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2022 Hybrid Teaching and Learning Workshop for Early Career ReligionFacultyTeachingUndergraduates Schedule of Sessions All Virtual Sessions – Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 EST Session 1 - March 24, 2022 (virtual) Session 2 - April 28, 2022 (virtual) Session 3 - May 26, 2022 (virtual) Session 4 - June 30, 2022 (virtual) In person: July 25-29 Wabash Center in Crawfordsville, Indiana Session 5 - September 22, 2022 (virtual) Session 6 - October 20, 2022 (virtual) Session 7 - December 1, 2022 (virtual) Leadership Team Carolyn M. Jones Medine, Ph.D., University of Georgia Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds,Ph.D.,I.U.P.U.I. Participants Ashleigh Elser,Hampden-Sydney College Brennan Keegan,College of Charleston Denise Flanders,Taylor University Elissa Cutter,Georgian Court University Emily Kahm,College of Saint Mary Joanna Kline,Gordon College Kristyn Sessions,Villanova University Mary Kate Holman,Benedictine University Samah Choudhury,Ithaca College Sarah Emanuel,Loyola Marymount University Scott Ryan,Claflin University Ashlyn Strozier,Georgia State University Seth Gaiters,University of North Carolina Richard Klee,University of Notre Dame For More Information, Please Contact: Paul Myhre Senior Associate Director Wabash Center 301 West Wabash Ave. Crawfordsville, IN 47933 myhrep@wabash.edu Instructions for Leaders Description This workshop invites faculty in their first five years of full-time teaching who are tenure track, continuing term (lecturer, instructor, teaching scholar) and/or full-time contingent faculty to join a relational community of peers and leaders who are committed to creating a collaborative learning cohort of committed and skilled teachers. This collaborative learning cohort will focus on: an understanding of the philosophy and practice of the teaching profession, reflecting on teaching philosophies and practices; sustaining a generativelifeasteacherandfashioning our identities as teachers; negotiating institutions, expectations, and career trajectories; teaching in contexts marked by diversity, particularly in the time of pandemics. The hybrid workshop will gather 14 participants for seven online sessions and an in-person summer session at Wabash Center. Sessions will include small group and plenary discussions, structured and unstructured social time, and time for personal and communal discovery, relaxation, restoration, exercise, meditation, restoration, and shared meals. Workshop Goals To create a collaborative learning cohort of teacher-scholars To create a space toexplore andnavigate the intersectingchallenges of teaching, research, and service To develop the practice of critical reflection on teaching To explore strategies for thriving in institutional,politicaland personal contexts Participant Eligibility Tenure track, continuing term, and/or full-time contingency 1-5 years of full-time teaching Job description or contract that is wholly or primarily inclusive of teaching Teaching in accredited college or university in the United States, Puerto Rico or Canada Doctoral degree awardedbyJanuary 2022 Tenure decision (if applicable) no earlier than January of 2023 Institutional supportand personal commitmentto participate fully in workshop sessions and to complete the teaching fellowship project in 2023 academic year Application Materials Please complete and attach the following documents to the online application: 1. Application Contact Information form 2. Cover letter: Describe how you hope this workshop will support and/or enhance your identity as a teacher-scholar during this stage of your academic career (300 words) Answer in two paragraphs: How has COVID had an impact on your teaching career? (250 words) 3. Brief essay: How doyour contextsand commitments inform, shape, and conflict with your teaching philosophy and practices?(250 words) How has acritical moment inan introductory classshaped your teaching practice?What was the teaching goal for that day? What happened?Howdidyou respond?(250 words) 4. Academic CV (4-page limit) 5. A letter of institutional support for your full participation in this workshop from your Department Chair, Academic Dean, Provost, Vice President, or President. Please have this recommendation uploaded directly to your application according to the online application instructions. Honorarium and Fellowship Participants will receive an honorarium of $3,500 for full participation in the workshop. In addition, participants are eligible to apply for a $2,500 workshop fellowship for work on a teaching project during the 2023 summer and fall term. Read More about Payment of Participants Read More about the Digital Workshop Fellowship Program Important Information Foreign National Information Form Policy on Participation (Digital Cohort) COVID policy