| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.66 |
| Liaison | Christina Erickson |
| Submission Date | Aug. 15, 2022 |
Champlain College
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Christina
Erickson Sustainability Director Campus Planning |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
Starting in the fall of 2014, the Sustainability Faculty Fellows Program at the University of Vermont (UVM) was opened to faculty members from Champlain College. We have regularly had 1-2 faculty participants each year.
Robin Collins - ITS Division- 2014-2015
Jim Ellefson - CCM Division- 2015-2016
Kristin Wolf - Core Division- 2016-2017
Maria Minor - Grad/CPS Division - 2016-2017
Kelly Thomas - Core Division - 2017-2018
Nicole Morris - SSB Division- 2017-2018
Kylie King - SSB Division- 2018-2019
Duane Dunston- ITS Division- 2018-2019
Corinne Novetti - ITS Division - 2019-2020
Miriam Horne - Core Division - 2019-2020
The UVM program has not been offered in the past two years, due to the COVID pandemic.
The Champlain College Center for Learning & Teaching and collaborating departments offer a variety of professional development opportunities throughout the year. https://clt.champlain.edu/calendar/.
Examples from 2021-2022 include: Indigenous Peoples’ Week in November 2021; Abenaki Ways of Knowing - weekly long immersion professional development opportunity for faculty/staff in May 2022.
Ongoing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Training and Professional Development for Faculty - see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZ4i8zNBGnmmsBcot4MXnui2Fdzr8jJzD7YkLBbXpuM/edit?usp=sharing
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
The year-long training, workshops and resources from the UVM are available to the Champlain faculty. The stipend is not.
At Champlain,
* Part time faculty members receive $75 each semester for engaging in professional development of any kind
* Some part time faculty are given stipends for developing new courses
* Full time faculty who develop new courses are able to add this work to their cv portfolios for promotion
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
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