"Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of Congress, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center with a primary mission 'to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education.'" (retrieved from http://www.carnegiefoundation.org on June 11, 2007.)
CASTL "represents a major initiative of The Carnegie Foundation.... The CASTL Program seeks to support the development of a scholarship of teaching and learning that: fosters significant, long-lasting learning for all students; enhances the practice and profession of teaching, and; brings to faculty members' work as teachers the recognition and reward afforded to other forms of scholarly work.
Achieving these goals involves significant shifts in thought and practice. For faculty in most settings, teaching is a private act, limited to the teacher and students; it is rarely evaluated by professional peers. "The result," writes Carnegie Foundation President Lee S. Shulman, "is that those who engage in innovative acts of teaching rarely build upon the work of others; nor can others build upon theirs." Thus, CASTL seeks to render teaching public, subject to critical evaluation, and usable by others in both the scholarly and the general community.
Currently, the CASTL Program is working with a wide variety of institutions (campuses, collaborative centers and organizations, scholarly societies, etc.) to broaden the reach and depth of the scholarship of teaching and learning. These efforts are focused on the CASTL Institutional Leadership Program and the CASTL Affiliates Program."
(retrieved from http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/programs/index.asp?key=21 on June 12, 2007.)
Since 2002, the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) has "served as a resource and meeting ground for Minnesota State Mankato instructors eager to learn from their peers and improve their own teaching methods. The Center is voluntary and encourages faculty to share ideas and experiences with fellow instructors in other departments. Many who have gone through the program have implemented significant changes in the way they approach teaching." (retrieved from http://www.mnsu.edu/news/read.php?id=old-1160495934 on June 12, 2007.)
Two CETL programs have sprung from CETL's interaction with the Carnegie Foundation. One program is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and the other program is the Initiative To Promote Excellence In Student Learning (IPESL).
The CASTL Leadership Workshop on Nov 14,2007: [PDF] The CASTL Leadership (36 KiB)CETL has created the SoTL CoP, which is funded by a $23,000 grant CETL received in a competitive process out of the President's Strategic Initiative monies. The SoTL CoP comprises a diverse group of participants in terms of discipline, gender and time at the university as well as a great mix of “seasoned” faculty, mid-career faculty, and new faculty. This CoP fits nicely with the CASTL Carnegie work we will be doing for two more years.
We will set up two Communities of Practice in mid-August and will be asking for participant's schedules at that time. It is important that all participants take seriously their roles in this community and do everything in their power to attend each session (approximately one each month). Participants will meet regularly to discuss and develop projects, researching a topic in teaching and learning. Participants will not be paid but all costs related to attending both Collaboration Conferences will be covered along with attending the RSP-I-TEACH Conference.
Participants who have their research published in a referred journal or who present their work at a regional/national conference will receive a $1000 stipend at the end of the academic year. We expect many participants will present their work at conferences well into the future.
Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching Conference
Sheraton Hotel--Bloomington, MN
November 16-17, 2007
Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching Conference
Sheraton Hotel—Bloomington, MN
February 15-16, 2008
Realizing Student Potential/I-Teach Conference
Minneapolis Community and Technical College (downtown Minneapolis)
February 28-29 and March 1, 2008
Note: All conference expenses paid by the initiative.
|
Last Name |
First Name |
Department |
College |
1. |
Brennan |
William |
Economics |
SBS |
2. |
Burnett |
James |
Sociology and Corrections |
SBS |
3. |
Cvancara |
Kristen |
Speech Communication |
A&H |
4. |
Dahlman |
Anne |
Educational Studies |
ED |
5. |
Danielson |
Christopher |
Mathematics & Statistics |
SET |
6. |
Kerr-Berry |
Julie |
Theatre and Dance |
A&H |
7. |
Krumwiede |
Norma |
Nursing |
AHN |
8. |
Luoma |
Vicki |
Accounting and Business Law |
BUS |
9. |
Monson |
Angela |
Dental Hygiene |
AHN |
10. |
*Pribyl |
Jeffrey |
Chemistry |
SET |
11. |
Schalge |
Susan |
Anthropology |
SBS |
12. |
Tappe |
Marlene |
Health Science |
AHN |
13. |
*Tebbe |
Patrick |
Mechanical & Civil Engineering |
SET |
14. |
Wagner |
William |
Sociology and Corrections |
SBS |
*Co-facilitators
AHN – College of Allied Health and Nursing
A&H – College of Arts and Humanities
BUS – College of Business
ED – College of Education
SET – College of Science, Engineering and Technology
