FCTL Teaching Awards
Both full-time and per-course faculty will be recognized for their outstanding achievements.
Full-time Faculty Teaching Awards
Submission deadline: January 31, 2018
The FCTL Faculty Teaching Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty. Because effective teaching can be accomplished through many different approaches, the FCTL Advisory Council wants to recognize faculty contributions in areas that are important to the mission and long-term goals at Missouri State University.
Awards will be made in the following areas:
Accessibility
Accessible learning provides all students with equitable access and opportunity for student success regardless of disabilities. This award recognizes faculty who have taken a proactive approach toward accessible teaching practices, course design, and ensuring all instructional materials are accessible.
Diversity
Students come to the university with many different experiences, different ways of seeing the world, and different expectations. This award recognizes faculty who focus on culturally responsive teaching and faculty who demonstrate a scholarly approach integrating diversity into the classroom.
High impact learning
High impact learning practices demand considerable time and effort, involve learning outside of the classroom, encourage collaboration and meaningful interactions with faculty and other students, and provide frequent and substantive feedback. This award recognizes faculty who have adopted teaching strategies that focus on the student’s ability to critically reflect on their own assumptions, beliefs, and basic worldviews.
Eligibility
Full-time faculty members with at least one year of teaching experience at MSU.
Application criteria:
- Letter of interest from the faculty member that provides a philosophy of teaching encompassing one of the focus areas: accessibility, diversity, or high impact learning.
- Letter of support from their department head.
- Up to three supporting artifacts that provide evidence of their accomplishments in their chosen focus area.
- Faculty should choose supporting artifacts that characterize their teaching and are suitable to their particular discipline or learning context.
- Student evaluation feedback may be used in situations where students speak directly to teaching effectiveness.
- Innovative or meaningful assignments and assessments that provide evidence of student learning may be included or described. Please respect student privacy when providing evidence of such outcomes.
Contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning if you have any questions about the application criteria or the selection process.
Recipients will receive their FCTL Faculty Teaching Award at the All-Faculty Recognition Reception.
The FCTL Advisory Council will invite recipients of this award to preside over a panel discussion at the annual Showcase on Teaching and Learning.
Per-Course Faculty Teaching Award
Nomination deadline: January 31, 2018
The FCTL Per-Course Faculty Award recognizes the commitment and contributions of part-time faculty members in helping students at Missouri State achieve academic success. This may done by bringing experiences from their field of work into the classroom, through innovative teaching, mentoring or advising students, or other ways of helping students to be successful academically and professionally.
Application criteria:
Letters of Nomination from department head, program coordinator, or faculty member.
Per-Course faculty award recipients will be recognized at the All-Faculty Recognition Reception.
The FCTL Advisory Council will invite recipients of this award to preside over a per-course panel discussion at the annual Showcase on Teaching and Learning.
Online Course Development Boot Camp
Date: January 8–12, 2018
Times: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 31.
Want help with developing an online course? This one-week immersive-style workshop will provide faculty with hands-on training and work time to develop an online course. At the end of the boot camp, faculty will have developed a significant portion of their course and will earn a badge that will apply toward an online course certification program.
The Online Course Development Boot Camp is open to all MSU faculty. You do not need to be an expert in Blackboard, but you should know how to add content and be familiar with tools such as the discussion board, test manager, and grade center. Faculty should also bring their laptop to work on during the boot camp.
At the end of the boot camp, you will:
- Demonstrate a knowledge of best practices that are related to online courses and teaching.
- Create a course structure and begin building your course in Blackboard.
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of technology tools and their use in online teaching (lecture capture, test proctoring tools, and others).
- Translate learning activities to the online classroom and create opportunities for student collaboration and engagement.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of legal and ethical issues associated with online teaching such as copyright, accessibility, and academic integrity.
Boot camp participants will meet with an instructional designer to begin the course planning process prior to the one-week boot camp with an “on-paper” planning activity in preparation for the hands-on workshop. Participants can continue working with an instructional designer on the completion of their course development and the certification program.
The MS Online development stipend may apply to courses developed by faculty going through the boot camp once the courses have been fully developed and reviewed by an instructional designer in the FCTL.
Contact the FCTL or call 836-3059 to register for the Online Course Development Boot Camp.
Call for Proposals: 2018–2019 Curriculum Innovation Awards
Submission Deadline Tuesday, October 31.
The FCTL Advisory Council is soliciting proposals for the creation or improvement of student learning experiences at Missouri State University. Two-proposal types will be considered:
- Creating high-impact practices that enhance student learning
- Diversity and multicultural practices in teaching and learning
MSU’s 2016–2021 Long-Range Plan outlines high-impact learning and diversity and multicultural practices as important goals for the university. In addition, the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) has identified both of these practices as enrichment experiences that are shown to benefit student learning.
The 2018–2019 Curriculum Innovation Awards will provide faculty members with funding of up to $4,000. Budgets smaller than the $4,000 award limit are encouraged. Proposals should involve the improvement and development of the following:
- First-Year Experiences
- Common Intellectual/Common Reader Experiences
- Learning Communities
- Writing-Intensive Courses
- Collaborative Assignments and Projects
- Undergraduate Research
- Diversity/Global Learning
- Service Learning/Community-Based Learning
- Internships
- Public Affair Capstone/General Education Public Affair Courses
For more information contact the FCTL or visit the Curriculum Innovations Awards website.
Upcoming MSU Faculty Write Program Retreats
Location: Meyer Library, 204 (except where noted)
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Faculty Write Program focuses on promoting faculty productivity and camaraderie through writing-based experiences such as interdisciplinary writing retreat held about twice a month, workshops, and 15-day writing challenges. Writing retreats include a light lunch, opportunities to develop a strong network of peer support and accountability, and voluntary feedback sessions. Dr. Mandy Benedict-Chambers facilitates the sessions.
Fall Retreat Dates:
- Friday, October 27
- Thursday, November 9 (Meyer 120)
- Friday, December 1
- Monday-Tuesday, December 18–19
Please register through My Learning Connection.
Scholar 2 Scholar Information Sessions
All sessions will be held in the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, contact Adena Young-Jones.
Thursday, October 26, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 15, 10:00–11:00 a.m.
Diversity Mini-Workshops
Diversity Fellow, Adena Young-Jones, will lead sessions on various diversity topics. Register for one or all. Opportunities for immediate application(s) will be discussed in an interactive forum.
Location for all sessions: Meyer Library, 204
Diversity Mini-Workshop Session 2
Critical perspectives: Micro-aggressions in academia
Have you ever witnessed or experienced a micro-aggression on campus? This session will examine varying levels of micro-aggressions as it corresponds with intent/impact.
Thursday, October 19, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Friday, October 20, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Diversity Mini-Workshop Session 3
Critical perspectives: Assumptions on campus
Consider the impact of assumptions on perceptions and subsequent interactions with others. This session will allow you to converse in meaningful dialogues regarding miseducation and socialization.
Thursday, November 9, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Friday, November 10, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Diversity Mini-Workshop Session 4
Critical perspectives: The university and social justice
Building on previous workshop discussions, contemplate your call to action for implementing socially just practices at the university. This session will prompt critical conversations regarding steps for progress.
Thursday, December 7, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 8, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Please register through My Learning Connection. For more information, contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at 836-3059.
What is a Learning-Centered Syllabus?
A learning-centered syllabus sets the tone for your course and helps to establish student expectations of a safe learning environment where every voice is valued and respected. Best practices and strategies outlined in this workshop will help you to leverage your syllabi as a first-point-of-contact challenging students to think about their goals for the course that can support their learning, or impede their progress in learning.
The goal of this workshop is to enable faculty to assess their current syllabi, and make appropriate modifications to better address student misconceptions and expectations, and begin the process of building a sense of community.
Thursday, November 16, 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Friday, November, 17, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Please register through My Learning Connection.
Support for Online Course Development
The FCTL has instructional designers that are available to work with you throughout the course development process. They can assist you in using technology and creating an online or blended course that is of the same high standards as your traditional lecture-based course. For more information, email the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning or call (417) 836-3059.
For more information on any of these events and opportunities, please email the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.