| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.09 |
| Liaison | Tom Hartzell |
| Submission Date | June 28, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Calvin University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Becky
Haney Associate Professor Economics |
Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):
Sustainability Across the Curriculum Faculty Development Workshop:
Offered in 2010 and 2012. 8 faculty were given training for a week in the summer to develop a course or a unit for an existing course around sustainability. This workshop was lead by three Calvin faculty. Out of the two workshops, at least one new course was created (Sustainability and Literature) and offered (most recently this current semester -- Fall 2015).
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Faculty are given a small stipend for participating.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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