Faculty Resources for Teaching
Writing Attentive Resources
Writing-Rich Course Guidelines (Carleton College)
The Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse
Writing in the Disciplines (PowerPont Presentation)
Sample Writing Attentive Grid (Word Document)
Faculty-Student Projects
This program funds a range of faculty-student projects including but not limited to laboratory research, archival research, research in preparation for honors theses or other significant student projects, and projects in the studio arts, music and theatre. Projects may involve collaborative faculty-student research, faculty supervised undergraduate research, or intensive projects in the arts, music and theatre. The goal is to accommodate different types of faculty-student projects aimed at improving student learning and strengthening faculty teaching and/or scholarship. Tenured and tenure-track faculty and academic affairs staff with faculty rank may apply. Part-time and visiting faculty may apply with departmental approval. The Call for Proposal for the Faculty-Student Projects Funds is sent in December. An Internal Grants Cover Sheet is needed when submitting your proposal. Be sure to review the Internal Grants Guidelines before submitting. It is a detailed list of what is needed when submitting your proposal.
Brown Fund for Innovation in Teaching
The Brown Fund for Innovation in Teaching is designed to provide support to faculty members who are interested in developing programs designed to enhance, improve, and inspire teaching at Southwestern University. Faculty will be invited to submit proposals on a yearly basis. The range of proposal topics may include programs to explore the development of interdisciplinary and team-taught courses, the development of pedagogy workshops and programs for Southwestern faculty, the development of peer networks for the improvement of teaching, and other innovative pedagogical programs. Faculty may request funds for materials and other program development expenses, a summer stipend, and a one-course release during the academic year to develop and implement the program. The Call for Proposal for the Brown Fund for Innovation in Teaching is sent in September.
Rollins Teaching & Learning Workshop
An intensive one-week workshop for qualified faculty of member institutions belonging to the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS). Held each first week in June at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, the workshop is designed for good teachers who want to become even better. Both senior and junior faculty from all disciplines will have the opportunity to receive feedback on their teaching, trade ideas and techniques, explore the interrelationships between teaching styles and student learning styles, and discuss the many pedagogical issues we face in the liberal arts environment. If you are interested in attending, send a letter of interest to John McCann in the Provost Office by mid-January stating what you hope to get out of the workshop and why this year is a good time for you to participate. From the letters received, two faculty members will be selected to attend the workshop in June.
Teaching with Technology Grants
Available are a number of Teaching with Technology Fellowships for qualified faculty and staff members at Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) institutions and National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) Southern Region institutions. These fellowships provided a $2500 stipend for the development of teaching materials or other curricular enhancements in which technology played a key role and which had potential application for other ACS institutions.
