All materials are to be submitted electronically via the CTE website https://www.cte.umd.edu/programs/faculty/lilly/apply .  Letters may be submitted as attachments.  Application materials need to be received by midnight Monday June 2, 2008.

The Center for Teaching Excellence and the Office of Undergraduate Studies seek applicants for the 2008-09 CTE-Lilly Teaching Fellows Program.  The CTE-Lilly Fellowship has been a University highlight for more than 15 years and is open to all full-time faculty, regardless of rank and at any career stage. Interested faculty members who would benefit from lively explorations and discussions on teaching and learning are encouraged to apply

The 2008-09 CTE-Lilly Teaching Fellows Program provides the opportunity for up to ten faculty members from the College Park campus to meet regularly during the academic year to discuss and address important issues in undergraduate education. Each Fellow will receive a $4000.00 stipend, which can be applied to professional needs (e.g., research expenses, support for a graduate assistant, or other professional expenses).

The 2008-09 CTE-Lilly Fellows will join an elite group of campus leaders who have helped to define and shape the academic culture of the University. The CTE-Lilly Fellowship affords faculty the opportunity to spend a year interacting with colleagues from other teaching disciplines. As they develop a sustained conversation about teaching and learning, they create a valuable faculty learning community, which serves to support individual faculty as well as the campus’s academic culture.  Previous Lilly Fellows all report that they felt enriched by the opportunity to engage in conversation with fellow faculty.

As a result of their work, CTE-Lilly Fellows have been the catalysts and organizers of numerous campus events, projects, and initiatives. Examples include the campus-wide Undergraduate Research Day, invited talks by national leaders, and activities to enhance connections between faculty and undergraduates (such as Lunch Meet, the Diversity Showcase of Student Academic Work, and the 2007 “Going International” day devoted to undergraduate student international learning). Fellows have also created a faculty mentoring initiative, worked on the University teaching evaluation policy, created the Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and led other projects that respond to challenges and issues central to the academic mission of the University.

All full-time faculty members who are interested and engaged in undergraduate teaching and learning are encouraged to apply.  CTE-Lilly alumni whose cohort year was prior to the 2000-2001 academic year may apply as a senior CTE-Lilly Fellow.  The selection committee will consider reasons for seeking a CTE-Lilly Fellowship, the quality of your proposed focus area, and evidence of commitment to improving undergraduate education.  In order to engage actively in a yearlong dialogue, CTE-Lilly Teaching Fellows must be on campus for the full academic year and must be committed to playing an active role in the CTE-Lilly faculty learning community (see details below).

The application consists of the following:

1.) A letter that describes

• Your academic progress as a teacher and scholar and how you envision a yearlong CTE-Lilly Fellowship might contribute to your on-going development as a teacher-scholar.

• A brief description of an issue(s) in undergraduate teaching and learning that you would like to work on during your yearlong fellowship.

• Any outcomes or results that you hope to achieve as a result of a yearlong CTE-Lilly Fellowship.

2.) A one-paragraph summary of your major interest in teaching and learning suitable for publication in the Teaching & Learning News and Outlook.

3.) A supporting letter from your chair or a CTE-Lilly Fellow addressing how, from his or her perspective, the yearlong fellowship will be beneficial to you.  A list of all CTE-Lilly Fellow is available on the CTE website (http://www.cte.umd.edu/programs/faculty/lilly/pastlillyfellows.html)

All materials are to be submitted electronically via the CTE website http://www.cte.umd.edu/programs/faculty/lilly/apply.  Letters may be submitted as attachments.

Application materials must be received by midnight Monday, June 2, 2008.

In accepting a CTE-Lilly Fellowship faculty are expected to:

• Regularly attend and participate in weekly one-hour meetings of the CTE-Lilly faculty learning community during the fall and spring semesters.

• Participate in a one-day retreat for the 2008-09 CTE-Lilly Fellows at the beginning of the fall semester.

• Be willing to contribute to and participate in CTE-sponsored workshops and events.

• Participate in the 2009 Lilly-East Meeting on Teaching and Learning at the University of Delaware .

• Provide documentation of their learning/professional growth at the end of the yearlong fellowship.

For more information about the CTE-Lilly Fellowship program see the CTE website or contact Spencer Benson by phone at 314-1288 or by Email at sbenson@umd.edu.

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	Click here to see the current CTE-Lilly fellows.
	Click here to see past CTE-Lilly fellows.