Spring 2024 CSU-wide CSU Teaching Climate Change & Resilience Faculty Learning Community
Faculty participating in the FLC in TCCR will learn from experts in the field about the science behind climate change, the solutions available to counter it, the need to incorporate justice into the conversation and the enormous anxiety all of this produces in our students. The five 90-minute sessions spread evenly throughout the semester will be held over Zoom, which allows faculty to form breakout rooms based on discipline for further discussion and curriculum development. In addition to changing their own courses, participating faculty will also become part of the systemwide network of colleagues focused on issues of climate change that formed after the first FLC, and learn how other faculty incorporate those issues across a wide spectrum of curricular disciplines.
The course is developed and administered by Mark Stemen, in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, in consultation with Zach Justus, in the Office of Faculty Development at CSU, Chico, with support and engagement from the CSU Office of the Chancellor.
Deadline: November 15, 2023
Faculty Learning Communities: There are two faculty learning communities being hosted in Spring 2024. SFSU’s Climate HQ is hosting a self-directed FLC program, where participants self-organize around their a) own educational resource(s), b) own meeting times, and c) proposed pedagogical outcome(s). CSU Chico is hosting a CSU-wide FLC where there is a) existing content on climate change (climate solutions, anxiety, justice and curriculum, b) existing meeting times, and c) determined outcomes. If you are interested in applying to the SFSU Climate HQ FLC instead of the CSU-wide FLC, please see the call for applications here.
Purpose: The CSU Teaching Climate Change & Resilience Faculty Learning Community’s main purposes are to:
- Participate in training our faculty and students in understanding the unfolding climate crisis and what solutions they can employ, and be employed by, in the future.
- Support many of the priorities of the Cal State System on enrollment, workforce development, and student mental health.
- Bolster collaboration across the CSU system around climate change.
Size & Membership: All faculty, on or off the tenure-track, are eligible to participate.
Expectations: Faculty participants are required to:
- Attend the FLC zoom sessions
The Five Zoom sessions will be on Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:30
- February 13: Introductions
- February 27: Climate Solutions
- March 5: Climate Anxiety
- April 9 (Tentative): Climate Justice
- April 23 (Tentative): Climate Curriculum
2. Faculty participants should plan to spend 2-3 hours reviewing materials outside of the five Zoom sessions.
3. Prepare two items at the end of the FLC: evidence of a syllabus change and a two-minute video about the participant’s pedagogical shifts.
Compensation: Each SFSU participant that is selected will receive a $500 stipend for their full participation in the FLC.
Application submission: Apply at this link and answer these questions:
1. List the number and name of the course you plan to enhance/redesign (please specify both, example: ACCT 201: Introduction to Financial Accounting)
2. What do you wish to accomplish by participating in the Teaching Climate Change & Resilience FLC?
- What are your goals and needs? What would you like to learn? What do you need assistance with?
3. What do you think you can contribute to the Teaching Climate Change & Resilience FLC?
- What expertise and experience can you bring to the community?
4. Can you attend the FLC meetings on the following Tuesday mornings (9:00-10:30 pm) via Zoom: 2/13, 2/27, 3/5, 4/9, and 4/23?
Criteria for Selection: Participants will be chosen for funding for the campus-wide FLC using the following criteria:
- The extent to which the FLC will support faculty to incorporate climate change and / or climate justice into a course for the first time;
- The extent to which the faculty member will contribute to the FLC; and
- The ability to commit to FLC expectations.