CTL - Professional Development

Salem State Colleges offers resources to faculty to promote scholarly research and innovative teaching, including:

Research and Writing Initiative (RWI): a program where participants share and respond to each other’s writing. Presentations address topics such as research funding and navigating the publication process.
Patricia Johnston, x6488, Gayle Fischer, x6399

Bureau of Faculty Research (BFR): assistance in preparation of manuscripts, statistical analysis and editing services. The BFR is located LIB 304.
Earl Scharfenberger, x6470 or x6280

Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI): assistance to faculty and teaching support staff on the development of strategies and effective techniques in classroom pedagogy, instructional design, instructional technology, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The CTI is located in LIB 312. Marc Boots-Ebenfield, x6718

Graduate Research Assistants: applications for a Research Assistant should be submitted to the Graduate School by November 1. Graduate School Office, x7044

Funding for Professional Development (MSCA Continuing Scholarship Fund): Contractual funding for professional development is administered in compliance with the MSCA/Board of Higher Education collective bargaining agreement.
Amie Marks Goodwin, x6241

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		The Summer Grant Program provides support to faculty and librarians in developing and testing pedagogical projects aimed at improving teaching and learning during the next academic year. Applicants are encouraged to develop proposals that will test innovative teaching methods and to develop assessment procedures to measure the outcome of the innovation. Summer Grant recipient: Mary Byrne (School of Social Work) “Electrifying” the MSW Field Education Curriculum: Field Education Resource Connection Sample Grant