Instructional Improvement
Instructional Improvement Grants provide funds typically between $250-$1,000 for small-scale projects to improve existing courses, develop new courses, evaluate instruction, and assess curricular needs. Instructional Improvement Grants are designed to promote innovative instruction for specific needs within a given course. Projects and activities generally include the purchase of teaching or learning materials. For additional information, including application instructions refer to the Educational Grant Guidelines for application instructions. Projects may include:
- Proposals that identify with the 2015-2020 Strategic Plan particularly Students SI 1, and SI 3, are encouraged
- Develop service learning and civic engagement
- Promote active learning and engagement
- Foster undergraduate research
- Development, redesign, and implementation of course materials
- Innovations in teaching methods or approaches
- Inclusive teaching practices that foster success for all students
- Assessment of courses
- Innovative applications technology in the classroom
- Initiating research projects in the classroom
- Incorporation of multicultural perspectives through instructional techniques
The Office of Academic Affairs especially welcomes multi-disciplinary or team-taught projects, projects that involve large lecture classes, particularly at the lower division level, classes that have multiple sections, and/or classes with large enrollments.