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Grants to Support Teaching Excellence

Grant Applications for projects to take place during the 2024–2025 Academic Year are due April 12!  

To inform you about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and help you prepare your application, the CTE Faculty Fellow, Karen Kortz, is offering workshops.

Workshops 1 and 2 are recommended to be completed in sequence:

  • Workshop 1: Friday, March 22, 12–1:30 pm
  • Workshop 2: Friday, March 22, 1:45–3:30 pm 

You can learn more about the workshops here and register to attend any or all of them here. Each workshop is worth five (5) CTE Knights points.  

Workshop 3: The IRB

  • The Institutional Review Board (IRB) for CTE Grants and SoTL; Friday, April 5; 9–10 am via Zoom

Are you collecting data from human subjects in your courses with the purpose of researching and sharing your results? An important consideration for SoTL data collection is the ethical treatment of your participants. Research involving human subjects should be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

In this workshop, we will discuss the IRB process at CCRI, review the application, and discuss aspects of it such as informed consent, data confidentiality, and potential risk. This workshop is geared towards faculty who are planning on doing a SoTL study or would like to learn more about the IRB process.  

In this workshop, IRB Members Dean Suzanne Carr, Karen Kortz, and Justine Egan-Kunicki will:

  • Review why IRBs are important for ensuring the ethical treatment of people
  • Describe the IRB process at CCRI 
  • Review the IRB application, including informed consent, data confidentiality, and potential risk 

Register now!


OSCQR and CTE Knights Points 

Since the Faculty Senate voted to adopt OSCQR as the evaluation method for our Online Learning (OL) classes, the Instructional Designers and the Faculty Online Learning Liaison have offered three levels of OSCQR Reviews.  

CTE will now be awarding Knights Points for participating in the review process, with bonus points for completing any adjustments identified by the OSCQR Review. Having the introductory interview and the rubric walk-through meetings with Online Learning & Technology (OLT) will be worth six (6) points for each level. Completing the action plan identified at these meetings will be worth an additional six (6) points per level. This means you have the potential of 12 CTE Knights points for each OSCQR level, or 36 points for completing all three levels.  

CTE Knights points will be awarded retroactively for faculty who have already completed OSCQR reviews! 

Sign up for your OSCQR review today! 


Winter WorkshopPhoto of Ms. Li and Dr. Valdez

Backward Design- From Conversion to Reimagination and Student Transformation

Winter Workshop is over, but the resources are still available! 
If you would like access to the folder with resources provided by Yuhan Li and Dr. Keisha Valdez, please email CTE to request access. 


Resources

Rachel's Recommended Reading

"You Get the Learning You Expect" by Regan A. R. Gurung on The Teaching Professor.

This is a great summary of some important concepts that can influence the way you interact with your students. I hope this article inspires some reflection on your teaching!

Blended Course Design Workbook coverThe Blended Course Design Workbook by Katheryn E Linder

This workbook is a great step-by-step guide to creating a brand new course for a Hybrid format, or for adjusting your existing course for Hybrid classes. The book is available from the CCRI Library as an ebook or physical copy from the CTE book collection. Linder's website also has digital versions of the worksheets embedded in the book and helpful extras for faculty.

Two copies of the book are available in the CTE Library Collection. Activate your ID as a library card here or at any CCRI Library Circulation Desk.

CTE News

Congratulations to the 2023 CTE Knights! 

Gold Level Knights

Elizabeth Arendt
Kevin Crawford
Justine Egan-Kunicki
Roger Hart
Heidi Henry
Katie Holcomb
Leslie Killgore
Karen Kortz
Kelly Korzeniowski
Christine Lima
Maryhelen MacInnes
Brenda McGill
Maureen Murray
Susan Neimic
Amanda Petrus
Laura Picraux
Renee Saris-Baglama
Alyson Snowe
Kristen Swithers
Amanda Vanner
Rongfang Yang

Green Level Knights

Jon Benson
Sarah Beseme Johnson
Brianna Cox
Leslie Dolan
Stephanie Dzialo
Renee Gaboury
Candace Grist
Katharine Harrison
Eileen James
Audra Lavoie
Barbara Leasher
Dina Levitre
Joyce LHeureux
Sabine Moritz
Colin Murtha
Ann Omollo
Deborah Osborne
Wendy Pelto
James Phillips
Aaron Schrank
Rebecca Shannon
Susan Sienkiewicz
Sandra Sneesby
Jason Stockford
Heather Townsend
Melanie Whitaker
Kenneth Wilkinson

Don't forget, you can fill out an Implementation Plan if you want to use anything you learn over the summer in your classes for 4 CTE Knights points. Get a jump-start on your point total for 2023-2024!


Disaggregated Data Requests

In February 2022, I (Rachel) was able to see my course data for General Psychology (a course I have taught many times here at CCRI) disaggregated by race and ethnicity. The results were surprising and difficult for me to face. Despite that, I’m very glad that I did it, and I’m looking forward to trying some new strategies in my courses to try to close the equity gaps I found.

If you’d like to check out your own course data, request a meeting here to get started.

This is a confidential process and is for your professional development only. Results are not shared with chairs, deans, or the VPAA.


The Center for Teaching Excellence is a collaborative, faculty-led community that supports continuous development and champions high-impact, equitable teaching and learning practices for our diverse student body.

We Listen and Learn
We Respond and Lead
We Recognize and Reward

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