Georgia Southern University sponsors a faculty retreat for faculty to enhance their innovative teaching strategies. The CET staff knowledgeable in instructional technologies, pedagogy, and instructional design mentor faculty throughout the four-day retreat. The retreat provides dedicated time for course development and discussion over a variety of pedagogical and technological issues in a supportive environment.
The four-day retreat will be held at the Center for Excellence
in Teaching and will focus on the development of course goals,
design, materials, and outcomes for any classroom setting
whether face-to-face, online, or a hybrid (combination). The
dates and time of the retreat are May 13-16, 2008 from 8:30
AM - 5:00 PM (Tuesday through Friday).
Applicants will be interviewed to discuss their projects, and to assess their resource needs during the retreat. Needs assessment ensures that each participant's goals can be achieved during the retreat. Individualized pre-retreat consultations will be offered as a foundation for the retreat.
Proposal Applications:
Please send applications to the Center for Excellence in Teaching by:
Deadline for Proposals:
March 28, 2008
We encourage you to submit your proposals at your earliest convenience.
Applying for the Retreat
To apply for this retreat, please write approximately a 250 to 500-word proposal that addresses some or all of the following guideline questions.
If you are participating in the retreat to enhance a particular aspect of a course or courses, please indicate the name(s) of the course(s).
What exactly will you begin, produce or develop during the retreat? During the retreat, you must produce a "deliverable." A deliverable must be related to or demonstrate one or more of those items listed above under "Areas of Focus," or something similar.
How will this enhance your teaching or your students' learning?
How will you assess the efficacy of what you develop?
What challenges do you expect in the development process? In other words, what do you need to learn to achieve your goal during the retreat?
Expectation and Deliverables of Retreat Participants:
Participants must commit to attend the May 2008 retreat
for the entire time posted in this announcement.
Participants are expected to use the retreat to enhance course design and development, assessment of student learning, and produce a deliverable. (See "Areas of Focus" above.)
May 2008 retreat participants must be present at the
December 2008 CET Showcase to present or discuss what
they develop during their retreat. All faculty and staff
are invited to this event, and includes your departmental
Dean, Chair and the incoming group of retreat participants
for the following retreat.
Participants are required to submit an essay about their retreat experience to the CET for publication in the CET's newsletter or web site.
Important Dates:
March 28: Deadline for
call for proposals
April 10: Applicants notified
April 7-11: Interviews
with applicants
April 14-28: Pre-retreat
consultations for retreat participants if needed
May 12: Showcase presentations
by December 2007 retreat participants
May 13-16:
Retreat event - Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 to
5:00 PM
Submitting your application:
Applications due: March 28, 2007
Please type your 250 to 500-word proposal in Microsoft
Word.
Please answer the questions outlined under Proposal
Applications above.
Send the proposal as an attachment to an email to CET
staff:
phendrix@georgiasouthern.edu
sbonham@georgiasouthern.edu
aaltany@georgiasouthern.edu
skluge@georgiasouthern.edu
In the subject line of the email, please state: Retreat
Proposal for May 20008
