Proposals sought for new Teaching Leadership Award

The Purdue Teaching Academy, along with the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE), is accepting proposals through April 15 for the new Teaching Leadership Award.

The Teaching Leadership Award fosters the pursuit of excellence in teaching and the development of teaching leaders. The award will honor Purdue faculty and their departments who serve as advocates for and champions of student success through teaching. 

The Teaching Leadership Award will give faculty an opportunity to engage in the discussion and development of teaching at the departmental level. The intended outcomes of this award are to: 

• Foster a culture of teaching excellence in academic departments.
• Develop teaching leaders within all levels of Purdue faculty.
• Introduce faculty members to teaching resources at the CIE.

Expectations

The Teaching Leadership Award aims to foster a culture of teaching excellence and leadership by supporting faculty in designing and implementing developmental activities within the faculty's own department. Examples of such activities include brown-bag lunch seminars, workshops, panel discussions, guest speakers.

Award

Faculty will receive an award of $1,000 per semester for one or two semesters, which can be used toward their research or teaching, and the faculty’s department will receive $500 per semester in departmental discretionary funds.

 Requirements

Successful applicants will make a commitment to meet with a consultant from the Center for Instructional Excellence before implementing their proposal. The purpose of meeting with CIE is to help review the project and work on the logistics, project scope, etc., to help bring the proposal to fruition. Successful applicants will be required to file a report at the end of each semester during the grant period listing the teaching leadership activities that took place.

Application

Any assistant, associate, full or clinical professor may submit an application for the Teaching Leadership Award. The application will consist of a 500-word maximum description of a one- or two-semester plan to be held in their department along with a list of possible events. Applicants should share their proposal with their department heads. An applicant will need a cover letter of endorsement from their head. A maximum of one application per department is allowed.

For more information, contact teachingacademy@purdue.edu.