Seeking applicants for the Faculty Assessment Fellows positions
Assessment Faculty Fellows play a central role in capacity building and direct faculty support related to learning outcomes and assessment at the University of Connecticut. The University of Connecticut is currently building a sustainable culture of assessment with a specific focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The University aims to develop this culture across academic programs and throughout the Common Curriculum. For the academic year 2023-24, three fellow positions will be available: 1 for the new Common Curriculum and 2 for academic programs. The Common Curriculum fellow will work directly with faculty who teach within the Common Curriculum, the Common Curriculum Committee, and the Common Curriculum faculty navigators to align assessment activities with the curriculum’s learning objectives. The academic program fellows will serve as a resource to support development of meaningful and measurable program-level student learning objectives, curricular maps, and assessment plans, while promoting assessment innovation and transformation. These fellowships provide an opportunity for interested faculty to strengthen their skills in team-management, to deepen their expertise in this area of teaching and learning, and to participate in developing a purposeful culture of assessment at an institutional level. Fellows will have support for professional development during the fellowship, with the aim of deepening the skills related to assessment and learning objective development at the University.
The hourly commitment may vary throughout the year, but the expectation is that each fellow will commit an average of 10 hours a week to this work. Each fellow will take on the role for a full academic year (with summer support to prepare for the upcoming academic year), with the possibility of renewing for a second year.
Each fellow will receive one course buyout per semester (two in total across the academic year) to support the time commitment of the work associated with the role. Each fellow will also receive summer salary of $5,000 for summer 2023 to allow for preparation time ahead of the academic year related to the fellowship. Each fellow will also be provided with $2,000 of professional development support, intended for activities that will benefit the fellowship (e.g., participating in conferences or workshops related to assessment).
Full-time faculty of any rank are invited to apply. For more information and for application details, please visit: Assessment-fellows-description_application-2023.pdf (uconn.edu)
Application deadline: January 25th
For more information, contact: Office of Academic Program Assessment at assessment@uconn.edu