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Description:ÌýThe Community-Engaged Scholars Faculty Fellows Program is a two-year program focused on developing and deepening faculty capacity for community-engaged teaching, learning, and research. Participants commit to incorporating new forms of community-engaged teaching, learning and research into their course design and scholarship. Teams of two or more faculty from a given department or an interdisciplinary team from varied departments are welcome to apply together. No previous experience in community-engaged teaching or learning is required.

Purpose: The intent of this faculty development program is to create a community of scholars who willÌýdevelop, build upon, or produce Community-Engaged Scholarship (CES), specifically through theÌýfollowing program goals:

  • Develop faculty capacity for community-engaged teaching, learning and scholarship through a community-engaged scholarly individual project (may include current research agenda)
  • Facilitate a supportive faculty community around community-engaged scholarship
  • Coordinate faculty peer feedback on the community-engaged scholarly project
  • Complete, disseminate, and submit the community-engaged scholarly project for publication

Criteria:

  • Clearly articulated interest in, demonstrated commitment to, and pursuit toward community-engaged teaching, learning, and research.
  • A well-conceived and clearly-defined rationale for community-engaged learning
  • A well-defined plan for teaching the course in the next academic year
  • A description of the development of a collaboration with a community partner
  • An articulation of how community-engaged learning will work synergistically with efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion

Stipend:Ìý A stipend of $3,500 will be awarded per year, per faculty member for successfully meeting the expected outcomes and creating courses that incorporate a significant component of civic engagement and service-learning into their course curriculum.

Expectations:

  • Modifying an existing course or designing a new course with a community-engaged component;ÌýteachingÌýthe new or revised course during the 2024-2025Ìýacademic year;
  • Being engagedÌýin building relationships with the community partner(s) including meeting with community partners as part of course preparation, implementation and evaluation;
  • PresentingÌýyour experience as an instructor of a community-engaged learning course to your respective department/school, or a similar setting, within the following year;
  • Preparing and attending all cohort meetings (3 meetings a semester at a mutually agreed upon time).
  • Completing, disseminating, and submitting the community-engaged scholarly project for publication.

CSSA commits to:

  • PlanningÌýand facilitating the Community-Engaged Scholars Faculty Fellows program meetings;
  • IdentifyingÌýreadings and resources about the development of community-engaged learning courses;
  • ProvidingÌýindividual curricula consultation related to community-engaged learning course development;
  • FacilitatingÌýconnections with community groups;
  • AssistingÌýwith publicity for public presentations on this work (as requested).

Application requirements:

  • Approval of Chair is requested.
  • Applications due: September 15, 2024Ìýby 11:59Ìýpm
  • Complete theÌýCommunity-Engaged Faculty Fellows Application form, including a confirmation of eligibility requirements. See application link below.

The selection criteria include:Ìý

  • A well-conceived and clearly-defined rationale for community-engaged learning
  • A well-defined plan for teaching the course in the next academic year
  • A description of the development of a collaborative project with a community partner
  • An articulation of how community-engaged learning will work synergistically with efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion

To apply, download the Information Sheet and complete the online application using the link below.

2024 Faculty Fellows Information & Department sign-off.pdf

For any questions please contactÌýkfeely@jcu.eduÌý ÌýApplications due by 11:59 pm September 15, 2024.