| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.79 |
| Liaison | Yumiko Jakobcic |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Grand Valley State University
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Yumiko
Jakobcic Campus Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability Practices |
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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?:
Yes
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):
The Grand Valley Faculty Teaching and Learning Center (FTLC) has offered a variety of opportunities which have supported sustainability course development activity.
A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:
Faculty Learning Communities bring faculty together for a semester-long conversation on a certain topic; recent conversations have been about sustainability in the curriculum and publicly engaged scholarship.
Faculty Conference Travel Grants can support faculty to attend sustainability conferences.
Teaching Innovation Grants have been used to promote paperless classrooms and to provide tools for classes at the Sustainable Agriculture Project.
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