Researching Our Teaching Practice: The Preservice Experience (TEACH)

TEACH Project Application Form 2008 (166 KB PDF)

TEACH Project Application Form 2008 (79 KB WORD)
Applications due: June 16, 2008
Graduate Studies and Bureau of Research, Rm. A106
Terms of Reference [Nov. 9, 2004]

Purpose

TEACH is designed to encourage faculty to study and to enhance their teaching practice in the preservice program. Funding will be provided for projects such as action research and applied research to be conducted by tenure stream and adjunct faculty, as well as graduate teaching fellows and staff with teaching responsibilities. Applications are invited from individuals and small groups. So that the maximum number of projects may be funded, each researcher may submit only one application.

All projects supported by TEACH will contribute directly to the Faculty’s commitment to “supporting and recreating teaching and learning through research.” These projects are intended to contribute to the quality of our teacher education program and may enhance our relationship with associate schools.

Eligibility

Applicants must satisfy one of the following criteria:

• Hold a Tenure-track/Continuing appointment
• Hold a Tenured/Continuing appointment
• Hold a Continuing Adjunct appointment
• Hold a Renewable Adjunct appointment
• Hold an Adjunct 1 appointment
• Hold a Graduate Teaching Fellow (GTF) appointment

Note: Although teacher candidates, classroom teachers, and graduate students (who do not hold a GTF) may have significant involvement in projects, full responsibility for project planning, development, and management lies with individuals who satisfy one of the above criteria and are substantially involved in all aspects of the project.

Call for Proposals

Applications are due June 12, 2008, Graduate Studies and Bureau of Research, A106.

Funding

TEACH project budgets may range from a few hundred dollars to $3,000. Funds may be used for any reasonable expenses, including the following:

• graduate research assistants;
• purchase of books and teaching materials;
• software employed by the project;
• transportation/travel costs for project purposes;
• release time for teachers;
• photocopying, duplicating, telephone, and other incidental expenses;

Funds are to be used in the fiscal year the award is made, and will not be used for faculty release time. The Adjudication Committee will not consider applications for expenses already incurred. Funds not used within the fiscal year of the award will be returned.

In keeping with Queen's policy, resources purchased with TEACH funds will remain the property of the University. (In projects involving collaboration with schools, arrangements may be made for resource sharing on a case-by-case basis.)

All payments should be consistent with current Faculty of Education policies (e.g., travel by automobile) and University policies (e.g., travel by rail, bus, or airplane; limitations on graduate student research assistants' time commitments). Payments to research assistants should be at a rate appropriate for their qualifications. In the case where there are more proposals than can be funded, proposals that contain responses to the question about partial support will be given priority.

Timing (2008/2009 fiscal year)

• Call for proposals:  April 14, 2008
• Proposals due:  June 16, 2008
• Adjudication complete:  early July
• August 1 - April: use of funds
• April 23: financial statement (with supporting documentation)
• All grant holders must submit a brief report, including the impact the award had on their work, within 6 months of the termination of the award.  Grant holders who fail to submit a report will be ineligible for further grants.  Submit these to Education Graduate Studies and Bureau of Research Office.

Adjudication Criteria

Preference will be given to TEACH proposals for work that:

• involves improvement of preservice teaching;
• embodies action research or applied research;
• adds significantly to Faculty knowledge about preservice teaching;
• makes effective, efficient, and creative use of resources;
• includes collegial professional development;
• connects theory and practice.

Adjudication

All applications will be adjudicated by a committee appointed by the Dean. The committee will include internal and external educators with expertise in action research and applied research.

How to Apply

• Step 1: Project Proposal
  A description (maximum 2 pages in 12 pt. font) of the proposed TEACH project, indicating the title and focus of the improvement of preservice teaching. A clear statement of the methods proposed: (a) to improve teaching and (b) to record the process and findings. References may be attached to the two-page proposal. Note: If the proposal is for research that involves participation of human participants, Ethics Review will be required.
• Step 2: CV
  Append a CV (maximum 3 pages) which includes recent listings of: preservice courses taught, publications, and grants.
• Step 3: Proposed Budget
  Complete the Researching Our Teaching Practice: The Preservice Experience (TEACH) application form.
• Step 4: Submit
  Submit 5 copies of the complete application by June 16, 2008, to the Graduate Studies and Bureau of Research Office, Faculty of Education, Rm. A106.
• TEACH Application Form

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