Teaching Enhancement through Scholarly Inquiry (TESI) Program
Teaching Enhancement through Scholarly Inquiry (TESI) Program
The Teaching Enhancement through Scholarly Inquiry (TESI) Program supports both new and experienced Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) practitioners over a two-year period through a collaborative, personally relevant, and active cohort-based learning experience.
At the centre of the TESI Program is a SoTL project to be completed by participants on a proposed inquiry idea of their choice. To support participant learning and the planning, implementation, and dissemination of their projects, participants engage in six coordinated core activities throughout the program that align with the principles of effective professional learning. In addition, each project will receive a $6000 grant to facilitate their project implementation.
Interested candidates in the TESI Program should review:
- Program goals
- Core activities
- Eligibility requirements and participant expectations
- Roles and responsibilities
- Project funding guidelines
- How to apply
Next offering: Winter 2024 semester
Capacity: 15 project proposals will be accepted into the Winter 2024 program offering through a non-competitive process (i.e., the program will fill in order of eligible applications received).
Note: If capacity for the program is filled, additional applications that meet eligibility requirements will be placed on a waitlist and receive priority registration for the next program offering.
Application deadline: February 9, 2024
Program Schedule:
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January 24, 2024
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Call for proposals opens
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February 9, 2024
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Deadline for proposal submission
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February 13, 2024
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Notifications of acceptance released
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February 19 – March 15, 2024
(weekly schedule) |
SoTL Foundations Institute Workshops
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April 15, 2024
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Project proposals due to the program facilitator
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April 2024 – December 2024
(exact dates TBD) |
Community of Practices meetings
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May 2024 – March 2026
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Project implementation (extensions may be permitted on a case-by-case basis)
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April 30, 2026
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Final Reflection and Summary Report due
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About SoTL
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a systematic approach to evaluating one’s own teaching practices in higher education to understand how those practices impact student development. SoTL involves:
- asking meaningful questions about student development and how one’s teaching is impacting that development
- answering those questions through methodologically appropriate and rigorous inquiry
- disseminating one’s findings publicly with the goal of strengthening the practice of teaching
Across Canada and in many other countries, post-secondary institutions are supporting teaching effectiveness through the systematic training of educators to become independent SoTL practitioners. At Memorial, we also wish to recognize and promote teaching innovation through educator-led, data-driven investigations into teaching and learning.