Spring 2008 
Collaborative Faculty Partnerships.

Collaborative Faculty Partnerships: Bridging the Academic Gap by Developing Common Academic Expectations

Secondary and postsecondary educators will work collaboratively to create academic and assessment strategies that promote students' academic success.

They will work in pairs by shared content areas to develop and implement a specific project to increase students' academic performance and critical thinking skills.  They will also identify practical and meaningful assessment tools to evaluate students’ learning. These 
faculty members will share their results with colleagues in a variety of ways.  Each participating faculty member will receive a $700 stipend for their complete involvement over a full year's commitment.

OUr Goals are to:

.Identify shared expectations for students' success
.Increase students’ academic performance
.Promote collaborative efforts amongsecondary and postsecondary educators 
.Identify effective and meaningful strategies for learning assessment
.Obtain quantifiable results to share with colleagues across settings.

CONTACT US TODAY:
Office of Educational Partnerships
115 South Street
Middletown,NY 10940
(845) 341-4765
(845) 341-4999 fax

Orange-Ulster BOCES
Division of Instruction
53 Gibson Road
Goshen,NY 10924
(845) 291-0120
(845) 291-0129 fax

BE A PART OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING

SUNY Orange
Office of Educational Partnerships
& the Center for Teaching & Learning

In Partnership with
Orange-Ulster BOCES Instructional Council

TIME COMMITMENT: APPROXIMATELY 17 HOURS
March 14, 2008: Applications Due
April 2, 2008, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Initial introductory/pairing meeting (3 hours).
Early May: Meet with partner as necessary to jointly develop a unit of study, or project. Share your project in writing with the group (2 hours).
May 21, 2008, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Incorporate suggestions and present project to the entire group at a meeting (3 hours).
June/July/August (Due date is August 25, 2008): Refine and report on project development via email (3 hours).
SeptemberNovember: Projects and assessment strategies are fully implemented using quantifiable measures (3 hours).
December 3, 2008, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Findings are presented/shared with the College and the High School colleagues. Information will also be posted online (3 hours).

APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENT

Name:______________ School: __________________
Title:__________________ Degree(s): ______________________
Number of years teaching: __________________________ Email: _____________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone (Day & Eve): ________________________________________

Are you interested in partnering with someone in PARTICULAR? If yes, please provide name & school below:
_____________

On a separate page with your name only, please answer the following questions:
1) How do you describe academic success for students in your classroom?
2) Why are you interested in this type of partnership and what do you hope to learn?
3) What assessment strategies do you currently use to evaluate students’ academic success?
4) Feel free to add anything else that will help the selection committee make a decision.

Selection will be made by a committee of representatives from SUNY Orange, Orange County school districts, and Orange-Ulster BOCES.

SELECTION CRITERIA

- Shared content area matching.
- Thoroughness of the application and supporting document.
- Potential for meaningful results from the partnership for both the faculty and their students in both settings.
- Priority given to English, Math, Social Studies and Science content areas.
 

Please return to the Office of Educational Partnerships at 115 South Street, Middletown, NY 10940 by March 14, 2008.
Fax (845) 341-4999.
Email: rosana.reyesrosello@sunyorange.edu