Teagle Assessment Scholar Development Program 2011 Application


*The application deadline for the 2011 cohort was May 15, 2011.

To apply to the Teagle Assessment Scholar Development Program, please complete the application below. Email your answers to questions 1–9, along with your curriculum vitae and a letter of support from your Chief Academic Officer, to Kathy Wise at kathyswise@gmail.com.

  1. Name
  2. Current position and institution
  3. Disciplinary background
  4. Why are you interested in becoming a Teagle Assessment Scholar?
  5. Please list your experience with general education, department, program, course, or other kinds of assessment at your institution, including a brief description of the roles you played and the dates you were involved, starting with your current or most recent activities. (If you are a newcomer to assessment or have just been appointed to a position connected with assessment at your institution, just report that fact in your response.) 
  6. What areas of your assessment expertise would you like to improve?
  7. What are the strengths of your current institution in terms of gathering and using assessment data? 
  8. What are the weaknesses of your current institution in terms of gathering and using assessment data?

    9. The Teagle Scholar Development Program provides professional development for Scholars so that they can collaborate with others at their institution, as well as with people at other institutions, to use evidence to improve student learning. Scholars' projects at their institutions are an important component of the program. Another core element is that Scholars help the Center of Inquiry provide assessment support for other colleges and universities.

  9. Please discuss your interest in working with faculty, staff, and students from institutions other than your own on assessment issues. If you have experience helping other institutions with assessment, please mention that here.
  10. What area of student learning or student experience would you like to address in your institutional assessment/action project? When would a site visit from Teagle Scholars help you to move your project forward? (Please note that you will have the opportunity to refine and develop this project during the
    program—we’re just looking for your initial thoughts at this point.)

All applications must be accompanied by a signed letter from your institution’s Chief Academic Officer, indicating:

  • Support for your application.
  • Knowledge of the direction of your proposed institutional assessment/improvement project. 
  • Willingness to meet with you periodically to get an update on your progress in the program and on your assessment/action project.
  • Willingness to support two site visits to your institution—one during the first year and a half of the program and one at the conclusion of your project. The purpose of these visits is to help you develop, implement, and complete your assessment/action project. Your institution should cover food and lodging expenses for the site visit teams (usually two people per team).
  • Willingness to allow you to travel to three Teagle Scholar Development Workshops during your first two years in the program. The Center of Inquiry covers all costs associated with these workshops.
  • Willingness to allow you to travel to two Center of Inquiry events (institutional site visits or multi-institution workshops, usually three days, two nights) during your first two years in the program. The Center of Inquiry covers all costs associated with these activities.
  • Willingness to provide at least $1,500 over three years to create a budget to support your assessment/action project on campus.
  • Willingness of the institution to pay $500 per year for three years ($1,500 in total) to sponsor you in the Development Program. (Cost in 2012 will be $1,000 per year for three years, $3,000 in total.)