EngagedFacultyFellowsAwards2020-2021

The Office of Civic and Community Engagement is pleased to announce the 2020-2021Engaged Faculty Fellows Award Program. Our Office will award summer stipends of$2,500 each to faculty who commit to creating courses that incorporate a significantcomponentofcivicengagementandservicelearningintothecoursecurriculum.Proposedcoursesmustmeet thecriteriaestablishedforAcademicServiceLearningcoursesat theUniversityofMiami. Thesearecoursesthat linktheclassroomandcommunitythroughhands-on,experientialeducationthatistransformative.Theyshould:

1. Promote the interrelationship of teaching, research, and service through theory,actionandreflectioninresponsetocommunityneeds.

2. Develop and translate academic knowledge, critical thinking, and communityengagementintocivicresponsibility.

3. Foster mutually beneficial collaborations between the university and thecommunitytopromotepositivesocialchange.

4. Incorporate reflection on the relationship between the community-basedcomponentandacademiccourseworkintothecoursecurriculum

5. Outlineservice-learningobjectivesinthestudentlearningoutcomes

The course can be an existing one that is refashioned to include a service learningcomponentoranentirelynewcourse.Recipientsof theawardmustcommit to teachingthe class at least three times over the next five years. Faculty will participate in aworkshopseries that introduce them tokey conceptsandpractices in civic engagementandservice learning, and alsowill takepart ina follow-uppaneldiscussionabout theirexperiences in developing the syllabi and teaching the courses. The Engaged FacultyFellows Award Program is open to full-time University faculty who are engaged inundergraduate teaching. We strongly encourage faculty who participate in the EFFProgramtomaketheirEFFcoursesopentoallstudentsregardlessofthestudent’sCollegeorSchool.

Application

DueDateforRECEIPTofapplication:Wednesday,February26,2020,5pm

AcompleteapplicationmustbesubmittedtotheOfficeofCivicandCommunityEngagement

asanattachmenttoanemailsenttocivicengagement@miami.edu

ParticipantswillbeselectedfromanapplicantpoolofUniversityofMiamifacultyinterestedincivicengagementandservicelearning.Criteriaforselectioninclude:schoolanddepartmentalsupport;previous exposure andexperiencewith, and/or interest in learningabout, civic engagementandservice learning; commitment to faculty development; high level of interest in the program;opennesstocollegialityandexchangeofnewideas;potentialcontributionstothecommunity;highlevel of interest in developing, implementing and sustaining innovative techniques to enhanceteachingandlearning.

ApplicantName:________________________________________Title&Rank:_______________________________________

Department:___________________________________________

School/College:______________________________________

Email:_________________________________________TelephoneNumber:_________________________________________

1) PleaseattachacurrentCV(Maximum3pages).

2) Pleaseattachatentativecoursesyllabus.

3) Pleaseprovideaoneparagraphdescriptionforeachofthefollowing:

a)yourpresentteachingresponsibilitiesandanyinnovativeteachingactivitiesand/orteaching

scholarship;

b)yourexperiencewithandknowledgeofcivicengagementandservicelearningconcepts;

c)thereasonsforyourinterestinlearningaboutandapplyingcivicengagementandservice

learningapproachesandconceptstoyourteaching;

d)yourlevelof“readiness”orwillingnesstoconsiderpossiblechangesinthewayyouteach

yourcourses;

f)thecourseand/orclassworkassignmentsyouwishtomodifyordevise.

4) Deanapprovalofapplicant’sparticipation-Signature:________________________________________Date:_____________

Dept.Chairapprovalofapplicant’sparticipation–Signature:________________________________Date:_____________