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Outline:Policies
Professional Education Fellows (PEF) at
Eastern Kentucky University will consist of faculty members from
across the University who have an interest in working with the
schools to establish and maintain strong P-12 relationships.
Requirements for PEF Membership include the following:
- Hold a full-time faculty appointment at Eastern Kentucky
University
- Commit to serving as a fellow for up to three years with
annual renewal
- Agree to spend no less than the equivalent of
two-weeks of full-time activity in a P-12 school setting for
each year of PEF service
- Prepare a brief proposal (see below for explanation)
outlining a collaborative plan for a three-year P-12 commitment
which will be submitted to and evaluated for acceptance into the
program
- Be trained to serve as a Teacher Educator in the Kentucky
Teacher Internship Program (KTIP) with an opportunity to serve
in the program,
- Participate in planning and attend a series of Innovative
Instructional Practices conferences sponsored by the Center for
Renewal of Schools and the Education Professions
- Demonstrate innovative instructional and assessment
practices for other EKU faculty through the EKU Center for
Teaching and Learning, and
- Submit a report of PEF activities and accomplishments to the
PEF Committee by May 15 of each year of service for
consideration for annual renewal of PEF service.
Benefits of PEF Membership will include the following:
- Training in cutting-edge instructional and assessment
strategies
- Opportunities to work directly with P-12 faculty,
on-site, in an area of academic interest
- Over-load compensation of $1,500 per year, for each
year’s commitment.
- Funding up to $1,000 for professional development for
each year of service (Any hardware purchased with these
funds will be ordered through the Office of Field Services
and Professional Development, assigned to the use of the PEF,
and maintained in the inventory of the Office of Field
Services and Professional Development. If the PEF
should leave the employment of EKU the hardware must be
returned to the Office of Field Services and Professional
Development)
- Reimbursement for all travel expenses to the P-12 site(s),
and
- Supplies necessary to initiate the outreach program
outlined in the proposal.
The Project Proposal will be submitted by each PEF applicant and
will include the following:
- Identification of the specific P-12 site in which the PEF will
work
- Identification of the specific academic area/grade level in which the PEF
will work
- Outline of the specific goals and objectives for the PEF
involvement, for each of the three years
- Outline of the activities to be pursued during the three years, and
- A list of three expected outcomes, written in specific terms, in
each of three areas- personal/professional, institutional (EKU and
the P-12 setting), and students (EKU and P-12)
- Upon acceptance, if no school partner site has been identified, the information about the proposal will be communicated to P-12
schools across the EKU service region and beyond, to identify a partner site.
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