Faculty share their expertise and infuse new perspectives and new energy into colleagues' classes.
As you design your courses, you might consider inviting an Oxy colleague to give a guest lecture, facilitate a class discussion, lead a class field trip or debate, give a performance, etc. The Center for Teaching Excellence believes that faculty learn from watching colleagues at work and that students benefit from being introduced to a different faculty’s perspective.
Inviting faculty must be present at the class. After the class, the inviting faculty member is expected to write a 2-3 paragraph review of the class, that addresses the following: 1) a brief overview of the content of the class; 2) a discussion of how students benefited from the guest; and 3) a discussion of what the inviting faculty member learned from his/her colleague in terms of her/his area of expertise and/or pedagogical approach. Once this review is completed, the guest faculty member will be compensated $175. Funding will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so please submit your applications promptly, as funds are limited.
How To Apply: Faculty may invite up to two guest faculty per term, with a separate form required for each course and visit. For the guest faculty to receive a stipend: 1) the host faculty must submit an application using before the visit; 2) the host faculty member must be present during the class session; and 3) the host faculty must submit a report using within 7 days (and no later than 30 days).
*For budgetary reasons there will be a limit of one such honorarium per faculty member per semester.
Here’s what faculty have to say about the Guest Teaching Program:
“Thank you for enabling us to participate in this valuable program. The students and I benefited enormously from his class visit."
“The students LOVED the class and felt that they had learned a lot. They saw the work that I do as an art historian - as well as in comparison to other art historical methodologies that they've experienced - in a new context"
“To have a colleague in the Sciences lead a discussion in my History course was interdisciplinarily at its best!"
“I’m grateful for the generosity of this program that allows us to collaborate with colleagues and that brings fresh perspectives and new energy into our classes."