{"id":606,"date":"2012-06-13T09:37:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T17:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/?p=606"},"modified":"2012-06-13T09:54:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T17:54:13","slug":"request-for-proposals-service-learning-faculty-learning-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/2012\/06\/13\/request-for-proposals-service-learning-faculty-learning-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Request for Proposals: Service Learning Faculty Learning Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

To OSU Faculty:<\/p>\n

Academic Affairs, through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), announces a Request for Proposals for\u00a0Fall Term 2012 participation in the new Service Learning Faculty Learning Community<\/strong>.\u00a0 This will be for the\u00a0design of new service-learning courses or the redesign of established undergraduate classroom courses with a substantial service-learning component.\u00a0 Service-Learning is a teaching strategy that integrates course content with relevant community service.<\/p>\n

The full Request for Proposals is inserted below and attached as a PDF.\u00a0 The proposal submission deadline is July 2, 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faculty selected to participate will receive either overload pay or professional development funding, will participate in a CTL-facilitated faculty learning community on service learning course design and pedagogy, and will receive individual support from the\u00a0CTL Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator.<\/p>\n

Best regards,<\/p>\n

Susie<\/p>\n

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Susie Brubaker-Cole, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Associate Provost for Academic Success and Engagement | Director of Advising<\/p>\n

Oregon State University<\/p>\n

500 Kerr Administration Building<\/p>\n

541\/737-6164<\/p>\n

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To: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OSU Faculty<\/p>\n

From: \u00a0 Michelle Inderbitzin, Associate Professor of Sociology and Service Learning Faculty Development Coordinator in the Center for Teaching and Learning<\/p>\n

Susie Brubaker-Cole, Interim Director, Center for Teaching and Learning<\/p>\n

Date: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 12, 2012<\/p>\n

Re:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Request for Proposals:\u00a0Service-Learning Faculty Learning Community<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has deemed Service-Learning a high-impact educational practice \u2013 educational activities that are linked with elevated student performance and persistence across multiple measures.\u00a0 Service-Learning is a teaching strategy that integrates course content with relevant community service.\u00a0 Through assignments and class discussions, students critically reflect on the service in order to increase their understanding of course content, gain a broader appreciation of the discipline, and enhance their sense of civic responsibility.<\/p>\n

Academic Affairs, through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), is offering compensation and course development support to OSU faculty for the design of new service-learning courses or the redesign of established undergraduate classroom courses with a substantial service-learning component.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Faculty participants will receive $2000 paid either as overload pay or professional <\/strong>development funding, will participate in a CTL-facilitated faculty learning <\/strong>community on effective practices in service-learning course design, and will receive <\/strong>individual support from the CTL Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator.\u00a0 Details are provided below.<\/p>\n

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While proposals will be accepted for all courses, priority will be granted to Bacc Core courses, large-enrollment undergraduate courses, and\/or courses that serve more than one undergraduate academic program.\u00a0 Participation is limited to 8 faculty participants for the Fall 2012 term.<\/p>\n

Tenured\/tenure-track faculty and instructors with at least 2 years of teaching at OSU are eligible to participate. Service-learning course development proposals should be submitted by the course instructor with a supporting message from the respective academic unit head.<\/p>\n

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Funding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Academic Affairs will allocate $2000 per course to each participating faculty member who develops and delivers a service-learning course, paid either as overload pay or as professional development funds and as allowed by university policy. Overload pay will be subject to taxes and withholding.<\/p>\n

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These funds are in support of:<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Participation in the CTL faculty learning community focused on service-learning<\/p>\n

course development, approximately a 30-hour commitment. This faculty learning community will share a blend of online activities and approximately five, two-hour face-to-face meetings on the Corvallis campus during the Fall 2012 term.<\/p>\n

2 – Developing course content and working with the CTL Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator to (re)design and produce a new service-learning course.<\/p>\n

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3 \u2013 Sharing new course development and experience with the OSU campus in 2013.<\/p>\n

Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n

An initial meeting between the instructor and the Service-Learning Faculty Development Coordinator will occur in September, followed by service-learning course development and participation in faculty learning community during the Fall 2012 term. The service-learning course should be offered for the first time in Winter or Spring 2013.<\/p>\n

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Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instructor must fully participate in the Service-Learning faculty learning community, including completion of all online activities, assignments, and attendance at all scheduled face-to-face meetings.<\/p>\n

Instructors will work with the CTL coordinator and their colleagues in the faculty learning community to design the service-learning course to include recognized standards of key elements and best practices in service-learning.\u00a0 Additionally:<\/p>\n