| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.23 |
| Liaison | Daimon Eklund |
| Submission Date | Oct. 17, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Washington, Seattle
ER-14: Incentives for Developing Sustainability Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Ruth
Johnston Associate Vice President Finance & Facilities; Office of the Provost |
Does the institution have a program that meets the criteria outlined above?:
A brief description of the program(s):
The University of Washington has three programs that offer incentives for developing sustainability courses; a Cross Unit Teaching Incentive Fund, Educational Outreach, and Teaching Assistant support.
The College of the Environment Cross Unit Teaching Incentive Fund is aimed at developing courses and programs that are interdisciplinary and promote the expansion of offerings in the College of the Environment. The content of such courses is generally sustainability-focused.
http://coenv.washington.edu/admingateway/academics/Cross%20Unit%20Teaching%20Incentive%20Fund%202011.pdf
UW Educational Outreach offers incentives to faculty to teach fee-based classes. In many cases within fee-based degrees, faculty teach the classes as part of load in exchange for additional FTE tenure-track faculty resources located in the College. UWEO also provides marketing, online instructional design, registration, financial and program administration services to the various schools and colleges. Sustainability and environment represent a top priority for UWEO program development.
http://www.pce.uw.edu/environment-sustainability.html
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offered faculty Teaching Assistant support to develop course materials for a revamped curriculum for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) degree; the new curriculum will be launched this year and integrates sustainability across the junior year.
http://www.ce.washington.edu/students/ugAcademics.html
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
CoEnv Cross Unit Teaching Fund: The fund provides up to $35,000 for each program funded, which can be used to pay a TA so that a course can be expanded, a part-time student services person to create a minor or certificate, or develop a short course or summer program.
http://coenv.washington.edu/admingateway/academics/Cross%20Unit%20Teaching%20Incentive%20Fund%202011.pdf
UW Educational Outreach: Faculty and highly qualified adjuncts receive one month salary to develop online courses and a significant amount of excess compensation to teach fee-based classes.
http://www.pce.uw.edu/environment-sustainability.html
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: The department hired a team of six Teaching Assistants for a summer to work on developing course materials for a revamped curriculum.
http://www.ce.washington.edu/students/ugAcademics.html
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