UNG Faculty are invited to apply for the fifth Faculty Academy on High-Impact Educational Practices (HIPs). For a description of high-impact practices (HIPs), see the Association of American Colleges and Universities site on High-Impact Educational Practicesnew window. Overall, faculty will deepen their knowledge about research-based educational experiences. A selective cohort of 8-12 will be chosen. Upon successful completion, faculty members will receive a certificate marking this accomplishment. Apply here.

Purpose

Skills

The purpose of this academy is to help faculty refine skills that are essential to their own and their students’ success in the classroom:

  • Design (or redesign) a service-learning or undergraduate research assignment that uses selected quality dimensions
  • Apply educational taxonomies to be intentional about student learning outcomes
  • Articulate your assignment’s purpose, tasks, and criteria

Knowledge

This faculty academy will help you become familiar with the following important content knowledge:

  • Evidence-based teaching practices
  • Methods for revising assignments for clarity
  • Strategies to create new or revised high-impact practice projects
  • Deeper understanding of practices and theories underpinning either service-learning or undergraduate research

Tasks

Participants will:

  • Participate in a year-long community of practice, which meets via workshops, retreats, and coaching sessions
  • Learn to practice transparent assignment design
  • Study the theoretical and practical aspects of high-impact practices
  • Choose one practice (service-learning or undergraduate research) for deeper study
  • Design a course assignment based on a high-impact educational practice for inclusion and implementation in one of their courses after the Academy’s completion
  • Incorporate several high-impact practices quality dimensions in a course assignment
  • Consider how project design addresses specific contexts of equity in education

Criteria

Participants will create an assignment (or group of assignments) that have the following characteristics:

  • Uses the Transparent Assignment Template
  • Incorporates evidence-based teaching practices, specifically service-learning or undergraduate research
  • Applies several High-Impact Practices Quality Dimensions
  • Demonstrates attention to the specific contexts of equity at UNG

Participants will also:

  • Give an oral presentation and a copy of the completed assignment(s) to the HIP Academy members
  • Incorporate peer feedback in revised assignment and submit via eLearning a copy of the completed assignment

To apply for Faculty Academy on High-Impact Educational Practices, please submit

  • 1. Curriculum Vitae
  • 2. Statement of interest with the following ideas addressed:
    • a. Why do you want to join this academy? Explain how you would expect this Academy to support your professional goals.
    • b. Identify which High-Impact Practice (Service-Learning or Undergraduate Research) you will choose to study.
  • 3. Project Idea: Write one paragraph that indicates if you have a course assignment(s) you may want to re-design or if you want to design a new assignment during the Academy. In what course might you implement this HIP project assignment? Why do you think your students might benefit from a designed or re-designed project?

The Steering Committee will review faculty applications and select a cohort. Apply for the Faculty Academies.

Application Process and Dates

Application available: Third Friday of July
Application deadline: Last Friday of August
Notification: Second Friday of September