Reinert Center Now Accepting Applications for Innovative Teaching Fellowships

The Paul C. Reinert, S.J., Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning announces the next call for applications for the Innovative Teaching Fellowship, which prepares and supports faculty for teaching in Saint Louis University’s Learning Studio, a highly-flexible, technology-rich experimental classroom. Full-time, permanent teaching faculty members at Saint Louis University are eligible to apply.

This competitive, two-semester fellowship provides funding to cover a 1-course reduction in teaching in order to support course (re)design and instructional development activities during the semester prior to teaching in the Learning Studio, and classroom and ongoing instructional development support during the semester of teaching in the Learning Studio.

The next call for applications is for the following fellowship period:

• Course Release (semester 1):    Fall 2017
• Course Teaching (semester 2):   Spring 2018

Faculty who wish to apply must complete all stages of the application process including: 1) attend a Pre-Application Information Session; 2) complete a Pre-Application Consultation with Reinert Center staff; 3) secure approval from both their department chair/program director and dean; and 4) submit a complete application no later than 5 p.m. Friday, February 24, 2017.

Information Sessions will be held on the following dates in room 213 of Des Peres Hall:

•  Monday, January 30: 4 t 5 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 31: 8  to 9 a.m.
• Friday, February 3: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The purpose of the information session is to provide additional details about the Learning Studio, the Fellowship, and the application process. Additionally, faculty also may choose to attend an optional Pre-Application Consultation with Reinert Center staff prior to submitting their applications.  These consultations provide an opportunity for faculty to share their ideas with an instructional developer and to ask questions about the application form.  (Consultations will occur after the Pre-Application Information sessions.)

Please note: This fellowship supports teaching in the Reinert Center's Learning Studio (213 Des Peres Hall on the Frost Campus). For faculty members whose work is primarily in clinical settings, the fellowship may not be suited to their particular teaching responsibilities. Those faculty members may wish to discuss their specific situation prior to attending an information session. (Contact Sandy Gambill at gambill@slu.edu.)

Click here to reserve a seat in one of the required Pre-Application Information Sessions.

Detailed information about the fellowship and the application process (including all required forms) may be found here.