Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 77.34 |
Liaison | Sally DeLeon |
Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2022 |
University of Maryland, College Park
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Emily
Hightower Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Safety, Sustainability, and Risk |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
The Fellows program helps faculty integrate sustainability and social innovation content into existing courses or new courses. For example, social innovation, civic engagement, and sustainability have been integrated into existing GEMS 104, COMM 301, and COMM 107 courses, and new courses focusing on topics like Maternal, Child, and Family Health; the Relationship between Media, Democracy, and Underserved Communities; and Policing, Education, Wealth, and Healthcare in Prince George’s County.
A 2020 Fellows participant is creating an experiential learning program in collaboration with existing programs on campus focused exclusively on resiliency: how local governments are addressing the impacts of climate change. The class would examine the work being done by local communities across the country in relation to mitigation and adaptation strategies and develop a toolbox for best practices. Students would develop solutions to these challenges and learn how to advocate for necessary changes in land use regulations.
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
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Each faculty member receives a $500 stipend for attending the workshop and submitting a written description of how they will integrate sustainability into at least one course they teach during the following academic year. (https://www.sustainability.umd.edu/sustainability-teaching-fellows)
The Sustainability Teaching Fellows program is an initiative to integrate sustainability across the curriculum of the University of Maryland. Central to the project is a two-day workshop where participants learn about core concepts of environmental, economic, and social sustainability and explore unique ways of integrating sustainability into their existing courses across all academic disciplines. In 2021, the Office of Sustainability hired a UMD professor to lead a two-year project called the Sustainability Curriculum Project to refresh the Sustainability Teaching Fellows program and find new opportunities for integrating sustainability across the curriculum.
Each faculty member receives a $500 stipend for attending the workshop and submitting a written description of how they will integrate sustainability into at least one course they teach during the following academic year. (https://www.sustainability.umd.edu/sustainability-teaching-fellows)
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