Experiential Learning Faculty Fellows Program
Division : Faculty of Arts and Science
Type : Divisional Pedagogical Grant, Experiential Learning, Pedagogical Grant, Teaching Fellowship
More Information : https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/experiential-learning/supports-resources/experiential-learning-faculty-fellows-program
Description
The pilot Experiential Learning Faculty Fellows Program is supported by the Provost’s Experiential Learning University Fund. The goals of the Fellowship are as follows :
• Support expansion of curriculum integrated EL initiatives.
• Provide structured supports to assist faculty in developing and administering sustainable EL courses.
• Explore the feasibility of the Fellows’ program structure to support and incentivize faculty to engage with EL.
Program Overview
- Provide funding and structured supports to assist faculty members in developing and administering sustainable experiential learning courses.
- Explore the effectiveness of the fellows program structure to support and incentivize faculty members to engage with experiential learning.
- Create a strong community of experiential learning practitioners across multiple disciplines, who can then serve as vectors and champions of experiential learning across the Faculty of Arts & Science, seed new opportunities and share their expertise with other faculty members
- Fellows work to build a new experiential learning course or add an experiential learning component into an existing course.
- Fellows commit to develop the experiential learning course in 2024–25 and to deliver the course at least three times, beginning in 2025–26.
- Faculty members from across all Arts & Science academic units are encouraged to participate.
- A maximum of six new fellows will be selected in 2024–25.
- Applications open in February
Eligibility
- Continuing appointment Arts & Science faculty members in tenure or teaching stream, pre- and post- promotion, are eligible.