Faculty Academy on High-Impact Educational Practices (HIP)

Faculty will deepen their knowledge of teaching based upon research-based practices, to include High-Impact Practices, Transparency in Learning and Teaching, Backwards Design, and Taxonomies of Learning.  

Skills

The purpose of this academy is to help faculty refine skills that are essential to their own and their students’ success in the classroom:

• Design (or redesign) of a project, or projects equivalent to 51 hours of student engagement in one of six High-Impact Practices: Undergraduate Research, Work-based Learning (Internships), Capstone), Service Learning, ePortfolios, or Learning Communities
• Apply educational taxonomies to be intentional about student learning outcomes
• Implement the ideals and practices of the Association of American Colleges and Universities initiative for a 21st century education, entitled Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP).
• Articulate the qualities of the assignment or project that qualify it as a HIP

Knowledge

This academy will help faculty become familiar with the following important content, including:  

• Research-based teaching practices 
• Methods for revising assignments for clarity. 
• Strategies to create new or revised High-Impact Practice projects
• Practices and theories underpinning Undergraduate Research, Work-based Learning, Capstone, Service Learning, ePortfolios, and Learning Communities 
• Knowledge of the 8 Key Elements that qualify an assignment or project as a High-Impact Practice 

Participants will:

• Participate in a year-long Community of Practice, which meets via workshops, retreats, and coaching sessions
• Learn to practice transparent assignment design
• Study the theoretical and practical aspects of High-Impact Practices
• Choose one practice (Undergraduate Learning, Work-based Learning, Capstone, Service Learning, ePortfolio, or Learning Communities) for deeper study

• Design a project, or projects, for inclusion and implementation in one course after the Academy’s completion so that the course may be coded as a High-Impact Practice course
• Create a project, or projects, which consist of at least 51 combined hours

Participants will create an assignment (or group of assignments) that have the following characteristics:

• Uses the TILT (Transparency in Learning and Teaching) protocol
• Incorporates research-based teaching practices, specifically Service Learning, Work-based Learning, Undergraduate Research, Capstone, ePortfolio, or Learning Communities
• Applies at least five of the High-Impact Practices Key Elements

Participants will also:

• Give an oral presentation and a copy of the completed assignment(s) developed during the academy to the HIP Academy members
• Incorporate peer feedback in revised assignment and submit via eLearning a copy of the completed assignment

Dr. Rebecca Johnston, Associate Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, and Dr. Carl Ohrenberg, Assistant Director, will lead the Academy and provide workshops on High-Impact Practices and strategic design principles for course materials. In addition, faculty will participate in a Community of Practice. Each topic area will have a coach and/or mentor who will offer theoretical and practical insights into the practice. Coaches will actively work with participants to generate projects and mentors will advise if and when further guidance may be needed. Coaches and mentors are listed below:

1. Service Learning (Coach: Maxine Douglas, Mentor: Carly Redding)
2. Work-based Learning (Coach: Romola Bernard, Mentor: Lindsay Linsky)
3. Undergraduate Research (Coach: Esther Morgan-Ellis, Mentor: Bryan Dawson)
4. Capstone (Coach: Carl Ohrenberg, Mentor: Rebecca Johnston)
5. ePortfolio (Coach: Michael Rifenburg, Mentor: Lindsay Linsky)
6. Learning Communities (Coach: Rebecca Johnston, Mentor: Nathan Price)

This Academy is a collaborative faculty development program from the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership and the Office of Academic Engagement.

Upon successful completion, faculty members will receive a certificate marking this accomplishment.

Please submit the Faculty Academies online application:

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Statement of Interest with the following ideas addressed:
   
   1. Why do you want to join this academy? Explain how you would expect this Academy to support your professional goals.
   2. Identify which High-Impact Practice you will choose to study.
3. Project Idea: A document of one page or less that indicates each of the following: 
   • Whether you will be designing a new course assignment during the Academy or if you have a course assignment(s) you will be re-designing.
   • In what course might you implement this HIP course assignment?
   • Why you think your students might benefit from a designed or re-designed course assignment?
4. USG Bronze Level HIP Training
   • Provide documentation of certification from the USG MomentumU course. 

The Steering Committee will review faculty applications and select a cohort. 

2020-2021

2017-2018