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Faculty Innovators Awards Program

TLI is proud to announce a call for a new group of Faculty Innovators. We are looking for faculty who are engaging in exciting, innovative pedagogy in their classrooms to participate in interviews about their methods. The interviews will be used to develop a video that will be part of a repository to support faculty who are seeking inspiration and insight for developing their own course materials. The program is open to all full-time tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty at the university.

This program will run during the month of May. TLI will provide the questions and other details ahead of the interview to allow faculty to prepare to ensure a successful experience. Faculty Innovators will work under the guidance of TLI staff to produce the following deliverables:
  • A completed interview session
  • One teaching-related document (syllabus, assessment, lesson plan, etc.)
Upon successful completion of the deliverables, Faculty Innovators will receive $500 in additional pay. This amount will be distributed in the June pay period. 
 
To apply for a Faculty Innovator award, please send the following information to tli@utk.edu by April 28, 2024, at 11:59PM 
  • Name
  • Department
  • Position
  • Description of the innovative pedagogical method are you currently employing in your classroom (250 words max)
  • Description of how students have responded to this approach/What have the results been (100 words max)

 


Former Faculty Innovators

Doug Canfield

Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures | Assessment
Workshops: Facilitating Collaboration in the Classroom & Lifelong Learning in the Classroom.

Laurent Zunino

Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures | Assessment
Workshops: Facilitating Collaboration in the Classroom & Lifelong Learning in the Classroom.

Stephanie Benjamin

Retail, Hospitality & Tourism Management | Inclusive Teaching
Video Resources

Cindy Welch

School of Information Sciences | Inclusive Teaching
Audio Resources

Sarah Harper

Department of Philosophy | Service-Learning

Rossy Toledo

Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures (Spanish Program) | Service-Learning

Cindy Welch

School of Information Science | Inclusive Pedagogy

Stefanie Benjamin

Retail, Hospitality & Tourism Management | Inclusive Pedagogy

Ryan Windeknecht
Department of Philosophy | Experiential Learning Initiative (Game-Based Learning)

Richard Bennett
Civil & Environmental Engineering | Large Classroom Teaching

Rachel McCord
Civil & Environmental Engineering | Large Classroom Teaching

Sarah Harper
Department of Philosophy | Service-Learning Initiative

Marina Maccari-Clayton
Department of History | Experiential Learning Initiative (Role-Playing)

Stefanie Benjamin
Retail, Hospitality & Tourism Management | Inclusive Teaching Initiative

Caroline Wienhold
Department of Biological Sciences | Inclusive Teaching Initiative