Faculty share their expertise and infuse new perspectives and new energy into colleagues' classes.
As you design your courses, you might consider inviting an 91ÁÔÆæ colleague to give a guest lecture, facilitate a class discussion, lead a class field trip or debate, give a performance, etc. The Center for Teaching Excellence believes that faculty learn from watching colleagues at work and that students benefit from being introduced to a different faculty perspective.
Inviting faculty must be present at the class. After the class, the inviting faculty member is expected to write a 2-3 paragraph review of the class, that addresses the following: 1) a brief overview of the content of the class; 2) a discussion of how students benefited from the guest; and 3) a discussion of what the inviting faculty member learned from his/her colleague in terms of her/his area of expertise and/or pedagogical approach. Once this review is completed, the guest faculty member will be compensated $175. Funding will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so please submit your applications promptly, as funds are limited.
How To Apply: Faculty may invite up to two guest faculty per term, with a separate form required for each course and visit. For the guest faculty to receive a stipend: 1) the host faculty must submit an application using before the visit; 2) the host faculty member must be present during the class session; and 3) the host faculty must submit a report using within 7 days (and no later than 30 days).
*For budgetary reasons there will be a limit of one such honorarium per faculty member per semester.
Here what faculty have to say about the Guest Teaching Program:
œThank you for enabling us to participate in this valuable program. The students and I benefited enormously from his class visit."
œThe students LOVED the class and felt that they had learned a lot. They saw the work that I do as an art historian - as well as in comparison to other art historical methodologies that they've experienced - in a new context"
œTo have a colleague in the Sciences lead a discussion in my History course was interdisciplinarily at its best!"
œI™m grateful for the generosity of this program that allows us to collaborate with colleagues and that brings fresh perspectives and new energy into our classes."