FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Faculty are encouraged to apply for various forms of support made available by and through the College to advance their teaching and creative work. At present, three types of Faculty Development awards are available :

Information and application forms can be downloaded by clicking on appropriate links above. Brief explanations of each fund or award, and selected links to other grant and residency opportunities, are given below.

Faculty are also kept apprised of grant, exhibition and other opportunities via periodic e-mail announcements from the Montserrat Gallery Office. These announcements are also posted on the bulletin board just outside the Faculty Lounge in Hardie.
 

Faculty Development fund

the following section is taken directly from the Faculty Handbook

5.14 Faculty Development

5.14.1     Purpose of Faculty Development Fund
Faculty Development Funds support professional development, individual or collaborative, including projects and other activities that will help advance a faculty member's teaching or professional career. The goals of a faculty development proposal may include:

1. Projects or activities related to professional accomplishment in one’s field of expertise.
2. Mentoring or coaching support in classroom teaching areas identified as requiring improvement in a faculty evaluation.
3. Increasing knowledge of media, technology, diversity, or other relevant activities related to teaching.

5.14.2     Eligibility and Application
All faculty members (full-time or part-time) are encouraged to apply for funds by submitting a Faculty Development Proposal Form to the Dean. Faculty Development funds are available both fall and spring semesters. Applications received before the beginning of each semester will receive priority for that semester. Faculty Development proposals will be reviewed by the Dean.

5.14.3     Faculty Development proposals
Faculty Development proposals under $500 will be reviewed by the Dean; proposals over $500 will be reviewed by the Dean with consultation of the President or Vice President of Finance.

5.14.4     Criteria Used in Awarding Funds
The criteria used by the Dean for allocating funds are: consistency with goals; diversity of projects; balance among a broad range of faculty; availability of funds.

Cornelia Endowed Faculty Development Award

Awards from the Cornelia Endowed Fund will be given on an annual basis to one or more faculty to support innovative, high quality proposals for the professional development of Montserrat faculty. Proposals can be for individual or collaborative projects or other activities that advance faculty’s teaching effectiveness and/or professional careers as artists. The award available this year is $500. All faculty, full and part-time are eligible for these awards.

This fund is established by Gail and Ernst von Metzsch, in honor of Ernst’s mother, Cornelia von Metzsch. As a young woman, Cornelia was able to have a university education and later married and raised a family of three children. Her life completely changed during World War II when she escaped with her children to Australia from Indonesia, before Japan invaded the Indonesian islands. She raised her children on her own, before it was fashionable and acceptable to be a single parent, and instilled in them the need for education and a love of the arts. As a result, all three of her children are artistically talented. This fellowship is established as a fitting tribute to her influence as a great educator and a loving mother.

Luz Dorrien Faculty Development Award

Awards from the Luz Dorrien Faculty Development Fund will be given on an annual basis to one or more faculty to support innovative, high quality proposals for the professional development of Montserrat faculty. Proposals can be for individual or collaborative projects or other activities that advance faculty’s teaching effectiveness and/or professional careers as artists. The award available this year is $1000. All full and part-time faculty are eligible for these awards.

This award is made possible thanks to the generosity of Carlos Dorrien. Mr. Dorrien is a former, long-time member of the Board of Trustees, a Montserrat alumnus, a faculty member in sculpture at Wellesley College and an internationally known sculptor. This award is dedicated to his mother's memory.

other grant and residency opportunities

Burren College of Art artist residencies
 

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