Fall 2016 ETEAL Request for Proposals

For Projects beginning Spring 2017 or Beyond

Instructions and Guidelines

1.  Complete each of the following sections in their entirety (Project Information, Pedagogy, Assessment, Funding.) Incomplete applications will not be considered for funding.

2.  All proposals for funding must be sent to by no later than 5:00pm, Friday September 30th, 2016. All proposal submissions must copy the direct supervisors and primary admin associate(s) for all project members. Applications received without copying direct supervisors and admin associate(s) cannot be considered for funding.

3.  The current call is for projects which would begin in the Spring 2017 semester and beyond. Proposals for projects beginning before Spring 2017 will not be considered.

4.  In order to encourage participation from new projects, preference is given to first time applicants. In the event that two proposals are otherwise equal, we will select the proposal from the applicant who has not yet received an ETEAL Pedagogy Initiative over one who has.

5.  In order to encourage participation from new projects, consecutive funding is limited to two semesters.

6.  Preference is given to proposals that represent new or innovative pedagogy, have impact beyond the course in which the project is taught and/or beyond the semester of initial implementation, are multidisciplinary or cross UNCW divisions, and which are sustainable beyond the initial period of funding.

7.  Proposals should be no more than 7 pages in total, including the existing 4 page template below, not counting the guidelines or scoring rubric.

Assessment guidelines

8.  In order to assess student learning and determine the impact of applied learning pedagogy practices, the students involved in your project will be required to complete at least one Intention reflection at the start of their experience and one Final Critical Reflection at the end of their experience. If you receive ETEAL funding, you must submit this student work to ETEAL at the end of each semester your project is active.

9.  You must include your Course/Project Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and explain how they connect to ETEAL SLOs. If your proposal does not describe your project SLOs or does not indicate how they will connect to ETEAL SLOs, your proposal will not be considered for funding.

Budget and funding guidelines

10.  ETEAL funds can only be used during the semester(s) of implementation which you list below.

11.  ETEAL funds must be used completely during the semester(s) of implementation or else we will lose access to these funds.

12.  ETEAL funds typically cannot be used for: Course buy-out, travel for non-UNCW employees or non-UNCW students, food or drink, stipends or salary for non-UNCW employees or students, or any materials that will be given away or will not remain in UNCW’s possession. If you request any of these items in your budget, you may be required to revise your budget. Please see detailed funding limits on page 5.

13.  A total of $3,500.00 is available per project. Funding beyond $3,500.00 may be possible in select cases, depending on the availability of funds, scope of the project, and funding justification. If you request more than $3,500.00, please be aware that we are typically unable to provide funding beyond $3,500.00 per project. Even if such a project is awarded, we may require you to revise your budget to a maximum of $3,500.00. Please be aware that if your project could not be implemented with $3,500.00 or less, there is a chance ETEAL will be unable to fund it regardless of its other merits.

Proposal Template

Please answer all questions. Incomplete proposals will not be considered for funding.

Project Information

Project Title:
Semester(s) of Implementation:
☐ Spring 2017 ☐ Summer I 2017
☐ Fall 2017 ☐ Summer II 2017 / Fill in the semester(s) during which you are requesting ETEAL funding. Even if you expect your project will continue beyond the period of ETEAL funding, only list the semester(s) during which you are implementing the project and will be requesting ETEAL funding.
Additional Award Categories: In addition to the standard ETEAL funding awards, I would also like to submit this proposal for consideration in the…
☐ ETEAL-OIC Entrepreneurship Awards ☐ ETEAL & The Green Initiative Fund Awards
More information about these Additional categories can be found at: http://www.uncw.edu/eteal/resources/proposal.html#Apply
Project Summary:
In one paragraph or less, briefly summarize your project here and how you plan to use ETEAL funds if your project is selected for funding. Include a brief statement of your goals for this project. This should only be an introduction and summary – you will address each part of your project in more detail in the following sections.

Project Team and Courses Involved

Name / Direct Supervisor / Project Role / Primary Instructor?* / Course(s) involved**
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*Check the box if this project member is a Primary Instructor. For ETEAL Projects, a Primary Instructor is anyone who will be directly teaching the students involved in the ETEAL experience. The students of every Primary Instructor will be required to submit a critical reflection work product at the end of the ETEAL experience. Additionally, at the end of the project every Primary Instructor is required to submit their own instructor reflection detailing their experience teaching an ETEAL and its impact on their own pedagogy.
**List any and all courses that will be directly involved in this project. If your proposed project does not involve an established course, please describe the population of students who will be directly involved, how you will identify and select them, and how much time they will each spend engaged in this project.

Pedagogy

1.  Detail the proposed applied learning project. Explain how your project will enhance and impact student learning.

2.  Explain how you will incorporate NSEE best practices in experiential education, the AAC&U 8 key elements of High Impact Educational Practices, or applied learning best practices in your field using examples from the proposed project.

3.  Demonstrate how your proposed project utilizes new or innovative practices that will make this course or project different from a non-ETEAL applied learning course or project.

4.  Describe the anticipated impact of your project: How many students will be involved? For how many semesters will the project or course be active (with the same level of applied learning components)? Will this project be sustained and how will you sustain it? Does this project have potential impact beyond the students involved and/or beyond UNCW?

ALTC Commitment

The Applied Learning Teaching Community (ALTC) is a collaborative network of UNCW faculty and staff who provide resources to plan and implement applied learning projects, share experiences and insights into applied learning teaching techniques and best practices, and build new partnerships across the university and with the community. All applied learning practitioners at UNCW are encouraged to participate in the ALTC. Active ALTC participation involves sharing your applied learning experiences and ideas with other practitioners and attending ALTC workshops and events. For more information about the ALTC, see http://uncw.edu/eteal/Initiatives/ALTC.html

1.  Please describe your participation in the Applied Learning and Teaching Community (ALTC) thus far, including your attendance at and involvement in ALTC workshops and events.

2.  Please provide a statement of intention regarding your plans to be involved in the ALTC both this semester and in the future. What do you hope to gain from your involvement with the ALTC? What do you hope to offer to your fellow applied learning practitioners? All project members should be included in these plans to some degree.

Assessment

  1. The student learning outcomes for your project should connect with ETEAL Student Learning Outcomes. Describe the student learning outcomes for your project and explain how the ETEAL learning outcomes (listed in the table below) support and enhance your project’s SLO’s.
  1. Please provide a draft of the Reflection Prompts you plan to give the students involved in this project. Be sure to include both intention and final reflection prompts. If you receive ETEAL funding, your students must complete intention & reflection work and you must submit that work to ETEAL at the conclusion of each semester your project receives funding.
  1. Using the table below, outline the intention and reflection work products that your students will complete, and which you will later submit to ETEAL. Your student work products must address all four SLOs in some way. Note that while you must have at least intention product and one final reflection, you can have multiple products covering a variety of SLOs if you so choose.

Remember that this assessment is really about capturing your effective pedagogies and applied learning practices, and the process of writing reflections also helps students to solidify their goals, their learning, and the experience as a whole.

ETEAL SLOs / Link ETEAL SLOs to your Course SLOs and reflection products
Intention: Students will articulate their expectations, the purpose, and/or the goals of the experience in terms of their personal educational development. / Intention Reflection
Application of Knowledge: Students will synthesize knowledge drawn from their previous and present coursework to address the issues/challenges/questions involved in the experience. / Final Reflection
Critical Reflection: Student will communicate the impact or significance on their personal educational development at the conclusion of the experience.
Evaluation of Impact: Students will communicate the impact or significance on others in the profession or in the field at the conclusion of the experience.

Funding

Complete the budget table below, listing each item, its justification, and its cost. If you are receiving funding from multiple sources, please indicate which items you are requesting ETEAL funding to cover.

For all faculty or staff stipends, please provide a clear description, in the justification line, of the duties the stipend recipient will be performing as part of the project.

Budget
Item / Justification / Requested from ETEAL / Funding from other sources
Total Cost

Detailed funding guidelines and limits:

1.  ETEAL funds can only be used during the semester(s) of your project’s implementation.

2.  ETEAL funds must be used completely during the semester(s) of implementation or else we will lose access to these funds. Please note that even if your project runs across multiple semesters, we may only be able to provide funding for a single semester per award.

3.  ETEAL funds typically cannot be used for:

  1. Course buy-out
  2. Travel for non-UNCW employees or non-UNCW students
  3. Food, drink, or per diem meal expenses
  4. Travel to conferences or events that occurs after the semester of your project’s implementation.
  5. Stipends or salary for non-UNCW employees or students
  6. Any supplies, materials, or items that will be given away or will not remain in UNCW’s possession
  7. Certain types of performances, tours, and ticketed events

This is not an exhaustive list and if you have any questions about whether any of your budget items would be permissible or not, please contact .

4.  If you request such items, such as food, gift cards for research study participants, educational kits to donate, etc. ETEAL may be able to secure funding to cover these items provided there is a clear and compelling justification for those items grounded in the best practices for your discipline. Please be aware that even if your proposal is selected for an ETEAL award, there is no guarantee we will be able to cover these items and you may be required to revise your budget.

5.  A total of $3,500.00 is available per project. Funding beyond $3,500.00 may be possible in select cases, depending on the availability of funds, scope of the project, and funding justification. If you request more than $3,500.00, please be aware that we are typically unable to provide funding beyond $3,500.00 per project. Even if such a project is awarded, we may require you to revise your budget to a maximum of $3,500.00. Please be aware that if your project could not be implemented with $3,500.00 or less, there is a chance ETEAL will be unable to fund it regardless of its other merits.

Fall 2016 ETEAL Request for Proposals

ETEAL Proposal Scoring Rubric

This scoring Rubric is used by our evaluation committee to assess funding priorities for all of the ETEAL proposals we receive. Proposals are rated on each of four dimensions and those with the highest scores are given the highest priority for funding.

Dimension / Not Adequate
0 / Requires Further Development 1 / Acceptable
2 / Exemplary
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PEDAGOGY:
Enhancement to Pedagogy (by using best practices, including critical reflection and incorporating applied learning priorities) / Proposal either did not address Pedagogy or applied learning priorities, or the information was unclear. / Proposal needs additional development to demonstrate how it will enhance pedagogy, address good practices of applied learning, including critical reflection, and/or incorporate applied learning priorities. / Proposal demonstrates how the experience will enhance pedagogy, address good practices of applied learning, including critical reflection, and incorporate at least one of the listed applied learning priorities. / Proposal artfully addresses the enhancement of pedagogy by: incorporating multiple good practices, skillfully incorporating critical reflection throughout the experience, and/or incorporating multiple applied learning priorities.
ASSESSMENT:
Clear Experience Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) which are aligned to ETEAL SLOs; Student Work addresses all ETEAL SLOs; Link must be drawn between Experience SLOs and ETEAL SLOs. / Proposal either did not address learning outcomes (Either ETEAL, experience, or both) or information was unclear. / Proposal does not adequately list the experience-specific student learning outcomes AND/OR needs additional development to demonstrate how student work products will be aligned to each of the ETEAL SLOs and corresponding assessment strategy. / Proposal contains a list of experience-specific student learning outcomes that are appropriate to the applied learning experience, AND demonstrates how student work products are aligned to each of the three ETEAL SLOs and corresponding assessment strategy. / Proposal demonstrates excellent use of best practices in defining student learning outcomes and assuring that assignments/assessments align with ETEAL SLOs. Work products provide students creative opportunities to demonstrate all of the ETEAL SLOs.