Community Engaged Teaching Fellows

Community Engaged Teaching Fellows

The Community Engaged Teaching Fellows program provides educators at UBC Vancouver with a structured and a cohort-based pathway to design community-engaged educational experiences. Faculty who join the Fellows’ community are eligible for a grant of up to $5000, supporting the effective development and delivery of community engaged learning in their courses and programs.

SessionsThemes & Topics
1) Introduction: Goals process and overviewOverview of community engaged learning pedagogy and the Fellows program
2) Processes and principlesValues, typologies, and principles of community engaged learning
3) Course design and partnershipAligning a community’s strength with course objectives 
4) Student reflection and assessmentLearning outcomes (intellectual, social, and emotional)
5) Community engagement as scholarshipDefining and creating roadmaps for engaged scholarship

How to Sign Up

To be eligible for the program, you must commit to five in-person sessions in August 2024.

If you are a UBC faculty member interested in joining this cohort program, please contact the Centre for Community Engaged Learning at community.learning@ubc.ca with a brief explanation of your goals for joining this year’s cohort. The deadline to express your interest is April 30, 2024.