LEO teaching Resources AND Funds

+TEACHING RESOURCES

The University of Michigan offers a number of teaching resources for instructors on each campus.

Ann Arbor's Center for Research on Learning & Teaching: CRLT is part of the Provost's Office and works with faculty, graduate student instructors (GSIs) and academic administrators in all nineteen schools and colleges to support and enhance learning and teaching at U-M. CRLT offers a comprehensive array of curricular and instructional development activities.

Find out more at: https://crlt.umich.edu/

Dearborn's Hub for Teaching & Learning Resources: The Hub for Teaching and Learning Resources (often referred to simply as the “Hub”) collaborates with faculty to strengthen a campus teaching culture rooted in scholarship that supports student learning, encourages measured pedagogical risk-taking, fosters teaching for equity, and builds community among faculty and students.

Find out more at: https://umdearborn.edu/hub-teaching-learning-resources

Flint's Thompson Center for Learning & Teaching: The Thompson Center for Learning & Teaching acknowledges and advances excellence in teaching throughout campus and across all modalities. The center assists faculty in their efforts to deepen knowledge of their current teaching practice, explore new methods for promoting active learning, and incorporate new technologies into teaching.

Find out more at: https://www.umflint.edu/tclt/

+SYLLABUS INSERT: BEST PRACTICES FOR FACULTY/STUDENT INTERACTIONS

The Faculty Senate Sexual Misconduct Working Group developed a [Best Practices for Faculty / Student Interactions Syllabus Insert].

Instructors make 5 pledges in this document:

1. To conduct office hours with the door open unless the student requests a closed-door meeting;
2. To document meeting times with students so that this record can be reviewed;
3. To meet students individually only at university venues;
4. To conduct off-campus meetings only at places where alcohol is not served;
5. To communicate electronically with students only on university platforms and not on social media, text, and non-university apps.

+PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR LEO LECTURERS

As a result of our recent negotiations, we have made some positive changes to the LEO Professional Development Funds available to lecturers on all three campuses. We hope many of you will apply.

The committees on each campus are now required to review applications no less than five times per year.

Each lecturer can now receive up to $1500, up from $1000. You can apply to the fund more than once until you reach the individual maximum.

When applying, you will increase your chances of securing funds if you show, concretely and specifically, how the proposed activity will benefit your teaching.

To apply in Ann Arbor, go here. To apply in Dearborn, go here. To apply in Flint, go here.

+LEO INCLUSIVE TEACHING GRANT

The LEO Inclusive Teaching Grant was an important win for all three campuses in the last contract campaign. Recently in negotiations, we secured additional funding for the next three years! This fund can provide lecturers seeking to better engage in inclusive teaching practices up to $1,200 in support for their proposals, and there is a wide range of how one can use the funds. Applications for grants must be submitted on or before May 15th for Dearborn and Ann Arbor campuses, though applications can be submitted at any time if there are funds available at all campuses.

To apply in Ann Arbor, go here. To apply in Dearborn, go here. To apply in Flint, go here.

+ FLINT

Students on the UM-Flint campus can apply for a LEO-sponsored scholarship via the campus’s general scholarship application. $2,000 in scholarships are awarded each year, and each scholarship will be at least $500 and no more than $1,000. Under question 2.9 of the form, dependents of union members may indicate their status as such and submit an additional essay to apply for the LEO scholarship. Preference is given first to dependents of LEO members.

+ DEARBORN

UM-Dearborn students can apply for a LEO-sponsored scholarship through the campus Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships website. $2,000 in scholarships are awarded each year, and the deadline to apply is March 1 for the following academic year.

+ ANN ARBOR

The LEO Union Scholarship on Ann Arbor campus is for undergraduate and graduate students who are dependents of a member of a union. Two $1,000 scholarships are awarded each year. This scholarship is administered by the Office of Financial Aid. See here to apply for the 2022/2023 academic year. The deadline is February 1.