Vision:
To create
a multi-institutional collaborative structure and process for advancing
the practice of teaching through scholarly inquiry into student learning.
Mission:
The UW System
Leadership Site will increase knowledge about the practice of scholarly
inquiry into teaching and learning on all UW campuses, supplement campus
SoTL work, support intercampus collaboration in SoTL work, and actively
work to develop a core of faculty from across the system who are experts
in classroom inquiry practices and principles.
Goals:
•
Assist individual UW campuses in understanding the nature and value
of SoTL work;
• Help individuals integrate their existing exploration of teaching
and learning into the scholarship of teaching and learning;
• Help campus groups (departments, programs, committees, etc.)
connect their work to SoTL principles and practices;
• Bring groups and individuals together across traditional barriers
of departments, disciplines, roles (faculty/student, faculty/staff)
and institutional type, to work collaboratively on developing new knowledge
in the practice of teaching;
• Create exemplars of SoTL work in diverse settings across campuses;
• Work directly with those units on campus that are responsible
for faculty development and teaching improvement to connect their work
to SoTL principles and practices;
• Encourage individuals and groups to broaden their perspective
of SoTL in order to address campus and system initiatives and priorities
more effectively;
• Bring about a cultural shift in the way teaching is rewarded
at the department, college, and institutional levels.
Principles
of Practice:
•
Focus on scholarly inquiry into student learning with a goal of improving
our understanding of how students learn
• Commitment to advancing the practice of teaching through building
practitioner knowledge
• Recognition of both the autonomy of individual campuses to work
on classroom inquiry projects and the importance of collaboration on
classroom inquiry projects across campuses
• Continued commitment to inclusion of all UW campuses in Leadership
Site activities
• Focus on linking Leadership Site activities to larger System
strategic directions and campus initiatives
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