Partnering with students in the development of the teaching and learning environment provides a meaningful opportunity to enhance important academic and transferrable skills while also fostering a student-centred learning environment.<\/p>\n
The Students as Partners Program (SaPP) offers faculty, instructors, contract instructors and learning support staff the opportunity to provide a paid work experience to undergraduate students interested in teaching innovation, with funding provided by Teaching and Learning Services. Through SaPP, and collaboration with students, we can support the implementation of innovative teaching practices and develop our classrooms to meet the needs of learners.<\/p>\n
Healey et al. (2014: 8-9) highlight four areas where students as partners in teaching and learning can be an experiential learning opportunity: learning, teaching and assessment design; curriculum design and pedagogic consultancy; subject-based research and inquiry (I-CUREUS<\/a>); and the scholarship of teaching and learning. As such, SaPP seeks to engage students in different course-level projects and activities<\/strong>, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n The projects funded through SaPP must provide an opportunity for students to contribute to the academic directions of the projects; they are not meant to resemble a teaching assistant or to simply alleviate instructor\/staff workload.<\/p>\n Get a glimpse into the world of hands-on learning – hear from past participants<\/a>. You can also learn more about engaging students as partners in the literature samples<\/a> below.<\/p>\n All faculty, instructors, contract instructors and staff members working on relevant teaching projects are eligible to apply.<\/p>\n Student applicants must:<\/p>\n Projects must:<\/p>\n Priority will be given to those who have not yet participated in SaPP.<\/p>\n Teaching and Learning Services will fund the student partner for no more than 130 hours of work per academic term at minimum wage (plus four per cent vacation pay). Administration of payment to the student partner will be done through the Future Learning Lab.<\/p>\n At the time of application, partners will need to identify the project start date, end date, total hours and approximate hours per week. The work must be completed within the academic term defined on the application.<\/p>\n Staff partners are responsible for ensuring their student partner is on track with the work assigned. Staff partners must notify the Future Learning Lab<\/a> if a project is cancelled or incomplete, or if there are any changes to hours worked.<\/strong><\/p>\n The payment timing may vary depending on the student\u2019s work schedule. Students will receive payment as a single lump sum payment upon completion of the FUSION skills module and the submission of their capstone poster. After submission of the capstone, payment may be delayed subject to the payroll deadlines.<\/p>\n Students are responsible for ensuring their information is up to date in Human Resources and Payroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n Applications will be made available before the beginning of each term for which funding is available. Faculty members, instructors, contract instructors and teaching support staff along with a student partner should jointly complete the online application. Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n Space in the program is limited – applications are not guaranteed to be accepted. Do not begin work on a project that has not yet been approved.<\/p>\n When the number of applications submitted exceeds the number of available spaces in the program, the proposal will be evaluated based on whether the project is in the scope of SaPP, whether the student has participated in SaPP previously, the merits of the four above criteria, whether there is balance across faculties and whether the supervisor has participated in SaPP in the past.<\/p>\n Funded projects will not be considered complete until the capstone poster has been shared with the Future Learning Lab\/Teaching and Learning Services. This must be submitted by the end of the term in which the project took place.<\/p>\n Partners will be invited to present their capstone posters at the annual I-CUREUS and Students as Partners Program Showcase, which generally takes place at the beginning of April. Participation in the showcase is entirely optional.<\/p>\n Fill out the online application form here<\/a>. Please reach out to\u00a0sapp@carleton.ca<\/a>\u00a0with any questions.<\/p>\n\n
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