Faculty Learning Communities
Call for Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows
The Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce a call for applications for 7 Faculty Fellows.
This new CTE Faculty Fellows initiative is designed to provide interested faculty members with leadership opportunities in designing, implementing, and assessing Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) that foster faculty and student success in teaching and learning through reflection and collaboration.
FLCs are small, interdisciplinary, peer-led faculty groups (20 max.) committed to enhancing teaching and learning. FLCs are ideal spaces to reflect on teaching, learn about evidence-based best teaching practices, provide and receive feedback, engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and commit to implementation of new or revised teaching activities that promote all students’ academic success.
Faculty Learning Communities Faculty Fellows (6 Openings)
The Faculty Fellow for each FLC will lead 4-5 teaching conversations on a particular topic. S/he will also collaborate with the CTE Director, Administrative Faculty Fellow, and student partners in the design, implementation, and assessment of the FLC. The FLCs are scheduled to be offered in Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 semesters, respectively. Each Faculty Fellow will receive a $3,000 stipend.
- Active Learning in Online Teaching
- Experiential Learning: Undergraduate Research & Service Learning
- Peer Observation of Teaching
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Writing for Change across Communities
Administrative Faculty Fellow (1 Opening)
The Administrative Faculty Fellow will collaborate with the FLC Faculty Fellows, the CTE Director, and student partners to design and assess the impact of the FLC and other programming on faculty participants’ teaching growth and student learning. The Administrative Faculty Fellow will receive a $3,000 stipend.
Application Process
All full-time faculty members at UTRGV are eligible to apply for a faculty fellow position. If you are interested in serving as a Faculty Fellow, please submit the following: 1) statement of interest, 2) a current CV, and 3) a letter of support from Chair/School Director or Dean. Please e-mail your completed application to cte@utrgv.edu with the subject line “2021 Faculty Fellow” by Friday, April 9th 5:00p.m. If you have any questions, please e-mail Dra. Alyssa G. Cavazos at alyssa.cavazos@utrgv.edu.
In your statement of interest, please indicate the following:
- What is the faculty fellow position you are interested in and why?
- How will you leverage your teaching, research, and/or service background to lead in the position for which you are applying?
- What outcomes do you hope the position would set and meet for participating faculty, yourself, and CTE in general?
- How will you measure the impact of your work?