Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 40.74
Liaison Pat Van Duyne
Submission Date June 11, 2015
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Joliet Junior College
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Maria Rafac
Professor
Technical Department
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Does the institution have an ongoing incentives program or programs that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the program(s), including positive outcomes during the previous three years:

Grand Prairie Sustainability Leadership Project is an annual sustainability leadership faculty development project offered to full time and adjunct faculty which touches on institution-wide, community, and global sustainability solutions while focusing on personal and course-level activities. This greening the curriculum experience includes a 6 week online Introduction to Sustainability course, a 3 day Retreat at Joliet Junior College and Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, a 3 month project development phase, a semester long project implementation, and a final assessment of the project.


A brief description of the incentives that faculty members who participate in the program(s) receive:

Participants who successfully complete all phases of the 10 month project receive a $500 stipend. We are currently looking at expanding the project and increasing the incentives for participants.


The website URL where information about the incentive program(s) is available:
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