WOODBURY UNIVERSITY

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA

November 8, 2007

  1. GOALS:

The professional development program is intended to support the following:

  1. Scholarly activities leading to publication or presentation
  2. Creative endeavors and presentation or publication of works of art or design.
  3. Professional activities leading to enhanced performance in the classroom
  4. Educational activities leading to enhanced performance in the classroom
  1. AWARDS:
  1. Faculty Development Awards support reimbursable expenses, other than the applicant’s time/labor, associated with individual or group projects and activities.
  2. Awards will be made once for each fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30.
  3. Receipts for expenses supported by awards must be submitted by June 30 for the year covered by the award.
  4. Awards will be made once each year.The Faculty Development Committee (The Committee ) reserves the right to make one or more awards up to the maximum funding available. The Committee may also decline to make awards, in which case the Committee will recommend an appropriate faculty development activity on which to spend the designated funds.
  5. Awards will not exceed $5,000 per applicant.
  6. The Committee may grant all or part of a funding request.
  1. ELIGIBILITY:

The following are eligible for Professional Development Awards: Grants:

a.Full-time faculty

  1. Adjunct faculty who have attained a rank equivalent to Assistant Professor, i.e.: a Doctoral degree, or a Master’s from an accredited institution and the equivalent of three years successful full-time teaching, and are members of the Faculty Association. Six semester courses are equivalent to one year’s teaching experience; one six semester-unit design studio is equivalent to two semester courses. All members of Woodbury University Faculty Association are eligible for Professional Development Awards. (see constitution for WUFA eligibility requirements)
  2. Faculty are eligible to apply for funding three years after the date they submitted a previous successful application.
  3. Faculty who have not completed the follow-up activity (see below) for previous awards will not be eligible until the outstanding follow-up activity is complete.

4.SELECTION CRITERIA:

5.

  1. Applicants should clearly explain in language intelligible to the lay person how their proposed activity meets one or more of the following criteria
  1. Value to the Applicant: In making Faculty Development Awards, the Committee may consider the extent to which the proposed activities might benefit the faculty member in terms of teaching effectiveness, professional achievement or contributions to the University and/or community..
  1. APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
  1. Applications should be addressed to the Faculty Development Committee, c/o Kris Christ Janine Conkat the Faculty Center.
  2. Applications should be submitted in triplicate and blind, with a separate cover sheet indicating the applicant’s name.
  3. If the project involves human participants, please include a copy of the application sent to the University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). IRB forms and investigator’s manual are available at IRB approval is required for funding.
  4. Applications should include the following as a minimum. The Committee will not approve incomplete applications. Supporting information may be included at the applicant’s discretion:
  5. Description of the proposed activity, including supporting documentation such as brochures, catalogues, or conference materials to give the committee information about the structure of the development opportunity.
  6. Explanation in language intelligible to the lay person how the applicant’s proposed activity meets one or more of the goals listed in (1) above.
  7. Justification as to why the activity meets the criteria outlined above, including aA description of the specific beneficiaries of the applicant's professional development opportunity, i.e., students, colleagues, staff, alumni, university community, professional organizations, Burbank community, etc., including Include a description of which constituency will benefit, how will each benefit, and what are the intended outcomes.
  8. Description of how the candidate will specifically benefit from the development opportunity, personally or professionally, and the intended outcomes.
  9. Complete, itemized budget showing the amount requested, what it will be spent on, and an explanation of the expenditures.
  10. Description of any proposed presentation to the University, exhibition, or publication upon completion of the activity.A commitment to present the results of the proposed activity at the Faculty Development Colloquium, or at another equivalent university-wide event.
  11. Time schedule for completion of the proposed activity., including the presentation in (iv) above.
  1. The Committee will review the applications. The Committee will forward the proposal(s) selected for funding to the President of the Faculty Association for funding.
  1. SCHEDULE:
  1. For the 2008-94-5 academic year, applications are due in Kris Christ’sJanine Conk’s office in the Faculty Center by 5 PM, Friday, February 150, 20081.
  2. TFor the 2004-2005 academic year, the Committee will announce the awards by Friday, March 14, 20084.
  1. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY:
  1. Applicants who receive awards are responsible for the completion of their proposed activities whether they were fully or partially funded by the Committee.
  2. Applicants who receive awards must present the results of the proposed activity at the Faculty Development Colloquium to be held in the third week of spring semester, 2009.
  3. Applicants should prepare a 15-minute presentation for the colloquium.
  4. A 2-3 page PDF file, including images and /or text, is due by June 30, 2009 for posting on the University’s website.provide the Committee with evidence of successfully completing their proposed follow-up activity, such as presentation, publication or exhibition.
  5. Each time this work is published or presented, applicants must acknowledge in writing that funds were provided by Woodbury University’s Professional Development Awards.

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