Teaching in the Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center's Studio
Community of Practice Application Form

Proposal is for (please check one)

ACADEMIC YEAR: ________

______ Summer Session 1 _____ Session 2 _____ Entire Summer

______ Fall ______ Winter

Please include this as the first page of your proposal.

Date: ________ Faculty Name: _____________________________________________

Department: _______________________ Chairperson:__________________________

Campus Zip Code: _______________ Campus Phone: _______________________

e-mail: _________________________________________________

Course Number (and Full Name) You Propose to Teach in the Studio:

Anticipated Enrollment (actual enrollment must be 24 or fewer!):

Time(s) when the course is scheduled to be taught:
(time preferences, if in advance. Likelihood of selection increases if there are alternative time possibilities)

Chairperson’s signature ____________________________________________

Upon signing this, your chairperson:

• Is acknowledging that enrollment for this course will not exceed 24 students
• Is aware that the typical student evaluation form will not be administered at the end of the semester. Frequent developmental (not evaluative) feedback will be generated during the semester to aid faculty learning

Chair comments: (optional)

Teaching a Course in the Learning-Teaching Center's Studio

Proposal Dates:

• Proposals for Summer and Fall will be reviewed February 15. Those received between February 16 and March 15 will be reviewed together as a second set; those received after March 16 will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Proposals for Winter will be reviewed October 1.

In a proposal of no more than five pages, please respond to the following questions:

1. How would your teaching scholarship grow by being a Studio partner (i.e., what do you propose to do that's different from or advances what you've done in the past)?
2. How would you use this space to do what you want to do? Please be as specific as possible.
3. Explain how you anticipate your use of the Studio and participation in the community of practice is likely to affect student learning.
4. How will you generate student feedback with respect to the processes you are using?

Please send 4 copies of your signed cover sheet plus proposal to the LTC Coordinator, +1302, by 5 PM on the deadline date or the previous Friday if the deadline falls on a weekend.