Academics

Master Teacher Program

Launched in 2008 to meet strategic goals in strengthening teaching programs

Guiding principle: “Teaching is Job One”

Mission: Provide the resources, programs & leadership that support the highest quality of professionalism & instruction within the various educational missions of the college.

Participation: Built around voluntary & committed participation of core members, with individual sessions open to all faculty & staff. Goal: Ongoing professional development toward mastery, as opposed to recognition or exclusion. Participants point to the program as particularly useful in improving their teaching methods, materials or communication; their ability to assess students; and the learning environment in their classroom. The program has been highlighted in recruitment of new faculty members and is gaining attention as a model for other institutions.

November 2015: Master Teacher Program awarded the UT Gamma Sigma Delta chapter's Team Award for its outstanding contribution to teaching in agriculture and related disciplines.

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Summer 2017 Schedule (8 a.m., Sequoyah Room)
Date	Topic	Speaker(s)
Jul. 27*	Accommodations in the Clinic	Teressa Gregory, Annazette Houston, & David Ndiaye–UT Office of Student Disability Services
Aug. 17	Approach to Mid-block and Mid-course Evaluation	Dr. Zenithson Ng & Dr. Shelly Olin–UTCVM Dept of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Sept. 21	Maintaining Academic Integrity	TBD
Oct. 19	Millennials	TBD
Nov. 16 (Tickle Seminar Rm)	Cutting the Fat from Your Course	TBD

Education Funding Opportunities

UT Faculty Fellow Program

https://oit.utk.edu/instructional/development/fellows/Pages/default.aspx

Focus: Advancing exemplary teaching and enriching the experience of students by implementing projects that enhance their department's use of instructional technologies.

UT Experience Learning Faculty Development Grants

http://experiencelearning.utk.edu/faculty-development-grants/

Focus: Faculty development/course redesign using experiential learning and strengthening co-curricular and extra-curricular experiences (outside of the classroom) rooted in experiential learning.

UT Faculty First Grant

https://oit.utk.edu/instructional/development/faculty-first/Pages/default.aspx

Focus: Instructional development for effective uses of technology in teaching. Long-term partnership between a faculty member and OIT to develop digital instructional materials or to reshape an entire course.

UT Teaching for Innovation Grants

http://tenntlc.utk.edu/teaching-for-innovation-2/

Focus: Assist faculty with course design/redesign, integrating active learning and engagement pedagogies. Faculty teaching in core courses necessary for student progression are especially encouraged to apply. $3,000 each.

UT Teaching for Impact Grants

http://tenntlc.utk.edu/teaching-for-impact/

Focus: Assist faculty with incorporating one or more active learning strategies or metacognitive strategies into their courses. Faculty teaching in undergraduate general education courses are especially encouraged to apply. $500 each.

Ford Foundation

http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants

Focus: Reducing poverty and injustice; promoting democratic values; and advancing human knowledge, creativity and achievement.

NIH R25

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm#

Focus: Promoting an appreciation for and interest in biomedical research, provide additional training in specific areas, and/or to develop ways to disseminate scientific discovery into public health and community applications.