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an overview of instructional development project & Travel grants

Faculty Senate February 6, 2014 Office of Faculty Development Jan Gabel-Goes. an overview of instructional development project & Travel grants. Administered by OFD per Article 40.4 in WMU-AAUP Agreement To support efforts of Board appointed, bargaining unit faculty

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an overview of instructional development project & Travel grants

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  1. Faculty Senate February 6, 2014 Office of Faculty Development Jan Gabel-Goes an overview of instructional development project & Travel grants

  2. Administered by OFD per Article 40.4 in WMU-AAUP Agreement To support efforts of Board appointed, bargaining unit faculty To improve student learning through instructional and curricular redesign & innovation Two categories: ID Travel Grants and ID Project Grants Purpose of the program

  3. Can be used to fund: • Experts to visit campus & work with a dept. • Site visits to other schools & locations for pedagogy • Group attendance at workshops or training programs • Student wages or support for instructional improvement projects • Materials to study or support specific instructional improvement approaches (e.g. software, books, other media, props) ID Project Grants

  4. Revising Elementary Physics Lab Demonstrating Student Learning Through Student Response System Faculty Training in ACTFL's (Spanish) Experiential Learning Efforts Through Museum Studies Faculty Training in Teaching Improvisational Theatre Fashioning Silhouettes/Creation of Hands-on Clothing Example funded project grants

  5. Will NOT be funded: • Faculty summer salary, academic year release time or any compensations for instructors • Computer equipment • Individual travel to conferences (IDT funds may be sought for this purpose) • Participation in Cultural Experience summer programs for WMU faculty/staff • Study abroad course development ID Project Grants

  6. Applicants must provide: • Application form • Proposal (max 4 pages) • Complete cost breakdown, INCLUDING OTHER FUNDS BEING USED, in terms of stated project activities and fidelity of University policies & regulations. • Signed support of department chair, school director, or college dean Award max is $5,000 due March 15theach year for funding beginning July 1st of the same year. ID Project Grant Specifics

  7. Sample Project Grand Application Form

  8. Sample IDPG Budget Form

  9. Applicant must provide: • Details, including copies of brochures, links regarding the conference/workshop/meeting • How faculty intend to use the knowledge gained • Complete cost breakdown for travel, INCLUDING OTHER FUNDS BEING USED • Signed support from direct supervisor • Award max is $1,200 to be awarded with due dates of January 15th, March 15th and September 15th ID Travel grant specifics

  10. Lilly International 33rd Annual Conference Mathematics Education: Dutch Perspectives Encaustic & Silkscreening Workshop Early Career Geography Workshop Seventeenth Annual War College of the Seven Year's War Communication, Empire & the City of Rome AbarisTraining Resources Learning Tools to Effectively Monitor Social MediaNortheast Modern Language Association Conference Example travel grants

  11. Any Questions? Office of Faculty Development 387-0732 www.wmich.edu/facdev Thank you for your attention

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