Founding Faculty Fellows Application
Due: November 15, 2014 for January 1, 2015 Appointments
The
STEM Transformation Institute reflects FIU’s commitment to advance
research and educational change through evidence-based practices that
will ultimately increase the number of well-prepared STEM professionals,
including teachers, graduating from FIU. The Institute builds on
multidisciplinary collaborations across the Colleges of Arts &
Sciences, Education, and Engineering & Computing to engage all
stakeholders in the community: students, faculty, administrators, local
K12 systems, local colleges, business and industry, foundations, and
national education organizations. Together, we serve as FIU’s response
to national calls for 100,000 new STEM teachers and an additional
1,000,000 STEM professionals by 2020.
The STEM Transformation
Institute is seeking applications for Founding Faculty Fellows. Fellows
will form the core membership that drive the Institute’s future,
directly benefit from the Institute’s activities, and commit to
furthering the Institute’s mission. Fellows are appointed to three-year,
renewable terms.
Benefits for Fellows include:
• Eligibility
to apply for STEM Institute Seed Funding targeting proposal development,
pilot research studies, and/or course innovations. Funding may include
salary, travel, and/or supplies.
• Multidisciplinary collaboration for research and evidence-based STEM instruction at FIU
• Opportunities for external government and foundation funding including:
o New STEM education and/or outreach projects
o Enhanced education outreach components for existing / future projects
• Facilitation of STEM course transformation (design, assessment, and dissemination)
•
Opportunities for external collaborative STEM education research,
instruction, and outreach with universities, K12 systems, and informal
STEM networks
• Recognition and dissemination of your STEM education accomplishments
Fellows are expected to participate in at least two of the following activities:
• Collaborate in innovative STEM education research
• Implement evidence-based instructional approaches in STEM course(s)
• Prepare STEM education and/or education-enhanced proposals
• Participate in STEM Transformation Institute Symposia, Conference and Workshop events
• Attend Disciplined-Based Education Research (DBER) Meetings
• Disseminate STEM education findings (research, teaching, outreach)
• Provide and/or analyze data for STEM education research
• Provide other Fellows with feedback on research, proposals and/or instructional methods.
For
assistance with form submission, contact Robert.Brown@fiu.edu,
Institute Coordinator of Administrative Services. For other questions
contact: Laird.Kramer@fiu.edu, Eric.Brewe@fiu.edu,
Maria.Fernandez9@fiu.edu, and/or Norman.Munroe@fiu.edu.
