The Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Education, in collaboration with the Center for
Service-Learning (CSL) and the Center for Instructional
Innovation, is soliciting nominations from the
campus community, especially Directors, Department
Chairs and College Deans for faculty to participate
in a Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program.
We are seeking faculty interested in integrating
academic service-learning pedagogy into a new
or existing course during the 2007-08 academic
year. Pending funding, selected faculty will work
with Service-Learning Faculty Fellow Dr. Angela
Harwood from Woodring College of Education and
CSL staff throughout the 2007-08 academic year.
Faculty Fellows will explore academic service-learning
theories and effective implementation and assessment
strategies. Fellows will work together to share
ideas, revise syllabi, develop community partners
and design community-based learning projects that
meet course learning objectives.
The first deadline for nominations is June 8,
2007. Contact Timothy Costello, CSL Service-Learning
Campus Director at 650-6515
or
Timothy.Costello@wwu.edu.
You may nominate up to three faculty from each
program or department or up to seven faculty from
each college.
Goals
To develop interdisciplinary
collegiality among faculty interested in service-learning,
community based learning and civic engagement
in higher education.
To form partnerships and
supportive networks to engage in service-learning
pedagogy and scholarship during the 2007-08
academic year.
To share experiences
and course accomplishments and challenges with
other WWU faculty through presentations and/or
mentoring during the 2007-08 academic year.
Benefits
Small course development
stipend (funding pending).
CSL course support (materials
including service-learning faculty manual, student
course coordinator assistance, best practice
information and models, recent research, etc.).
Center for Instructional
Innovation technological course development
support.
Priority for travel funds
toward relevant service-learning, community-based
learning and participatory action research conferences,
workshop or other event.
Recognition for work including
certificate of completion, support letters for
and assistance with addressing service-learning
in Tenure, Promotion and Review portfolios,
and highlighted work at campus events.
An opportunity to work with
and learn from faculty across disciplines.
