{"id":5740,"date":"2023-12-06T10:11:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=5740"},"modified":"2024-09-04T08:08:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:08:40","slug":"call-for-community-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2023\/12\/call-for-community-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Call for Community Proposals:&nbsp;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>2024 Summer Institutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b><i>Building the Future<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calling all conveners! We invite Evergreen faculty and staff to submit their proposals for Community-initiated Summer Institutes for the 2024 program. Summer Institutes provide an opportunity for faculty and staff professional development, community-building, and collaboration. We rely on our Summer Institute conveners to bring creative, innovative, and timely topics to our community. This is an exciting time in Evergreen\u2019s evolution, and as we are at the cusp of an election year, we invite our conveners to consider how we can build the future \u2013 together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In accordance with article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/TESC-UFEAgreement18-21.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">17.2 of the <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-08\/UFE-TESC%202023-2025%20CBA%20FINAL%20SIGNED.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Collective Bargaining Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with the United Faculty of Evergreen, the Learning and Teaching Commons and the Summer Institute Planning (SIP) Group invites proposals for community-initiated summer institutes. First-time conveners are especially encouraged to submit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Institute Themes<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><b>I. Teaching at Evergreen: Culturally Affirming and Inclusive Pedagogical Practices<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><i>Summer institutes in this category will explore teaching practices that engage and support Evergreen students equitably.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a learning organization that emphasizes collaborative, interdisciplinary learning across significant differences, Evergreen is uniquely positioned as a leader in culturally affirming and inclusive pedagogical practices.\u00a0 In particular, students at Evergreen experience<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">immersive, relationship-rich learning communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">transparent interdisciplinary pathways of study that are easy to navigate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">flexible approaches to learning and evaluation that promote self-efficacy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">engaging with complex, contested, and capricious issues and questions in the classroom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">learning that incorporates their cultural identities and histories as assets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">innovative approaches to learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Examples of previous institutes within this theme: Cultivating Community Belonging: Weaving Indigenous Pedagogy &amp; Scholarship in Academia; Developing Evergreen\u2019s Best Practices for Online\/Hybrid Education; Knowledge, Strategies, and Tools for Supporting Students with Disabilities; Critical Response Process: Facilitating Student-centered and Equity-minded Classroom Feedback Sessions]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>II. Our Greener Community: Strengthening Relationships and Navigating Change\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><i>Summer Institutes in this category will explore the dynamics of\u00a0 institutional vitality in and beyond the classroom; developing equity-minded student, faculty and staff leaders who engage in community care by building a warm, supportive, curious, and resilient Evergreen community.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our community has embarked on an ambitious project to attract and graduate hundreds of new students, while continuing to maintain and innovate our existing curriculum and services. We must attend to developing strong partnerships around shared goals for the future of Evergreen, with optimism and inventiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note: As an election year approaches, institutes designed to prepare and support students and our broader community through political changes are encouraged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Examples of previous institutes within this theme: Learning From and Valuing Belonging on Evergreen\u2019s 1000-Acre Campus; Write that Book! Invigorating Teaching and Learning through Scholarly Exploration; Evergreen\u2019s Roots: Documenting our Oral History; What if We Worked Together? Advancing Educational Equity Across and Between Local K-16 Systems]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equity Goals<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Summer Institutes center specific <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/programs-and-events\/summer-institutes\/#:~:text=June%202017%20MOU.-,Equity%20Goals,-The%20Summer%20Institutes\">equity goals<\/a> for the benefit of participating conveners, faculty, and staff. Proposed institutes with a significant emphasis on these goals will be designated in the program as an option to fulfill the Equity and Inclusion Training Requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have questions about these goals or would like assistance or support with framing the equity goals in your proposal, please contact <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:learningandteaching@evergreen.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">learningandteaching@evergreen.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Submission Guidelines<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Submit proposals using the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/evergreensc.sjc1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_daKj0GR7odyV7Jc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> no later than <\/span><b>February 12<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The form includes fields requesting the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Convener Information<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Name and email address for each convener<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Convener Experience (first-time conveners are encouraged)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Institute Program Information<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Institute theme (choose from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dSOOTqfgvs86K_5yLO3t-w8_nsY4af5F6C9vH_VR9rs\/edit#heading=h.ldr865lbc3jy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">above themes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Institute title (10 word limit)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Institute description (150-word limit)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activities &amp; Goals<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participant learning goals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plan for participant engagement<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reflect on the institute you planned and describe how you will engage participants in their own learning.\u00a0 What activities will you offer to guide participants towards the goals you articulated above?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equity goals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How will the institute you have planned address the following equity goals?\u00a0 What activities will you offer to support meeting these goals?<\/span><\/i>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Closing opportunity gaps for students historically underserved in higher education (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, undocumented, immigrant, living with disabilities, first in family to attend college, housing insecure).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promoting equitable learning communities through culturally-affirming\/anti-racist pedagogies and\/or inclusive teaching strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Redressing systemic inequities at Evergreen such as institutional racism, gender-based discrimination and violence, and ableist structures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Logistics<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Institute length (0.5-2 days)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scheduling preferences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preferred number of participants (10-40)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Virtual option \u2013 If your Summer Institute would be best facilitated virtually, please select scheduling preferences and provide a written justification for a virtual session. Note: The Learning and Teaching Commons can only support a limited number of virtual summer institutes. Conveners are responsible for coordinating IT support as necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional requests<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upon submission of a proposal, the lead convener should receive an automatic message confirming receipt of the proposal. If you do not receive this message please contact us at learningandteaching@evergreen.edu. Conveners will be notified no later than March 11th.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Review Criteria<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2024 Summer Institute titles and descriptions will be shared with Evergreen faculty via a survey in late February to collect broad feedback from our community. Proposals will be reviewed by faculty serving on the Summer Institute Planning (SIP) Group who will design the program based on faculty feedback and the criteria provided below, as well as budgetary and other logistical considerations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Criteria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Description<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curriculum Development<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">advances institutional capacities to build and sustain curricular coherence and stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theme Alignment<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">aligns with themes articulated in the call for proposals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student Learning and Success<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">centers student success and has a high potential to yield improvements in student retention and graduation or increase enrollments.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participant Engagement<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contains a clear and convincing plan for engaging participants in their own learning through a variety of activities and assignments that support multimodal learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equity-producing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proposed institute aligns with one or more of the following equity-producing goals\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Closing opportunity gaps for students historically underserved in higher education (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, undocumented, immigrant, living with disabilities, first in family to attend college, housing insecure).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promoting equitable learning communities through culturally-affirming\/anti-racist pedagogies and\/or inclusive teaching strategies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Redressing systemic inequities at Evergreen such as institutional racism, gender-based discrimination and violence, and ableist structures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Summer Institutes \u00a0 Building the Future Calling all conveners! 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