Curriculum

Participation in OSA will include an induction ceremony, workshops, meetings with OSA coaches, and a graduation ceremony. Products of participation will include a reflective journal, a proposal for community engaged research, and a scholarship plan. Each scholar and coach will sign an Agreement Commitment. Potential partnerships may be identified by faculty or from resources proved by the Office of Engagement, Innovation and Economic Development.

The curriculum will be delivered through six two-hour workshops. Dates will be determined once the OSA participants are chosen.

Session One:

What is the scholarship of engagement?
What do you know about the scholarship of engagement?
How do you know scholarship of engagement when you see it?
The Scholarship of Engagement and ECU Tomorrow
- Readings: selected examples of publications from ECU faculty,
- Kellogg Foundation-The Engaged University,
- Stepping Forward as Stewards of Place,
- A guide for Leading Public Engagement at State Colleges and Universities,
- New Times Demand New Scholarship

Session Two:

Principles of Partnership: Trust, Reciprocity, Balance of Power, Communication, Planning
Partnership Panels
Community Based Participatory Research

Session Three:

Developing a Plan
- Research Proposal for Engaged Scholarship
Funding Sources
OEIED resources

Coach's Breakfast Meetings

Session Four:

Tenure and Promotion Processes
Documenting Engagement

Session Five:

Presentation of and Evaluation of Proposals