SUMMER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROPOSAL
The overall purpose of the Summer Faculty Development Grant is to provide
financial assistance to enable faculty members to attend workshops, seminars,
and other educational opportunities to improve their effectiveness as faculty
members at WTAMU. Such activities might include: attending workshops or
seminars related to teaching improvement, improving course curriculum,
academic leadership training, learning a new research tool, etc.
Faculty interested in applying for a grant will need to do the following:
1. Complete the attached grant proposal form and return it to your
Department Chair, who will then acknowledge its receipt and forward it
to the Dean for evaluation by March 8, 2013.
2. Ask your Dean to rate your grant proposal, and send it to the chair of
the Faculty Development Committee by March 18, 2013 (rating form
for the Dean is attached).
Within each college, the Dean will rate the proposals and approve or disapprove
further consideration by the Faculty Development Committee. Each Dean will
submit the approved proposals and ratings to the Faculty Development
Committee Chair by March 18, 2013 (Please send to: Dr. Amy Andersen,
Director of the Teaching Excellence Center, OM 414A) who will distribute copies
to individual committee members for evaluation. The committee will review the
proposals and make a recommendation to the Provost and the President.
Please Note:
 The grant is NOT intended to be a substitute for departmental travel
expenses to discipline specific conferences.
 The grants will be limited to a maximum of $2,500.00 per faculty member,
dependent on total funds available for travel.
 International travel may be approved at the discretion of the president.
Assurance that the travel is for developmental leave will be required
before approval will be granted and must be documented in an attached
letter approved by your department/division head and dean.
SUMMER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROPOSAL
NAME:
DEPARTMENT:
PHONE:
COLLEGE:
EMAIL:
Please develop your two-page typed narrative in response to the following prompts:
1. Briefly describe your proposed development experience (150 words or less).
2. Identify the expected learning outcomes of your development experience. This could
include outcomes related to teaching or other areas of faculty development.
3. Describe how WTAMU will benefit from your proposed development experience.
4. Explain how your students and/or program will benefit from your development
experience.
5. Describe how this experience can be shared with other faculty to benefit their students
and/or program.
6. Provide a complete budget for the entire development experience, along with the
amount you are seeking from the Faculty Development Committee. Indicate other
sources of funding you will be using, if applicable.
PLEASE NOTE: Faculty members are eligible to receive a summer grant only once
every three years.
DEADLINE: This proposal form and the proposal along with the Dean Evaluation form must
be submitted to your Dean by March 8, 2013.
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Applicant Signature
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Department Head Signature
Date
DEAN EVALUATION FORM
SUMMER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS
Please respond to each of the following items using a 1 to 5 scale (1=poor, 5=excellent).
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The description of the development experience is clear and effective.
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The expected learning outcomes are effective and important.
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This experience will have an important benefit related to the
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university mission.
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Students and/or programs will benefit from this experience.
The description of how this experience can be shared with other
faculty is clear and effective.
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The budget is appropriate and is justified.
TOTAL POINTS
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COMMENTS FOR COMMITTEE:
 Highly Recommend
 Recommended
 Not Recommended
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Dean Signature
Date
Please submit this form, along with the proposal, to Dr. Amy Andersen, Director of the
Teaching Excellence Center, OM 414A, by March 8, 2013.