Teaching/Learning Grants
Washburn University offers faculty and staff support in their teaching efforts through a suite of Teaching/Learning Grants including: CTEL Small Grants, Curriculum Development Grants, and Assessment Grants. Each type of grant is intended to encourage a specific type of pedagogical activity. CTEL Grants focus on promoting active learning and learner centered pedagogies. Curriculum Development Grants focus on the development of high quality course and curriculum content, while Assessment Grants provide faculty with resources to facilitate their assessment practices.
Fall Deadline: September 22, 2023
Spring Deadline: April 5, 2024
CTEL Grants seek to promote the development of learning-centered teaching practices that emphasize active and collaborative learning. Grants focus on how teaching is done and support:
- Attending conferences, workshops, or on-line training that focus on pedagogy in higher education.
- Purchase of technologies (software, accessories) directly related to pedagogical practice and the delivery of instruction.
- Scholarly activity focused on teaching and learning (SoTL)
- Stipends to stimulate the innovative development of courses or curricula that: (a) seek to develop digital pedagogies; or (b) promote diversity and inclusive practices; or (c) enhance the use of high impact practices; or (d) active learning
In keeping with the mission of the University and the inception of Vision 2022, CTEL encourages and prioritizes proposals whose goal is to explore learning-centered teaching practices that emphasize active learning and/or increase student engagement. Priority is given to projects that seek to employ new technologies, diversity, inclusive practices, or high impact practices in teaching and learning. All projects must include a specific plan for systematic assessment of the impact of proposed activities on student learning.
Full-time and part-time faculty and full-time staff members are eligible to apply for funding of up to $2000 once each year (July 1 - June 30).
Application
The Curriculum Development Grant is designed to support the development and enhancement of teaching modules, courses, and curriculum that undertake innovations in discipline-based curricula and general education curricula. Proposals for the development of new teaching modules, courses, and curricula or the enhancement of existing modules, courses or curricula are welcome. Curriculum Development Grants focus on the delivery of high quality course content and support:
- Purchase of tools, equipment, software, learning aids, materials, and supplies that directly support student learning. (all resources purchased with grant funds remain the property of Washburn University)
- Enhancement of library resources directly related to course development.
- Stipends to stimulate the development of significant innovations or enhancement of courses or curricula.
- Travel (except for meals and entertainment) directly related to the creation of a new course.
Application
The purpose of the Assessment Grant is to provide faculty with resources to facilitate their assessment practices in the courses, programs, and general education offerings. Assessment Grants fund:
- Stipends for the development of new and innovative course-based, program level, or University Student Learning Outcome assessment;
- Stipends for the development of processes and activities that facilitate the use of assessment data as a guide for program improvement;
- Stipends for the development of processes and activities that enhance the sharing of assessment results;
- Attending conferences (except for meals and entertainment) or on-line training directly related to learning assessment;
- Purchase of instruments, equipment, materials or supplies related to assessment of student learning. (all resources purchased with grant funds remain the property of Washburn University).
Application
The Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) / Pathways grant is designed to support faculty who wish to develop new CEL courses or curricular experiences, evaluate CEL experiences, or disseminate research about CEL with the goal of supporting the implementation and institutionalization of CEL at Washburn University and Washburn Tech. Faculty may apply for up to $2000 in funding. Funding comes through LinC: The Center for Community and Civic Engagement and the Bonner Foundation’s Pathways Grant. Some examples of things the CEL Pathways grant can support include:
- Development of new CEL-focused teaching modules, courses, and curricula or the enhancement of existing modules, courses, or curricula.
- Attending CEL-focused conferences, workshops, or on-line training that focus on CEL pedagogy in higher education.
- Scholarly activity focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and CEL including course releases, stipends, stipends for research assistants or participants, data collection, analysis of results, and dissemination.
Application
Assessment Grant Recipients
Amy Memmer, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Stipend to revise the PSLO’s for BCJ programs
Cherry Steffen, Professor, Education
Funds for two faculty members to attend CAEPcon
Muffy Walter, Assistant Professor, English
Revising EN101 SLOs and creating the EN200 course
CTEL Small Grant Recipients
Melanie Budick, Professor, English
Funds to attend Inside Out Prison Partnership Curriculum Planning
Kerry Wynn, Professor, History
Funds to attend Inside Out Prison Partnership Curriculum Planning
Heather Lassmann, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Funds to attend Council on Social Work Education’s 2023 Annual Conference
Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
Bryce Call, Assistant Professor, Music
Funds to purchase Pickett Blackburn Trumpet Educator Kit
Deena Amont, Lecturer, Art
Funds to purchase basic metalworking tools
Maria Stover, Professor, Mass Media
Funds to purchase podcast equipment
Laura Murphy, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Funds to travel to five archeological sites around Kansas
Mary Sundal, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Funds to purchase hominin casts
Community-engaged Learning (CEL) / Pathways Grant Recipients
Julie Boydston, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Funds for community-based psychology internships
Assessment Grant Recipients
Beth O'Neill, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Funds to develop an evidence-based assessment plan related to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI)
Kristen Grimmer, Senior Lecturer, Mass Media
Maria Stover, Professor, Mass Media
Funds to host an assessment retreat to review assessment plans and PSLOs
CTEL Small Grant Recipients
Jason Miller, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Sociology
Funds for adjunct coverage of a course release
Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
Barbara Scofield, Professor, School of Business
Funding to attend Faculty Development Course: On-Demand CFE Exam Review Course
Tracy Davies, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Linda Merillat, Lecturer, School of Nursing
Stipend for integrating virtual simulation into the diagnostic interviewing class
Assessment Grant Recipients
Erin Grant, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Funding to attend Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting
Melanie Worsley, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Funding to attend Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting
Mary Sundal, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Stipend for revising the B.A. in Anthropology assessment plan
Linda Merillat, Instructional Designer, School of Nursing
Stipend to develop assessment techniques for School of Nursing courses
Maria Stover, Professor, Mass Media
Kristen Grimmer, Assistant Professor, Mass Media
Stipends for updating the assessment process for adjuncts in Mass Media
Becky Dodge, Assistant Professor, Allied Health
Funding for resources related to graduate program assessment, online program assessment, and health care education assessment
CTEL Small Grant Recipients
Benjamin Wills, Catron Visiting Professor of Art, Art
Stipend to develop Digital Fabrication course
Zach Frank, Associate Professor, Allied Health
Funding to attend Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning
Michael McGuire, Associate Professor, Psychology
Funding to attend Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning
Jason Miller, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Funding to attend Japan Studies Association workshop in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Vince Rossi, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Funding to purchase Lenovo ThinkPad for use in PS340 Electronics course
Cherry Steffen, Professor, Education
Tracy Routsong, Professor, Communication Studies
Katlin Bryan, Lecturer, Allied Health
Stipends for developing a College Certificate Program in collaboration with Washburn Rural 18 - 21 program
Michelle Watson, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Funding to attend the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate Education Reimagined 2020 conference
Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
Benjamin Wills, Catron Visiting Professor of Art, Art
Funding to purchase a Grizzly 0513 band saw
Wonjae Lee, Assistant Professor, Art
Stipend and funding to purchase supplies for a Digital Fabrication course
Maria Stover, Professor, Mass Media
Sam Finch, Lecturer, Mass Media
Funding to purchase EditStock Premium Package
Muffy Walter, Assistant Professor, English
Bruce Mactavish, Assistant Professor, History
Funding to travel to historic sites in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama to develop an Exploring Civil Rights course
Laura Murphy, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Funding to purchase supplies to update Kansas Archaeology course
Laura Murphy, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Jia Feng, Lecturer, History
Stipends and funding to purchase supplies and travel to update Geography of Kansas course
Gaspar Porta, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Funding to attend conferences (Origins of Game Fair, BBG Con, and Practice: Game Design in Detail) to update a Game Design course
Vince Rossi, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Stipend and funding to purchase supplies for PS340 Electronics course
Assessment Grant Recipients
Kelly McClendon, Lecturer, International Programs/Intensive English
Funding to attend an online class, Teachers of English Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Training of Trainers
Cindy Nebel, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Stipends to compensate a faculty member and a student for assessing course changes in Introduction to Psychology
Muffy Walter, Assistant Professor, English
Provide stipends, food, and beverages to instructors of composition classes assessing portfolios
Erin Grant, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Funding to attend the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis 2018
Provide stipends, food, and beverages to faculty attending MCJ assessment retreat
Leslie Reynard, Professor, Communication Studies
Funding to attend and present at the AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal conference
CTEL Small Grant Recipients
RaLynn Schmalzried, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Funding to attend Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) Annual Conference on Teaching
Pamela Schmidt, Associate Professor, School of Business
Funding to purchase Garmin GPS devices and ArcGIS software
Benjamin Wills, Lecturer, Art
Funding to purchase SawStop Table Saw
Vince Rossi, Assistant Professor, Physics
Funding to attend American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) workshop for New Physics & Astronomy Faculty
Jane Elliott, Lecturer, Theatre
Funding to complete Knight-Thompson Speechwork (KTS)
Mallory Keeffe, Lecturer, Social Work
Funding to attend workshops at Heartland Play Therapy and purchasing toys and games for Play Therapy
Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
Dennis Etzel, Jr., Lecturer, English, & Jericho Hockett, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Stipend for updating Psychology for Poetics course
Wonjae Lee, Assistant Professor, Art
Funds to purchase a T120 Jet Printer
Shirley Dinkel, Professor, School of Nursing
Funds to develop simulation module and stipends for students attending simulation module
Linzi Gibson, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Stipend to pay a student assisting with training Mastery Lab Assistants (MLA's)
Annie Miller, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Stipend for updating Bachelors of Public Administration (BPA) Program Curriculum
Danielle Head, Assistant Professor, Art
Funds to purchase equipment and technology for Advancing Professional Photographic Lighting Curriculum for Contemporary Photographic Practices
Linsey Moddelmog, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Funding to attend 2019 United Nations Conference on the Status of Women
Jason Miller, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Funding to purchase supplies for Ethnographic Film
Assessment Grant Recipients
Melanie Worsley, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
Provide lunch, snacks, and stipends to faculty attending a MCJ assessment retreat
Bobbie Mansfield, Professor, School of Nursing
Developing a Standardized Patient Assessment Program
Maria Stover, Professor, Mass Media, & Kristen Grimmer, Assistant Professor, Mass Media
Stipends for developing a D2L assessment module
CTEL Small Grant Recipients
Erin Grant, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice/Legal Studies
Registration for the Teaching Online Certificate from Quality Matters
Kimberly Harrison, Professor, Social Work
Obtain professional development on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Trauma Informed Care
Michael McGuire, Associate Professor, Psychology
Attend National Institute on Teaching of Psychology (NITOP)
Jennifer Pacioianu, Adjunct, English
Attend Conference on Community Writing (CCW)
Gaspar Porta, Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Purchase supplies (games)
Muffy Walter, Assistant Professor, English
Pay registration for Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Tina Williams, Study Abroad Program Coord, International Programs
Registration and lodging to attend the Magellan Exchange Coordinators Conference
Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
Dennis Etzel, Jr., Lecturer, English
Purchase DVDs for a course, Kansas in the Movies
Jia Feng, Lecturer in Geography, History
Purchase ESRI ArcGIS software and GPS units
Erin Grant, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice/Legal Studies
Attend the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
Stipend for course development
Alexandra Klales, Assistant Professor, Forensic Anthropologist, Sociology/Anthropology
Purchase supplies (real human bones)
Bruce Mactavish, Assistant Professor, History and Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, History
Funds to travel and research archives related to the course, "Emmett Till's America"
David Ober, Distinguished Lecturer, Leadership Institute
Purchase textbooks
Sangyoub Park, Associate Professor, Sociology/Anthropology
Supplies for SO300: Food and Culture
Gaspar Porta, Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Purchase Livescribe 2G Echo Smart Pens
Leslie Quick, Criminal Justice, Assistant Professor
Stipend for developing CJ102/Security Technology
Azyz Sharafy, Professor, Art
Purchase equipment for courses
Assessment Grant Recipients
Kelly Erby, Assistant Professor of History
Stipend for Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEP) history instructors
Cherry Steffen, Professor and Chair of Education
Exploration of the Use of Video-Coding for Assessment and Guidance for Teacher Candidates
CTEL Small Grant Recipients
Karen Garrison, Lecturer and Clinical Coordinator of Kinesiology
Attend a conference (Interprofessional Education Collaborative Faculty Institute) which is designed to assist those who wish to develop teaching skills, curriculum, and assessment that enhances the impact of Interprofessional Healthcare Education on student professional preparation
Jericho Hockett, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Stipend for continuing to develop and assess the Undergraduate Learning Assistants (ULA) program in Psychology
Maria Stover, Professor of Mass Media
Attend World Conference on e-Learning which serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in Higher Education
Cindy Turk, Professor and Chair of Psychology
Attend National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) conference which is designed to assist those who wish to learn new ideas to enhance and broaden teaching skills
Gwen Wilson, Health Sciences Librarian
Attend a conference (Interprofessional Education Collaborative Faculty Institute) which is designed to assist those who wish to develop teaching skills, curriculum, and assessment that enhances the impact of Interprofessional Healthcare Education on student professional preparation
Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
Cheryl Childers, Assistant Professor and Chair of Sociology and Anthropology
Purchase supplies (Dig Boxes) for a new forensic anthropology course
Lisa Douglass, Assistant Professor of Education
Purchase supplies (early child manipulatives) for the new Stem education classroom
Angela Duncan, Lecturer of Psychology
Stipend for developing preliminary curricular and assessment tools to pilot test team-based strategies
Jason Jolicoeur, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Stipend for developing a course (Criminal Justice Ethics and Applications) in the Criminal Justice Program
Laura Murphy, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Purchase supplies and equipment for AN 371 (Laboratory Methods in Archaeology) to be used for developing six new hands-on laboratory exercises
Pamela Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Attend the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) which is an annual conference for Information Systems and Information Technology academics and professionals
Marin Abell, Catron Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Integrating real-world assignments into the program of study
Angela Duncan, Lecturer of Psychology
Attend a national conference (NITOP) which is designed to assist those who wish to learn new ideas to enhance and broaden teaching skills.
Miguel Gonzalez-Abellas, Professor and Chair of Modern Languages
Purchase software that will allow lectures and presentations to be placed into Desire2Learn
Beth McNamee, Lecturer of Mathematics
Development of gamifications to College Algebra classes
Melanie Burdick, Assistant Professor of English
Attend conference focused upon community-based writing
Jericho Hockett, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Development of Social Psychology course in a digital format that remains inclusive
Kara Kendall-Morwick, Assistant Professor of English
Attend conference of the National Council of Teachers of English
Cynthia Wooldridge, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assessment of the practice of quizzing within the classroom and student perception of quizzing
Marin Abell, Catron Visiting Artist/Professor of Art
Integrating Teaching Methods Used in Art into STEM and Other Fields
Kelly Erby, Assistant Professor History
Redesigning U.S. History to Include Diverse Perspectives and Emphasize Critical Thinking
Zach Frank, Director Physical Therapy Assistant/Assistant Professor
"Flipping" AL 171 Musculoskeletal Assessment in Physical Therapy
Linzi Gibson, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Attended Institute on Teaching Psychology Conference Resulting in Project: Using Expressive Writing to Reduce Test Anxiety and Increase Student Success in PY100
Jericho Hockett, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Attended Institute on Teaching Psychology Conference Resulting in Project: Undergraduate Learning Assistants to Improve Student Success in Psychology
Karen Kapusta-Pofahl, Lecturer, Sociology & Anthropology
Attended Global Service Learning Conference Resulting in Project: Fair Trade Learning: Developing International HICEPs
Vickie Kelly, Associate Professor
Advanced Online Educator Certification
Hillary Lolley, Radiographer Clinic Education Coordinator/Lecturer, Allied Health
Flipping AL 121 Procedures II and Development of Online Lab Simulations
Lori McMillan, Professor, School of Law
Flipping Classes in the Law School: Embedding Popplet Concept Mapping
Kathy Menzie, Interim Chair/Communication Studies & Chair Associate Professor Mass Media
Flipping Out! Learning How to Flip and Assess a Class by Attending a Workshop
Louella Moore, Professor of Accounting, School of Business
Ethical Lens Inventory
Marguerite Perret, Associate Professor, Art
Promoting Community Engagement through Art Activism
Shaun Schmidt, Professor, Chemistry
Using a Lightscribe Pen to Break Down the Barrier between Student and Teacher in Chemistry
Barbara W. Scofield, PhD., CPA, Professor of Accounting
Creating Videos Using Camtasia to Reinforce Learning in Accounting
Lisa Sharpe Elles, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Biochemical Models: Deeper Learning by Thinking Bigger and Smaller at the Same Time
Courtney Sullivan, Professor, Modern Languages
Georgina Tenny, Lecturer, Modern Languages
Clicking Our Way to Success: Using Clickers for Formative Assessment & Student Engagement
Sharon Sullivan, Associate Professor, Theatre
Attended AAC & U Diversity Conference Resulting in Project: Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices
Clayton Tatro, Associate Dean for Instruction, Washburn Tech
Washburn Tech Construction Division Curriculum Redesign
Kerry Wynn, Associate Professor, History
Redesigning U.S. History to Include Diverse Perspectives and Emphasize Critical Thinking
GET IN TOUCH WITH CTEL
Center for Teaching Excellence & Learning
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1700 SW College Ave.
Topeka, KS 66621
Phone & Email
785.670.2835
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