Become a LIT Fellow
Leadership in Inclusive Teaching Call for Proposals
- Program Description and What We Do
- Stipend Tiers
- Rubric for LIT Proposals
- LIT Fellows Profiles & Projects
Program Description
The Leadership in Inclusive Teaching (LIT) Program offers a tiered stipend system for LIT Fellows to initiate, continue, and/or improve a department or program-based project that supports training in inclusive teaching and/or equitable outcomes for all students. Projects can be proposed by individuals or teams of graduate students and all projects must have a faculty/lecturer sponsor. Successful proposals will support the mentoring of graduate students as Teaching Assistants and instructors (not mentoring in other professional development areas aside from teaching).
As a LIT Fellow, you will:
- Support and lead efforts in inclusive teaching and learning in your department
- Learn more about inclusive education and other pedagogy topics
- Facilitate a learning experience for fellow teaching Mentors
- Share and receive feedback with other Mentors on your projects
- Receive a stipend in recognition of your work
Possible projects could include:
- Developing or revising a pedagogy course (examples here)
- Organizing a pedagogy journal club or workshop series
- Developing and implementing a teaching tool or online resource
- Training graduate student instructors as part of an educational outreach project
Structure of the program:
- Attend an online fall training in September (usually the week before the quarter begins)
- Take part in required monthly meetings (three meetings/quarter) for team building, pedagogy training, and project development
- Facilitate one meeting during the year for fellow teaching Mentors
- Pilot projects and collect feedback during winter quarter
- Revise and share your project’s outcomes during spring quarter
Please note: the Fall training and one meeting/quarter are still open to Mentors who do not wish to apply, complete a project, or receive a stipend.
Stipend Tiers
Tiers |
Individuals |
Teams |
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$800 |
$1,000 |
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$1200 |
$1,600 |
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$1,600 |
$2,200 |
Rubric for LIT Proposals
Criteria |
Strong (7-10 range) |
Needs Development (4-6 range) |
Lacking (1-3 range) |
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Inclusion and equity |
Project proposal demonstrates strong understanding of and commitment to inclusive teaching methods. And/or, the proposal indicates strong commitment to reducing achievement gaps. |
Project proposal demonstrates some understanding of and/or commitment to inclusive teaching methods. And/or, the proposal indicates some commitment to reducing achievement gaps. Reference to these areas is vague. |
Very little or no attention to inclusive teaching methods or equitable outcomes is evident in the proposal. |
Populations served |
Project stands to substantially expand access to teaching development and/or learning to underrepresented groups of TAs and/or students. |
Project seems to somewhat expand access to teaching development and/or learning to underrepresented groups of TAs and/or students. Description of who will benefit is vague. |
Very little or no evidence that the project would expand access to teaching development and/or learning for underrepresented groups. |
Feasibility and organization |
Project seems that it could be reasonably designed, implemented, and evaluated within one academic year. The plan to do so is clearly outlined. |
Project might be designed, implemented, and evaluated within one academic year, although some significant challenges to doing so are not addressed. Implementation plan is vague. |
No implementation plan is outlined, or the plan is vague to the point of being incomprehensible. Project seems infeasible to implement in one year. |
Continuity |
The applicant indicates a clear, feasible plan for continuing and/or expanding the project in subsequent years, through applying for additional funding, recruiting a successor Mentor, and/or other means. |
The proposal indicates some plan for continuing the project after the first year, but this is vague or underdeveloped. |
There is little or no clear evidence of how the project might be continued after the first year. |
Learn About Our LIT Fellows
Apply to be a LIT Fellow
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The final due date to complete the application for the 2021-2022 LIT Fellows Program is 5pm PDT, June 4, 2021.
For questions and accommodations please contact Amanda Modell at amodell@stanford.edu or Jae Chung at chungjae@stanford.edu.
Applications are currently CLOSED. Please check back in Spring 2022 when applications open.