Inclusive Teaching Fellows Program

Call for Applications is Now Open! (See Below)

The Inclusive Teaching Fellows program is an opportunity for you to partner with CATLR as we advance teaching practices promoting equity and a sense of belonging across Northeastern. The goal of this work is to increase learning for all students, especially those from populations whose learning needs have been systemically underserved (e.g., first generation students, those with international student status, women in STEM).

As a CATLR Inclusive Teaching Fellow, you will work with a CATLR staff partner and other Fellows to identify inclusive practices that you want to incorporate or expand in your own teaching, document the results, and develop materials and experiences to help other faculty adopt those practices themselves. As a Fellow, your  work will include the following forms of engagement and production of deliverables:

• Collaborate with a CATLR partner across the year as you adopt or expand specific inclusive practices in your teaching, with a focus on gathering data to assess its effectiveness;
• Meet monthly with the CATLR team and other Fellows to share insights and effective practices;
• Conduct an environmental scan of other Northeastern educators potentially interested in your area/practices of focus;
• Co-develop and co-facilitate one University-wide event with your CATLR partner to help others adopt an inclusive teaching practice;
• Gather a comprehensive collection of resources about your area/practices of focus (research literature, web resources, etc.) to generate a substantive evidence-based resource for educators to include in the CATLR website and newsletter;
• Draw on your own experience adapting one or more inclusive strategies in your teaching, along with evidence in the literature, to develop a step-by-step a guide for other faculty to use in adopting the inclusive teaching practice(s) that are your area(s) of focus;
• Participate in an Inclusive Teaching Fellows panel at the annual CAEBL conference.

STIPEND:

Inclusive Teaching Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,500 per person for full participation in the program.

ELIGIBILITY AND COMMITMENT: 

The Inclusive Teaching Fellows Program is open to full-time faculty who will be teaching at least one for-credit course during the 2025 calendar year at Northeastern University. We welcome applicants from across all of the Northeastern network. 

As an Inclusive Teaching Fellow, you need to commit fully to active participation in the following program components:

1. Collaborative planning sessions with the CATLR team,
2. Documentation of your teaching practice to share your work with other faculty, and
3. The development of events and resources for faculty.

APPLICATION INFORMATION: 

Application deadline is 5:00 PM ET, Thursday November 14, 2024. Selections will be announced November 25, 2024.

Information Sessions will be offered at the following times

• Friday, October 4: 10:00-10:45 AM ET
• Wednesday, October 16: 2:00-2:45 PM ET

APPLICATION FORM:

The form prompts you to submit the following information. Each essay question has a 300 word limit.

Questions

1. Please describe your experience incorporating inclusive practices into your teaching. What have you tried? What have you learned? What reflections do you currently have about your practice as an inclusive instructor?
2. Please describe your experience helping others develop their own teaching practice. Have you developed learning communities, workshops, and/or resources? What was the experience like? What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses around this work?
3. What topics or practices would you like to pursue in partnership with CATLR during your year as a Fellow? What are you curious about now? What student learning experiences are you wanting to learn more about or improve?

Supporting Documents

Optional: Samples from your courses or other materials that you feel would be helpful to support your answers above.

Required: A PDF of an email or a letter indicating support from your department Chair for participation in this program.

Required: The most recent version of your CV.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Application form link (opens in new tab) https://neu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bI17HmdatYCtMmq