Campus Learning Project

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We created the Teagle Scholar Development Program to help people who were relatively new to assessment develop their skills so that they could work with colleagues at their own and other institutions to improve the quality and impact of assessment and improve student learning. From the beginning, however, a number of the inquiries we received about the Development Program have been from people with significant assessment experience who were looking for consultative support for an assessment project, further development opportunities, and a chance to connect with colleagues from other institutions who share their interest in assessment. To accommodate this interest, we created the Campus Learning Project for people with assessment experience.

Anyone with significant assessment experience can apply for the Campus Learning Project—including current Teagle Scholars and people who are not Teagle Scholars at the time of their application. Those individuals who are not Teagle Scholars will automatically become Teagle Scholars if their Campus Learning Project is accepted. This means that individuals who apply for Campus Learning Projects should be committed to the core values of the Teagle Assessment Scholar Program and to serving as a Teagle Scholar for five years.

We plan to invite 10 new scholars for the Campus Learning Project and the Teagle Assessment Scholar Development program combined each year. Applications for the 2012 Campus Learning Project cohort will be available in spring 2012. Click here to see the application used for the 2011 cohort.

Campus Learning Project activities and commitments

Teagle Assessment Scholars with Campus Learning Projects will:

  1. Attend three Teagle Assessment Scholar Development Workshops during the first two years of their project. The Center of Inquiry will host a fall, spring, and summer Teagle Scholar Development Workshop each year.
  2. Support Center staff and Teagle Scholars at two Center of Inquiry events during the first two years of their project. These events could include site visits to institutions or workshops held at the Center or other locations.
  3. Design, implement, and evaluate a three-year Campus Learning Project at their institution that uses assessment to improve student learning or student experience.
    • Teagle Scholars will identify a specific area of student learning or student experience to improve at their institutions.
    • Institutional leaders will sign off on the goals of a Teagle Scholar’s project, support the activities involved in the project, and set aside at least $1,500 to support the three-year project.
    • Two Teagle Assessment Scholars will conduct a site visit to the scholar’s institution to help the scholar move forward with their Campus Learning Project. The focus of this visit might be to learn what assessment information the campus already possesses; to get a sense of institutional governance, political, and cultural structures connected with using assessment evidence; to work with the Teagle Scholar to develop an action plan, including a budget, for the project; to help the scholar share data from the project with the campus; or to help campus constituencies make changes based on evidence from the project.
    • When Teagle Scholars with Campus Learning Projects attend Development Workshops, they will meet with other Teagle Scholars and Center staff to discuss their projects, including findings, strategies, and approaches to overcoming obstacles.
    • Teagle Scholars will submit three- to five-page annual updates to the Center of Inquiry documenting the progress on their Campus Learning Projects as well as a final summary report at the end of three years. Descriptions of scholars’ projects, annual progress reports, and final project reports will be shared publicly on the Center’s website.

Scholars with Campus Learning Projects will also commit to being active members of the Teagle Assessment Scholar Program for two years after their project ends. As an active member, they will receive email updates about the program and will be available for site visits (usually three days, two nights), workshops, and other work with institutions. We hope scholars will be able to participate in one or two events each year. Thus, participation in a Campus Learning Project entails a five-year commitment on the part of a scholar.

Campus Learning Project costs

The Center of Inquiry asks Teagle Scholars’ institutions to cover the following costs:

  • $1,000 per year for three years ($3,000 in total) to sponsor the scholar in the 2012 cohort of Campus Learning Projects. ($500 per year, $1,500 in total, to sponsor a scholar in the 2011 cohort.) This money will be used to cover a portion of the training costs.
  • Setting aside at least $1,500 to support the scholar’s project on campus. This project support budget can be used for any activities that help the institution respond in a meaningful way to assessment data from the project, such as faculty development workshops, institutional retreats, or follow-up student interviews. This money cannot be used to cover food and lodging costs for site visit teams.
  • Food and lodging for the site visit team who travels to the institution to consult with the scholar on his or her Campus Learning Project.

The Center of Inquiry will cover the following costs:

  • Travel, food, and lodging costs when scholars participate in Teagle Scholar activities, such as Development Workshops, institutional site visits, and multi-institutional workshops.
  • Travel expenses and stipends for the site visit team who travels to the scholar’s institution to provide consulting support for the scholar’s Campus Learning Project.  

To learn more

We are pleased to accept inquiries from people who are interested in directing a Campus Learning Project. Please contact Kathy Wise at 765-361-6581 or kathyswise@gmail.com if you have any questions.