Instructional Improvement & Professional Development

(IIPD) Grant Program

Purpose of the ProgramThe purpose of the IIPD Grant Program is to support “faculty professional development to ensure continued growth, develop new avenues of instruction and curriculum, and to enhance the professional lives of faculty for increased student learning, achievement and success.”

IIPD Grant Program OverviewIIPD grants are made possible through funding provided by the Grand Rapids Community College Foundation.

The IIPD Grant Program is administered by the GRCC Grants and Resource Development Office.

IIPD grants are awarded twice each fiscal year during funding rounds in October and March.

Maximum grant award is $5,000 per applicant.

FY 2012 IIPD Award Recipients

Judith Bezile Course Technology Cengage Learning Conference $1,608

Rebecca Brinks Oxford Roundtable on Early Childhood Literacy$3,627

Lori DeBie American Library Association Conference$1,658

B. Nan Schichtel American Library Association Conference / Officer $2,829

Keith St. Clair Seminar on Cuba in the Global Community$4,000

Susan Williams American Historical Association Conference$1,066

Yan Bai Am. Western Political Science Association Conference$1,604

Judith Jankowski Paramount Wellness Institute$2,835

Stacey Heisler National Assoc. for Academic Advising Annual Institute$2,650

Matthew Douglas Study Monarch Butterfly in Central and Northern Brazil $4,500

Filippo Tagliati Art installation for Art Prize 2012$3,500

Laura Moody Accompany AD248/258 nursing students to Costa Rica$2,200

Kellie Roblin ESL certification$3,255

Tom Boersma FABTECH Conference$1,281

Angus Campbell Culinary Olympics$2,863

Robert Schultz Culinary stages in Hawaii$3,130

Linda Spoelman, Janice Chapman: Reading Apprenticeship Training$3,390 each

Shavval Reid Fleming, Joan Gearns: Natl. Council of Teachers of English$2,700/$775

Colleen Becker Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages $2,348

IIPD Grant Criteria Meet the Mission, and Strategic Priorities and Outcomes of

GRCC Create an impact on learning and enhances student success Increase the potential for the development of new avenues of

instruction Include a clear and comprehensive plan for assessing the

impact on student learning Engage others in the learning process by disseminating activity

results with the wider campus community

IIPD Grant Criteria Meet the applicant’s departmental objectives

Foster the applicant’s professional development goals

Fit with the applicant’s existing responsibilities

Broaden the impact of the IIPD program by supporting individuals who have not received an IIPD grant in the past

Implemented within a year from the date of the award

Applicant Requirements IIPD grants are available to all permanent full-time GRCC

faculty members who have successfully completed two years of probation, are actively working, and have not received an IIPD grant within the last two years.

Grant recipients are required to submit a report of the completed grant activity to the Grants Office which will be posted on the Center for Teaching Excellence website.

Shared Learning To increase the impact on student learning and enhance

student success, IIPD Grant recipients are expected to share what they have learned as a result of their grant-funded activity.

The GRCC Center for Teaching Excellence assists grant recipients in implementing shared learning experiences for faculty, staff and the broader community.

Shared Learning Shared learning activities can include presentations at faculty

Learning Day sessions, departmental presentations, campus-wide or public presentations to other educational institutions or community-based groups.

Video presentations can also be shared on the Center for Teaching Excellence website. Presentations can describe new avenues of instruction, changes in curriculum or teaching strategies or other activities that will result in enhanced student success.

IIPD Grant Application Process All IIPD Grant Application materials are available on the GRCC

Grants website at www.grcc.edu/iipdgrants.

Grant application deadlines are published in GRCC Today, posted on the GRCC website at www.grcc.edu/iipdgrants, and announced through all-faculty emails and printed materials.

The 2012-2013 IIPD Grant Deadlines are:• October 12, 2012 - 4:30 p.m.• March 8, 2013 - 4:30 p.m.

IIPD Application Review Process During funding rounds, the IIPD Committee reviews each

application and makes recommendations for funding.

The IIPD Committee consists of faculty members from a cross-section of academic departments.

Members of the IIPD Committee are appointed by the Academic Governing Council for three-year terms, renewable for 1 additional term.

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