| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.13 |
| Liaison | Olivia Wiebe |
| Submission Date | Dec. 28, 2023 |
University of Idaho
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Sarah
Dawson University Sustainability Director Office of the President |
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 Office of Sustainability has developed a curriculum workshop for faculty interested in integrating sustainability into their courses. The workshop, called the Palouse Project, is a one-day workshop that will happen at the end of the academic year in the month of May and educates faculty on the multi-faceted concept of sustainability and the pertinent sustainability issues our region is facing. The workshop provides a step-by-step process of how to seamlessly integrate sustainability values and education into courses across disciplines.
The workshop is guided by the program objectives, course criteria, and learning outcomes of our new undergraduate sustainability certificate (which will be offered for the first time in fall 2024). Faculty who complete the Palouse Project workshop and submit a completed certificate course proposal and syllabus will also submit applications to have their courses included in the certificate program. The first Palouse Project workshop will happen in May 2024; subsequent workshops will include a second day in the workshop agenda to go over the results of the pre- and post- literacy assessments from the certificate courses to identify areas for improvement with sustainability certificate instructors.
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
Faculty participants will receive $500 and may count the workshop in their promotion and tenure files.
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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