Cultivating Civic Character for the Common Good (C4G) - Center for Economic & Civic Learning (CECL)
We are looking for 7-10 faculty members for the C4G Community of Practice:
- Stipend: $1,000 per participant
- Term: Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026 (August 2025–July 2026)
- Time Commitment: Approximately 2–4 hours/week (biweekly small-group sessions, light prep/implementation, brief reflection/evaluation)
About C4G: C4G is a new campus-wide initiative to infuse civic character into curriculum and co-curricular learning while scaling the new Civic Studies Minor. The project is supported by Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative (ECI) with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
What You’ll Do in the Community of Practice
- Adapt your teaching: Pilot at least one character-infused course element (unit, assignments, or activity) in a course during the fellowship year.
- Meet and collaborate: Join biweekly 60–90 minute sessions for peer exchange and feedback; schedule occasional one-on-one consults as needed.
- Recruit and amplify: Introduce the Civic Studies Minor to students through brief class visits, advising materials, or conversations.
- Evaluate and share: Complete short reflections or surveys, and contribute teaching notes and materials to CECL’s repository.
- Engage with ECI: Participate in ECI-aligned workshops and use acknowledgment language on any public-facing products.
Eligibility: Ball State full-time faculty (tenure-line or non-tenure-line) from any discipline. Interest in character education, civic learning, dialogue across differences, community-engaged teaching, or assessment.
Compensation & Time
- $1,000 stipend
- Plan for 2–4 hours/week across the term (biweekly meetings, light prep, and piloting in a course). This is consistent with common faculty learning-community models.
- Attend multi day summer 2026 workshop on civics and character
Deliverables
- One character-infused classroom activity or module, with a short teaching note and rubric if applicable.
- Participation in CoP discussions and feedback.
- Brief reflection or evaluation of your work, submitted to CECL.
- Materials archived with CECL, acknowledged per ECI guidelines.
How to Apply: Submit the application by October 15th
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Acknowledgment: This project is supported by a grant from Wake Forest University and Lilly Endowment Inc. The opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Wake Forest University or Lilly Endowment Inc.