Marjorie R. Turnbull Faculty Fellows

To recognize the dedication and contributions of Marjorie R. Turnbull , Retired Executive Director of the TCC Foundation, the TCC Foundation Board created two annual fellowships in Marjorie's honor.

Purpose:  A faculty fellowship is defined as one semester reassigned time to allow a faculty member the opportunity to pursue a project which directly contributes to excellence and innovation in teaching and learning.

Such projects may include (but are not limited to):

• major program or course delivery redesign
• development of student success tools and strategies
• update applied skills (new technology directly related to course content) - subject to approval by VP for Academic Affairs

The application process for a faculty fellowship:

• Meet with the Dean/Director and Program Chair to discuss the faculty fellow plan.
• Meet with the CTLL Director to pick up application and discuss the faculty fellow plan and overall process/procedures. Deadline: March 2, 2012
• Write a plan clearly describing the benefit(s) to students, the College and the faculty member.
• Include a detailed timeline of tasks.
• Develop a well defined budget. Total budgets are required to fall within the $2000 allotment and must include all needed resources, such as, Library services, materials, travel, CIT services.
• Request and include information and signatures from all suppliers of outside resources (CDL, Library, etc.) acknowledging their participation and related cost as budgeted in the proposal.
• Add any/all supporting documents as attachments to the proposal.
• Submit completed written application including the plan and purpose of the fellowship to the Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership. Deadline: March 14, 2012 by 5:00 p.m.

Faculty Fellows for 2012-2013 will be announced by April 16, 2012.

Selection criteria and criteria to be used if choices must be made from among valid applications:

1. The quality of the proposed plans and probable benefit to the College will be judged according to the guidelines established and adopted by the Board of Directors. To maximize objectivity, this step will be a blind review.

2. Priority shall be given to those applicants who have never received a faculty fellowship.

3. Equitable distribution will be made among academic divisions to the extent possible given acceptable proposals from each area.

4. Priority shall be given to applicants with the longest full-time service to the College.

5. A fellowship will not be awarded to an applicant who has received a fellowship within the previous two years.

6. Current Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership Board members are not eligible to apply for a faculty fellowship during their time of service to the Board.

Procedure:

1. Recommendations from the Center's Board's blind review (based upon the above criteria) shall be submitted to the Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership who will then forward recommendations to the Provost.

2. The Provost shall submit the recommendations to the President for approval in accordance with Florida Statute.

3. The President is the final authority for fellowship approval.

Conditions of the Faculty Fellowship:

1. A faculty member receiving a faculty fellowship will teach one class (approximately 20% of the regular course load) and be reassigned 80% to work on the fellowship activities. The faculty member may elect to teach a traditional day or night class, an accelerated class, or a web-based class. TV and SPI classes are not considered part of a faculty member's full-time workload and, therefore, are not eligible for the 20% commitment.

2. A faculty member on a faculty fellowship will not be expected to perform any other college-related activities including committee work or advising.

3. Faculty members in the DROP Program or Phased Retirement Program are not eligible for a faculty fellowship.

4. Any faculty member on a faculty fellowship shall not accept new outside employment and shall not be eligible for extra assignments during the term of the fellowship. ("New" outside employment will be subject to interpretation by the Provost, if needed.)

5. Two informal oral reports on the progress of the fellowship activities shall be provided to the CTLL Board during the semester of the fellowship. Reports will be presented at mutually agreed upon dates and times.

6. A report, including a workshop or forum presentation (if applicable) offered through the Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership, regarding the fellowship activities shall be made no later than midterm of the semester following the return to full teaching responsibilities.

7. Implementation of the plan (if applicable) shall occur within the first year following completion of the fellowship.

8. Any deviation from the approved plan during the course of the fellowship must be approved by the Board of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership and the VP for Academic Affairs.