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UW System Teaching Scholars

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The UW System Office of Academic and Student Affairs and the Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) are pleased to announce the Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars (WTFS) Program for 2013-14. This program was awarded the prestigious 2005 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence for the development of innovative and diverse communities of teacher-scholars across the UW System.

The Wisconsin Teaching Fellows group will include outstanding early-career, untenured faculty and teaching academic staff. The Wisconsin Teaching Scholars group will include outstanding tenured faculty and experienced academic staff. Candidates must be exceptional teachers who publicly share their expertise and demonstrate leadership.

Participants in the WTFS Program should be familiar with Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research. Each participant undertakes a significant SoTL project, records the project's progress on an electronic poster, collaborates with other Fellows and Scholars in project design, and shares the project and its results in public forums. Teaching Fellows and Scholars are expected to serve as leaders and mentors in campus and UW System SoTL work.

Each UW Institution may nominate two candidates for the 2013-14 WTFS Program. Each participant will receive $4,000 in financial support from their institution and a $500 S&E grant from OPID.

Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program Requirements

  • Attendance at four OPID-sponsored events throughout the year:
    • Faculty College, May 28-May 31, 2013, UW-Richland
    • Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars Summer Institute, June 17-21, 2013, UW-Madison
    • Winter Seminar (TBA, January-February 2014)
    • Final WTFS meeting and Public Poster Presentation (TBA, Spring 2014)
  • Completion of a SoTL project with dissemination of results in a professional forum
  • Recording of SoTL project's progress on electronic poster throughout the Program year

Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Selection Criteria

  • Evidence of excellent teaching
  • Interest in teaching innovation and collaboration with others.
  • Knowledge of and interest in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
  • The one difference between Fellows and Scholars is career stage:
    • Fellows: outstanding early-career, untenured faculty or teaching academic staff with at least one year teaching at their current campus
    • Scholars: outstanding tenured faculty and experienced academic instructional staff with a record of interest in teaching innovation and collaboration with others

Application

Please submit your applications with the following documents to CATL@uwgb.edu by October 19. Any questions, contact Aeron Haynie (hayniea@uwgb.edu).