Engaged Teacher-Scholar Program

Apply to become an Engaged Teacher-Scholar (ETS) with the Center for Faculty Innovation. The Engaged Teacher-Scholar (ETS) program offers faculty support in creating and sharing evidence-based teaching and learning scholarship. The goal of the ETS Program is to recognize JMU faculty who engage in meaningful evidence-based teaching and learning scholarship.  The program aims to support faculty growth in a process of becoming ETS leaders across JMU’s campus. Faculty chosen to participate as ETS leaders will receive a $1000 in professional development funds for the year to support their professional goals.

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Applications are due February 22^th by 3 PM (extended deadline) for inclusion in the program beginning August 2019 and running through May 2020. 

Want to prepare an application? Click here for a preview of the questions. (recommended)

• Being recognized for evidence-based teaching and learning scholarship.
• Serving as a liaison between CFI and department/college on ETS initiatives.
• Supporting JMU colleagues (within her/his department or college) with ETS efforts.
• Being a part of JMU’s Community of Engaged Teacher Scholars
• Receiving a $1000 in professional development funds to support personal ETS efforts (i.e. disseminate ETS work, attend ETS Professional Development opportunities, travel to ETS conferences, workshops, etc.)

• Work with CFI to develop a plan for and offer ETS events each semester to their Unit-College and University-wide (examples include journal clubs, workshops, roundtables, methodology review, etc.). 
• Make progress on their evidence-based teaching and learning scholarship project(s).
• Participate in a community of Engaged Teacher-Scholars.
• Attend CFI-organized or other professional development opportunities.

Faculty participants will make progress toward these program outcomes:

• Advancing individual SoTL projects.
• Catalyzing unit-level teacher-scholar conversations.
• Generating university-wide dialogue on high-impact practices.

Faculty participants will make progress toward these outcomes: 

• Enhancing scholarly productivity,
• Practicing the integration of scholarship with teaching and other career aspirations,
• Practicing the integration of scholarship and teaching, and
• Integrating knowledge of student development models in teaching philosophies and practice.

Tiara Saufley Brown, Education Programs, College of Education

Diana Galarreta, Foreign Language, College of Arts & Letters

Gilpatrick Hornsby, Hart School, College of Business

Cindy Klevickis, Integrated Science and Technology, College of Integrated Science & Engineering

Katya Koubek, Education Programs, College of Education

Shana Meganck, School of Communications, College of Arts and Letters

Ahmad Salman, Integrated Science and Technology, College of Integrated Science & Engineering

2018-2019: Dayna Henry, Health Sciences, College of Health and Behavioral Studies

Previous ETS Program Liaisons:

Ray Rodriguez, Education Programs, College of Education

Anthony Tongen, Math & Statistics,

Ashley Taylor Jaffee, Middle, Secondary & Mathematics Education

Elise Barrella, Engineering

Shannon Conley, Integrated Science and Technology

Katie Dredger, Middle, Secondary & Mathematics Education

Samy El-Tawab, Integrated Science and Technology

Mollie Godfrey, English

Heather Griscom, Biology

Joseph Harsh, Biology

Erika Metzler Sawin, Nursing

Amanda Sawyer, Middle, Secondary & Mathematics Education

David Shonk, Hart School of Hospitality, Sport & Recreation Management

Alexis Stevens, Math & Statistics

Budimka Uskokovic Tenney, Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Cassie Williams, Math & Statistics

Emily York, Integrated Science and Technology