Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Faculty Fellows

Program Description

This program is designed to encourage SLCC Faculty to engage in scholarly inquiry into their own teaching practice. Fellows engage in the practice of studying their own teaching methods, situating those methods in the literature, and then investigating the impact of those methods on students (or themselves). Faculty interested in becoming a SoTL Fellow propose to:

• develop and implement a teaching experiment.
• situate that experiment within existing scholarship on teaching and learning.
• share the results of the project with the office of Faculty Development and the broader College community.

When faculty engage in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, they treat their own teaching as an area of scholarly inquiry. The office of Faculty Development views the SoTL Fellows program as a pathway to the Grant Development Fellows program, helping SLCC expand the pool of faculty who are prepared to pursue externally funded projects, and whose work contributes to student, institutional, and community success.

Award Information

$2,500 will be awarded per fellowship (payments will be made in December and April). The duration for each award is twelve months, with the program beginning and ending in April. Faculty Fellows will participate in:

• The application process, applications are due April 22, 2025.
• Completion of an RFP form (this initiates the payment process).
• A cohort launch meeting the week of May 19, 2025.
• CITI training and certification for responsible research with human subjects (8+ hours) or other applicable training sessions with the Office of Data Science and Analytics on how to complete an IRB and analyze data.
• Monthly check-in meetings to discuss research projects with fellows and SoTL Fellows facilitator May – April.
• Developing the SoTL project methodology prior to August 1st and then conducting the research to be performed as a part of this fellowship and analyzing and contextualizing project data.
• A final presentation at the end of the Spring term where the project is shared with the SLCC community.

Eligibility Information

Full-time SLCC Faculty are invited to apply. Up to two faculty members may submit a collaborative proposal (as fellows). There is no limit to the number of faculty that may assist on each proposal (as non-fellows). Prior awardees can apply again but preference will be given to new awardees. This will not impact collaborative proposals.

Application & Deadline

SoTL Fellow Applications are due April 22 , 2025 with awardees decided upon by April 29, 2025. Applications may be submitted at any point during the Spring Semester.

The application consists of a few demographic questions and a 1-3 paragraph abstract that addresses each of the criteria listed below:

• Describe your area of research and research question.
• Contextualize your research within the existing literature on the topic.
• Describe your research methodology (ex how do you plan to collect and assess your data).
• Address how will this research positively impact your teaching and/or SLCC students.

Inclusion within the program will be based upon the applicant’s addressing of the above criteria. Submit your application here: SoTL Fellowship Application (Coming Soon!).

If you would like support with your SoTL application please contact us at facultydevelopment@slcc.edu or the SoTL Fellows cohort leader Christina Holm, cholm16@slcc.edu.