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The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Office of Service Learning invites proposals for grants up to
$1,000.00 to support efforts to enhance instruction and to promote innovative teaching and learning strategies around service learning and community-based coursework. Five (5) grants will be awarded and we expect the application process this year to be competitive.
All full-time faculty (including lecturers) are eligible to participate. Faculty new to service learning or those interesting in expanding
their current service learning course are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to proposals that support long-term continuing
relationships with community partners. If you receive funding you will need to submit a brief year-end report by August 31, 2008
describing the benefits of the funding to your teaching and for student learning.
Instructional support mini-grants can be used for the following purposes:
- To develop and implement service learning centered pedagogies.
- To promote innovative teaching and learning strategies for community-based curriculum.
- To facilitate effective assessment of service learning centered pedagogies.
- To purchase instructional materials, supplies, software that assists the development of community-based curriculum.
- To pay for student assistants to support and implement service learning centered pedagogies; for example, to develop innovative community-based learning opportunities for students.
- To support travel to service learning related conferences, workshops, meetings, and research sites; travel to learn and implement innovative service learning teaching strategies.
If you have an idea for funding, but aren’t sure if it would qualify, contact the Office of Service Learning at X-3311. Award money must be spent and receipts submitted to the Office of Service Learning by May 1, 2008 (Travel Claims due May 3, 2008) to accommodate Financial Services year-end deadlines. Preference will be given to proposals that will lead to new innovations and activities, but any activities and projects (travel, material/equipment/software, and student assistants) that occur between July 1, 2007 and June 20, 2008 are eligible for consideration. IMPORTANT: In order to process awards, applicants must provide original receipts documenting expenditures. Each application should be for a single project/activity.
Proposal Workshop: Thursday, November 15, 2007, 10:00am — 11:00am. The Office of Service Learning will host an informal
informational dialogue on Service Learning and strategies on effective ways to incorporate service learning into the curriculum. Please call the Office of Service Learning at 667-3311 if you would like to attend.
Grant Proposals Due: Friday, January 4, 2008 by 5:00 p.m. in the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
Proposals will be judged on the following criteria:
- Potential positive impact on student learning and faculty teaching/scholarship.
- Ability to continue project/activity/service through multiple semesters.
- Number of students impacted.
- Impact of service on the community.
Complete the attached application form (located below), including your Department Chair’s signature and return it to the FCETL by the deadline. To receive the form electronically, please send an e-mail request to mxgarcia@csustan.edu. To receive a list of previously funded activities please call Ximena Garcia at x-3216.
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