The CTL provides faculty with the means to innovatively and collaboratively advance the process of education.
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Applications are reviewed twice a year:
Note: If the due date falls on a weekend, application is due the Friday before.
EACH FACULTY MEMBER SELECTED MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR WEEKLY MEETINGS. FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR, KALEIDOSCOPE WILL MEET EVERY THURSDAY FROM 1:30 TO 3:00.
The weekly meetings will focus on cross discipline sharing of teaching
techniques, strategies, and ideas. One of the objectives of the project
is to allocate time for discussion of teaching and classroom experiences.
At the end of their second semester of participation, each participant
will present to the Kaleidoscope Committee and other faculty a final
summary of their project at the Kaleidoscope Showcase. We also expect participants to make their work public via the CTL website or other medium to be determined.
The Committee can accept up to five (5) faculty to begin in the fall semester of each year and five (5) for the spring semester. Faculty must be residential, completing their third or more years of teaching at MCC and will be chosen from various disciplines. The total faculty load (day and night including reassigned time and extended contracts) cannot exceed 19 hours during participation in the project. This includes the six (6) hours of reassigned time the first semester and three (3) hours of reassigned time the second semester that is provided by Kaleidoscope.
PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE NOT ON OTHER REASSIGNED TIME; HOWEVER,
ALL FACULTY, INCLUDING DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
Faculty will receive six (6) hours reassigned time during the first
semester of participation for research and development of their particular
project. Faculty will also receive three (3) hours reassigned time during
the second semester which will afford the opportunity to implement and
determine the efficacy of materials developed during the first semester.
A project summary and evaluation as well as “mentoring partnerships” with
incoming faculty participants will be developed during the second semester.
This mentoring element of the project is fostered by the attendance
of both semesters’ participants in the weekly meetings. Support
by the individual’s department chair is essential and a cooperative
effort will be made to select an appropriate visiting staff replacement.