learning
Re: Scholarship of Teaching Program

PURPOSE

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) announces its annual Scholarship-of- Teaching (SOT) grant program. The program is designed to expand the interest and commitment of faculty in enhancing teaching at Georgia State University and supports faculty team efforts to examine, apply, and extend nationally recognized initiatives in the Scholarship of Teaching. This funding cycle gives priority to proposals that promote Campus Conversations about the Scholarship of Teaching with special consideration given to collaborative efforts among faculty.

In its effort to bring about systemic change, the SOT program seeks to link GSU faculty teams to national issues of teaching and provide incentives and support that will have a lasting impact on the teaching scholarship at GSU. The priorities for 2000-2001 are to support Georgia State University’s efforts to participate in the Carnegie Academy of Teaching Campus Conversations Program. This may be approached in a number of ways:

Proposals may seek to develop ways to document effective teaching and related student outcomes. AAHE Teaching Initiatives in the use of portfolios and peer review of teaching are appropriate activities that would promote the scholarship of teaching.
Proposals may seek to develop collaborative programs across programs and departments that promote teaching and learning.
Proposals may seek to assist faculty to implement teaching and learning strategies that have been shown to promote desired student learning outcomes.
For more information, check the American Association for Higher Education on line at: http://www.aahe.org.

AWARDS

Depending upon the scope of proposed initiatives and number of faculty involved, the Center anticipates funding proposals for between $2,000 and $3,000 each, for AY 2000-2001. Proposals for this year’s awards will cover the period from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001 with announcement of awards made by May 1, 2000.

INSTRUCTIONS

Scholarship of Teaching proposals should include the following:

1. Cover Sheet (see sheet above)

2. Abstract (one-page, double-spaced, summary of the proposed project)

3. Project Description (a description of the proposed Scholarship of Teaching Initiative, not to exceed four single-spaced pages, which addresses the points below).

a. Describe the area of teaching/learning your initiative intends to address, the objectives of the project, and why this area is the focus of your request.

b. Describe how your faculty team plans to implement the elements of Scholarship of Teaching you have selected. Indicate how funding will enable your plan to be implemented, e.g., securing special resources--books or specialists/consultants, or GRAs.

c. Describe how you will evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed project. What evidence will be collected to show that the project reached its objectives?

4. Description of project participants. List who will be involved in this project and what the role of each will be. Note that the intention of the project is systematic change of teaching and learning and so funding will go to proposals from faculty teams that represent collaborative effort.

5. Budget considerations: It is recommended that requests for course releases be carefully justified. If travel is requested, provide a statement about how the proposed travel fits within the overall plan for the project. Applicants might consider inviting an external specialist with expertise in area targeted in the proposal for on-campus consultation.

6.Proposed Budget (July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001)

Course Release (PTI for _______Quarter) _______

Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant _______

Supplies and Resources _______

Equipment (itemize) _______

Travel (see number 5 above) _______

Total Requested (Not to exceed $3,000) _______

Specify any additional cost-sharing or support _______

7. If you need technical assistance, contact the CTL co-directors, Harry Dangel (hdangel@gsu.edu or 1-2310) or Kirk Richardson (krichardson@gsu.edu or 1-1628).

Procedures: Deliver five (5) copies of your proposal to the Center for Teaching and Learning Office, EPSE, 860 COE by March 13, 2000. Faculty members who are awarded funding will be expected to share the results of their work with other faculty and to assist in reviewing future SOT proposals.