6-2017 CETL FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES 201 Anti-Racist Pedagogy Across the Curriculum (ARPAC)

CETL FLC Application
2016-2017 CETL FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Anti-Racist Pedagogy Across the Curriculum (ARPAC)
DESCRIPTION AND SCHEDULE
Facilitator(s): Melissa Prescott, Darlene St. Clair, Debra Leigh, and Kyoko Kishimoto
Definition and Purpose:
The project for the FLC as a collective will be to assess the impact of the Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Across the Curriculum (ARPAC) project on faculty participants and students who enroll in
courses taught by faculty participants.
Members of the FLC will
a. Review and analyze survey data collected from workshop participants in 2013, 2014, and
2016 to assess the faculty learning outcomes designed by this FLC.
b. Continue work on assessing student learning outcomes for students in courses taught by
ARPAC participants.
c. Finalize and pilot a survey instrument in select courses in Fall 2016, refine and
implement in Spring 2017.
Commitments of members:
• Members will commit to meeting with the group for work sessions regularly according to
a schedule: (Please note: the schedule below has elements that are fixed and others that
are flexible depending upon the needs of the participants.) Please mark your calendars at
the time of application for those dates that are not changeable.
o Fall Convocation Orientation and Work Session – Wednesday, August 17, 2016
o Fall 2016 – Work sessions will be determined by facilitators.
o January Workshops Lunch Retreat – Date to be announced
o Spring 2016 - Work sessions Work sessions will be determined by facilitators.
• Members will commit to taking their knowledge to their Departments and/or Colleges,
and sharing their knowledge of its impact on their students’ learning.
• Members will present the results of their learning at the Sixth Annual SCSU Teaching
and Learning Fair during Fall Convocation 2016.
Additional Optional Commitment:
• Members who complete the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Process by presenting
the results of their learning at a regional or national conference or submitting their results
in the form of a publication will receive an additional reward of professional funds for
travel.
Rewards:
• Increased knowledge and implementation of service-learning.
• A new energized sense of community with your peer group around work, learning and
food!
• A chance to learn best practices.
• The opportunity to inform peers about service-learning.
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Recognition of your work as part of faculty evaluation, tenure, and promotion processes
and staff professional development processes.
Opportunity to collaborate with your peer group on a conference presentation or
publication.
Note: Application form and signature page follows.
Review of Applications begins upon receipt of applications.
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2016-2017 CETL FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Anti-Racist Pedagogy Across the Curriculum (ARPAC)
APPLICATION FORM
Instructions: Applications may be filled out electronically and printed to obtain
signatures. Applications should be delivered to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning Office in Miller Center 310. Review of Applications begins upon receipt of
applications.
The facilitators and the CETL Director will jointly select the participants from the applicant
pool. Criteria for selection will include: commitment to student learning, openness to new ideas,
level of interest in and seriousness of commitment to FLC participation, and potential for
contributions to the group. Please keep these criteria in mind as you complete the application.
Name:
Department:
College/School:
Campus Address:
Email Address:
Position:
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Faculty (Check one):
_____ Probationary
_____ Tenured, not fully promoted
_____ Tenured and fully promoted
_____ Permanent, non-tenured
_____ Fixed Term in 2015-2016
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Instructional Staff (Please fill in your title):
Title:
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Explain why you would like to participate in the FLC Initiative by addressing all of the following
questions. (Approximate word limit: 250 words per question.)
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What do you believe you can gain from participating in an interdisciplinary
Faculty Learning Community? How does that tie into your professional
development plan?
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What do you think you can contribute to the group?
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What questions or issues about designing instructional strategies for The Common
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Reading Program are you most interested in? (If you have found or used research
related to the issues or questions, please feel free to cite the references.)
How are you interested in implementing the ideas from this experience in your
own teaching and learning?
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2016-2017 CETL FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Common Reading Program Faculty Development
SIGNATURE PAGE
Applicant Signature
If I am selected as a participant in the Faculty Learning Community on Anti-Racist PEdagogy
Across the Curriculum (ARPAC), I agree to participate fully in the FLC’s activities including
the readings, projects, and meetings. I also agree to share the things I learn with faculty outside
the FLC.
Applicant’s Signature
Date
__________________________________________
Name
Department Chair/Director Signature
I endorse the above applicant’s participation in the Faculty Learning Community on AntiRacist PEdagogy Across the Curriculum (ARPAC) and will support the implementation of
the related curricular and pedagogical work.
Signature of Applicant’s Department Chair/Director
Date
__________________________________________
Name
Dean/Supervisor Signature
I endorse the above applicant’s participation in the Faculty Learning Community on AntiRacist PEdagogy Across the Curriculum (ARPAC) and will support the implementation of
the related curricular and pedagogical work.
Signature of Applicant’s Dean/Supervisor
Date
_______________________________________________
Name
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