| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.39 |
| Liaison | Connie Morales |
| Submission Date | Feb. 14, 2020 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Claremont McKenna College
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Kristin
Miller Admin Roberts Environmental Center |
Does the institution have an ongoing program or programs that offer incentives for faculty in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses?:
A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years (e.g. descriptions of new courses or course content resulting from the program):
Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI) offers a grant to faculty who want to improve or add an additional energy component to their courses. This course enrichment piece can be inviting speakers, course curriculum modification, lab component, etc.
Faculty Agreements are an agreement between faculty and SEI to work on curriculum integration together. SEI provides no-cost support in regards to teacher training, curriculum, instructional planning support, and direct co-instruction in the classroom. Sustainability project-based curriculum can be found online. The curriculum is geared towards high school students but in case of interest, it would be adapted for university content.
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
This grant can be awarded up to 10% for overhead (faculty compensation) and 90% to course enrichment itself (for students).
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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