Teagle Assessment Scholar Campus Learning Project 2011 Application 

 

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

To apply for a Campus Learning Project, please complete the application below. Email your answers to the following questions, 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. If you are not currently a Teagle Assessment Scholar, why are you interested in becoming one?
  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. 
  6. Please briefly describe an assessment initiative that you directed or implemented at your institution, including the goal of the initiative, the process that you went through to implement the initiative, and the end result of your work. What was the most challenging aspect of this project?  What did you learn from your work on this initiative, and how did this experience modify your practice going forward?
  7. What areas of your assessment expertise would you like to improve?
  8. What are the strengths of your current institution in terms of gathering and using assessment data? 
  9. What are the weaknesses of your current institution in terms of gathering and using assessment data?

    The Campus Learning Project 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. In addition to leading assessment/improvement projects at their institutions, Scholars will help the Center of Inquiry provide assessment support for other colleges and universities.

  10. Please discuss how working with faculty, staff, and students from institutions other than your own connects with your professional development goals. If you have experience helping other institutions with assessment, please mention that here.
  11. Please briefly describe your Campus Learning Project, including the goals of the project, the area of student learning or student experience that your project will address, and the process you anticipate following as you implement your project. Also, 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 your project—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 Campus Learning Project.
  • Willingness to meet with you periodically to get an update on your progress with the project and your participation in the Teagle Assessment Scholar Program.
  • Willingness to support one site visit to your institution to provide consulting support for your Campus Learning Project. Your institution should cover food and lodging expenses for the site visit team (usually two people per team).
  • Willingness to allow you to travel to three Teagle Scholar Development Workshops during the first two years of your project. 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 the first two years of your project. 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 Campus Learning Project.
  • Willingness of the institution to pay $500 per year for three years ($1,500 in total) to sponsor you in the Teagle Assessment Scholar Program with a Campus Learning Project. (Cost in 2012 will be $1,000 per year for three years, $3,000 in total.)