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TLDC
Request for Proposals
 he Teaching
and Learning in the Diverse Classroom Fellowship program (TLDC)
is an in-depth teaching development opportunity offered each
academic year by the Center for Teaching (CFT). TLDC offers a
department / college-based collegial forum for faculty and
teaching assistants to explore teaching and learning issues
important for our increasingly diverse student population.
TLDC fellows are not expected to be experts on
diversity issues. They are individuals who have a
genuine love of teaching and learning and possess a desire to
be excellent educators for all their students. They are
willing to participate in the creative process of fusing the
best practices in teaching and learning with an understanding
of how to create and sustain classrooms that nurture the
success of all students.
The TLDC program includes a
day-long fall retreat, a bi-weekly seminar, individual
teaching assessment opportunities, and consultation on issues
related to a discipline-based teaching project. The TLDC
program provides participants with the opportunity to share
information on teaching and learning and to collaboratively
acquire concrete pedagogical skills for creating effective,
inclusive learning environments for all students. In the
past, participants in the TLDC program have been selected
from across the disciplines and, more recently, fellows
have been from the same department or college (School of
Public Health and Health Sciences, 1999-2000; Clinical Psychology,
2000-2001; English, 2001-2002; and Student Development and
Pupil Personnel Services, 2002-2003; Nutrition, 2003-2004;
Sport Management 2004-2005; Journalism, 2005-2006, and Women's Studies, 2006-2007).
TLDC Fellows will be expected
to:
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Participate in a day-long
retreat as scheduled.
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Participate in a regularly
scheduled discussion seminar during the 2006-2007
academic year (approximately once every two weeks).
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Initiate a teaching
development project focused on teaching and
diversity-related issues in either a new or revised course.
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Assess
the impact of course development
initiatives on the learning experience of your students
within the context of departmental diversity goals.
Up to ten people can be
selected as Fellows of the TLDC program. Fellows either
receive $1,500.00 for individual course development
initiatives or an equivalent bloc grant to the department /
college for a total department award of up to $15,000.00.
Prior participants in the TLDC
program have been highly positive about the program. They
indicate that the project helped them become better teachers
by offering a structured opportunity to discuss and explore
teaching style and methods; to develop new collegial
relationships; and to increase their awareness of, and ability
to positively address, the diversity in classrooms. For
further information, please contact Matt Ouellett at the CFT
by calling 545-1225 or by email at
cfteach@acad.umass.edu. The TLDC Fellowship Program will be on hiatus for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Department
Application (pdf)
PROPOSAL
DEADLINE: TBA
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