Immigration Reform and Control Act

INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND ENGAGED LEARNING (INTEL) PROGRAM AND COMMITTEE

As Adopted by the Faculty Assembly, April 25, 2014

Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning (INTEL) activities are central to the enhanced curriculum and student learning and to faculty development more broadly. One of the five strategic priorities of VWU’s emerging strategic plan - Support Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning - is the direct focus, and partially an outgrowth, of the work undertaken by the initial current Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Advisory Group. A Center for Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning is under development that will provide leadership and support for new academic initiatives and facultydevelopment that promote our strategic institutional commitments to students' intellectual inquiry, active learning and civic engagement.

The Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Committee will work to: • advise and facilitate the activities of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning on core capacities necessary for experiential learning both in and outside of the classroom • grow Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning-related faculty knowledge and skills • design an institutional infrastructure supporting Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning • cultivate an academic culture of Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning • nurture Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning-related partner relationships with

community organizations

Tasks undertaken by the current Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Advisory Group to date includebut have not beenlimited to: initiatives and facultydevelopment supportive of institutional strategic commitments to “inquiry,” active learning, service, and civic engagement; building capacity and sustainability; highlightingcareer connections; strengthening community-based learningprogramming and communitypartnerships; establishingassessment protocols; and facilitatinga range of Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning-related faculty development opportunities.

The Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Committee

Structure: The Committee shall consist of eight faculty members. These members shall be the Director of Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning, one librarian with faculty status, and eight other members of the faculty, 2 of whom who are elected by each School for staggered three year terms.

Members: • Director of Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning • Eight faculty members (2 from each School, elected by Schools, all for staggered three year terms) • One librarian with faculty status

Election: Members of the Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Committee will serve three year