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FEID Grant Proposal Support: Enhancing Instruction and Student Success

This proposal aims to provide funding for instructional improvement projects that support the goals of increased student success. It prioritizes initiatives such as course redesign, innovative teaching practices, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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FEID Grant Proposal Support: Enhancing Instruction and Student Success

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  1. PRESENTATION TITLE Faculty Enhancement and Instructional Development (FEID) Proposal Support Sharon Seidman, Ph.D. (HHD) and Erica Bowers, Ed.D. (Director, FDC) February 19 and 20, 2019

  2. What is the FEID grant? • The Faculty Enhancement and Instructional Development (FEID) Award program funds instructional improvement projects that lead to increased student success. • Priority is given to proposals that support Goal One and Goal Two of the University Strategic Plan • Projects shall address course redesign and/or innovative teaching. Examples include: • Implementation or expansion of high-impact practices • Application of best/promising practices produced from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) • Multi/Interdisciplinary collaboration, i.e., Explore Core • Study Abroad or Service Learning • Implementation of pedagogy for diverse audiences

  3. Breaking Down the FEID Narrative Description of project Innovation Connection to Goal One and/or Goal Two of the University Strategic Plan Outcomes and Assessment Benefits Sustainability Budget and Timeline

  4. Description • What pedagogical or practical instructional problem does this project attempt to solve? Provide details about your project’s objectives, methods, and activities intended to try to solve this problem.

  5. Innovation: Course Redesign and/or Innovative Teaching Practices Describe why your project is innovative Some Possibilities include: • Implementation or expansion of high-impact practices • Application of best/promising practices produced from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) • Multi/Interdisciplinary collaboration, i.e., Explore Core • Study Abroad or Service Learning • Implementation of pedagogy for diverse audiences • ………

  6. Connection to Goal One and/or Two of the University Strategic Plan Goal One: Provide a transformative educational experience and environment for all students. • Titan students are immeasurably enriched by immersive experiences and a robust array of services that supporttheir well-being, provide a sense of belonging, and promote academic success. The many benefits from this institutional commitment — enhanced learning, retention, confidence, and affinity for the university — ensureTitan graduates are well prepared to excel in the workforce or in further education.

  7. Connection to Goal One and/or Two of the University Strategic Plan Goal Two: Strengthen opportunities for student completion and graduation. • Perhaps nothing is more central to our educational mission than providing equitable access to the opportunitiesand resources necessary for student success. Degree completion is one metric, albeit a fundamental one, by which student success is measured, and our commitment to supporting students achieve that goal is interlinked withmyriad endeavors that promote student success in all its forms.

  8. Outcomes and Assessment • Goals/Outcomes are defined • Measure(s) • Aligned to goals/outcomes • Feasible • Evaluative

  9. Benefits Proposed project clearly describes the benefits the implementation will have on students, the department, and/or instructional processes

  10. Sustainability Plan for the future • Funding (if needed) • Sustained implementation • Expansion • To other sections • To other courses

  11. Examples of Past Projects • Redesign of Theatre Management Class to Address 21st Century Realities • International Cohort Cultural Experience: Japan • Developing counseling skills through co-curricular, experiential education, and service learning • Including Undergraduate Research in a CAS Senior Seminar Course • A Humanity at Work: Alumni Career Webinars for History Majors • Design and implementation of a cross-disciplinary Bio-Geo intersession field course

  12. Budget and Timeline • Reassigned Time/ Summer Stipend • Need for reassignment • Any other supports for project (e.g., department, college, grants and stipends) • Deliverable dates • Operating Expenses & Equipment • Need for resources • Any other supports for project (e.g., department, college, grants and stipends) • Deliverable dates

  13. Money will be transferred to your Department This means: • If you are asking for reassigned time- the FDC will budget transfer this money to your dept • If you are asking for summer stipend there are new rules on faculty additional pay. • OE & E- there are rules on how state funds can be used- money will be transferred to your dept- make sure your dept is in agreement on how you are spending funds- i.e., gift cards can’t be bought with state funds.

  14. How will my project be scored?

  15. Online Application Process • https://afapps.fullerton.edu/FEID/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fFEID%2f • http://fdc.fullerton.edu/teaching/grants.php

  16. TIPS • Remember that the faculty reviewers reading your narrative might not be from your discipline. Your narrative should be clearly understandable by a faculty member outside your own field. • Take the time to review the weblinksthroughout the powerpoint. • Explore the FDC's teaching pages and scholarship pages for helpful online resources when developing your project concept. • Compare your draft proposal to the rubric and revise your draft as necessary to clearly address the criteria.

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