Hopework-l Mailing List: RFP -- Multicultural Teaching and Learning Fellowships

[IDA / Ilene D. Alexander (alexa032]

Hi all,

I'm sending you the enclosed and attached information because of your
work with and interest in multicultural teaching and learning in
higher education.  You might want to apply for this Multicultural
Teaching and Learning Fellowship Grant yourself, know of a colleague
who should be encouraged to apply for one of the fellowships, or know
just the right campus/departmental venue through which you could
share this information.  I'm asking you to do any and all of the
above in order to help get word out.

With this note I've included three things:

1. A word document/attachment with the Multicultural Teaching and
Learning Fellowship RFP.  This will also be available in Word and PDF
formats via the Center's web page:
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/mc.html

2 & 3.  A short and a shorter blurb about the Fellowships, either of
which might provide a good bit of context if you pass the information
on to other people, places, publications.

I'm more than happy to answer any questions, to send a personalized
proposal invitation to another person at your request, to play a role
in helping interested persons develop a proposal.

Thank you for whatever role(s) you've already played in making this
fellowship grants project possible, and for getting word out.

Best,
Ilene

SHORT BLURB:
The Center for Teaching and Learning Services will fund seven
Multicultural Teaching and Learning Fellowships for instructional
staff members (tenured and tenure-track faculty, professional &
administrative educational staff, and adjunct/lecturer instructors)
during the 2004-2005 academic year. The Multicultural Teaching and
Learning Fellowships support a wide range of multicultural education
projects - from those in incubation stages (thinking, researching,
talking, reflecting) to those with ideas, materials, and analyses
ready to be shared with a range of academic and community groups.

Fellowship proposals may address multicultural education issues,
theories and practices at the course, program or department level.
For example, teaching staff interested in the Multicultural Teaching
and Learning Fellowships might propose using the grant and fellowship
activities to: redesign curriculum at course/department level;
develop multicultural teaching & learning materials, assignments, and
assessments; investigate disciplinary practices in creating robust
multicultural learning experiences; expand disciplinary
understanding/practice of teaching & learning in a multicultural
context; or further facilitate and extend the work of existing
diversity/multicultural education networks.

Each funded proposal will receive a $2,500 grant, and all instructors
associated with selected proposals will be recognized as CTLS
Multicultural Teaching and Learning Fellows.  This group will meet
six times during the academic year in workshop sessions with each
other and the Fellowship Coordinators to share questions, resources,
ideas and findings.  Each Fellow will make one public presentation
related to his/her project and, finally, will contribute a syllabus
or another document to aid teaching and learning to CTLS resources to
be available to other teachers.

The CTLS Multicultural Teaching and Learning Fellowships Request for
Proposals and successful project descriptions submitted by 2003-2004
Fellows are available on the Center's homepage
(www.teaching.umn.edu).  Questions can be directed to Dr. Ilene
Alexander (alexa032 [at] umn.edu).  Completed applications are due in CTLS
by Friday, April 23, 2004.


REALLY SHORT BLURB:

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:
MULTICULTURAL TEACHING AND LEARNING FELLOWSHIP GRANTS
        Seven fellowship grants funded by the Center for Teaching and
Learning Services are available to UM educators who wish to
participate in an Excellence in Multicultural Teaching and Learning
fellowship program with other instructors who teach undergraduate
courses, who prepare graduate or professional students for working
professionally within diverse communities, and who work with the
training & development of multicultural educators.  Apply to CTLS by
April 23rd, 2004.

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Ilene D. Alexander, PhD
(Hannah Stafford's great-great granddaughter)
Preparing Future Faculty Program Director, and
Teaching Enrichment Series Team Lead
Center for Teaching and Learning Services
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612.624.6507 (office)
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