Provost's Office Seeking Mentor, Applicants for Mentoring for Mission in Teaching Program

Thanks, in part, to a Lilly grant, the Office of the Provost is soliciting applications for the second cohort of the Lilly Fellows Program, Mentoring for Mission in Teaching group. Applications are currently being accepted for approximately eight to 10 participants and for one mentor.

Details for each role and application process are described below.

Call for Applications: Participants

Cohort members will learn more about the University’s mission, Jesuit education, and Ignatian pedagogy with an aim toward developing interdisciplinary and mission-driven courses. All full-time SLU faculty members are eligible for participation. The cohort will represent an interdisciplinary group of faculty from across the University. Applications are due Monday, Oct. 29.

Expectations for Participants

Program Period: Jan. 8 to Dec. 31, 2019. (Note: the cohort will not meet in the summer.)
Required Meetings: The cohort begins its work with a two-day retreat on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 8-9, 2019 (8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.). Cohort members are expected to attend monthly 90-minute meetings during the academic year and a half-day course design workshop near the end of the Spring 2019 semester. Near the end of the program period, cohort members will participate in a capstone presentation experience in which they share the fruits of their course (re)design efforts with other members of the cohort.
Departmental Recognition: Participation in the Mentoring for Mission in Teaching program will be recognized by the faculty member’s department, either with a course reduction or with a reduction in a significant portion of the faculty member’s University service for the duration of the cohort.
Stipend: The grant provides a $500 stipend for participants.

Application Process for Participants

Interested faculty should send a brief application letter explaining why they are interested in participating in this group to facultyaffairs@slu.edu. Additionally, an applicant’s department chair or program director must signal their support for the applicant’s participation by completing this Google form.

Both the application letter and the chair’s support form must be submitted by Monday, Oct. 29. Selected participants will be notified by Nov. 15.

Call for Applications: Mentor

The Office of the Provost also is seeking one additional faculty member to serve as a mentor for the second cohort of the Mentoring for Mission in Teaching program. Selected faculty mentors will lead an interdisciplinary cohort of eight to ten faculty from across the University in readings and discussions for two semesters.

Expectations for Mentors

Program Period: Jan. 8 to Dec. 31, 2019. (Note: the cohort will not meet in the summer.)
Required meetings: In addition to leading the participant meetings described above, faculty mentors also attend period planning meetings.
Departmental Recognition: The faculty mentor position will be recognized by the mentor’s department either with a course reduction or with a reduction in a significant portion of the faculty member’s University service for the duration of the position.
Stipend: the grant provides a $1,000 stipend for mentors.
Faculty mentor applicants should be well-versed in charisms of Catholic, Jesuit higher education.

Application Process for Mentors

Faculty members interested in serving as a mentor should submit a 300-500 word letter expressing their interest in this position and their background in, understanding of, and/or interest in Jesuit higher education, along with a copy of their CV. These materials should be emailed to facultyaffairs@slu.edu. Additionally, applicants for the mentor position must have the support of their department chair or program director. The chair/director must signal their support by completing this Google form.

Both the application letter and the chair’s support form must be submitted by Monday, Oct. 29. Selected participants will be notified by Nov. 15.

Questions about the Lilly Fellows Program, Mentoring for Mission in Teaching, including questions about applications, should be directed to the Program Administrator, Mark Ruff, Ph.D., at mark.ruff@slu.edu.