Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellowship

Leadership in Teaching & Learning Fellowship

The call for 2024 LTL Fellowships is now open.  Applications are due Wednesday June 12th, 2024.  See the call details and application forms in the MS Word Documents in the column to the right.

McMaster’s rich tradition of pedagogical leadership depends upon faculty champions who act as leaders and mentors to advance improvement in teaching and learning and to enhance student- learning experiences. Through the generous donation of Paul R. MacPherson, we are able preserve this tradition by offering the Leadership in Teaching and Learning (LTL) Fellowship grant program.

The Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellowship draws funding from “The Paul MacPherson Teaching Fellowship” trust with a goal of supporting the teaching and learning research activities of faculty at McMaster. This is a 2-year program designed to engage faculty in leading change, practising the scholarship of teaching and learning, and supporting faculty communities that provide mentorship and leadership in teaching and learning.In partnership with the MacPherson Institute, LTL Fellows will: (1) plan and implement a pedagogical project that evaluates course impact or implements program change; (2) participate in a network of LTL Fellows; (3) provide mentorship and feedback to peers; and (4) disseminate project outcomes both within and beyond their departments.

Fellows will be formally announced at a Teaching and Learning Grants Welcome Event in the fall this year and will also be invited to participate in the Annual Leadership Fellows Retreat in the following academic year.

Throughout the duration of their fellowship, they will participate in regular update meetings with their LTL peers as a mechanism to “lead from within”. In the first year, Fellows will focus on designing and implementing their projects, and consider how they will plan to share the results and impacts of their projects with various communities. In the second year, Fellows will focus on disseminating the results/impacts of their project with stakeholder communities as a mechanism to “lead beyond” their LTL cohort group. In doing so, fellows will work to share and guide the adoption and implementation of their work with others at McMaster University.

To date, the MacPherson Institute is proud to have a cohort of over 60 Leadership Fellows from diverse disciplines across McMaster’s six Faculties. This year, we look forward to welcoming up to four new Fellows to join this existing community.

Fellowship Details

• Length of Fellowship: Two years
• Award amount: Up to $15,000 (max. $7,500/year) over two years
• Eligibility: LTL Fellows must be instructors or faculty continuously employed by McMaster University for the duration of the Fellowship and teaching within one of McMaster’s Faculties (Business, Engineering, Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Health Science and/or Arts & Science). LTL Fellows are encouraged to apply as a primary applicant. Sessional instructors, graduate students, and other appointments may be supporting collaborators.
  • Previous/current LTL Fellows may reapply for another LTL Fellowship only once they have successfully completed and disseminated their project outcomes as outlined in their initial LTL proposal submission.
  • LTL applicants are welcome to apply to other funding sources internal to McMaster with a similar project application, however you cannot receive funding for the same project. If you apply to two separate calls for funding and receive both, you will be asked to select one or the other. No single project can secure funding through both the Partnered in Teaching & Learning (PTL) Grants and the Leadership in Teaching & Learning Fellowship

• Candidacy Considerations: Strong candidates will prepare applications that demonstrate their interest and plans for developing their educational leadership capacity.  This should include ideas for how the fellow will practice and grow as an educational leader at McMaster University through the implementation of their project plans.

LTL Fellowship General Timelines

• LTL Call for Submissions Posted  – early April
• LTL Application Consultations (by appointment) – May
• LTL Applications Due – mid June
• Winners Notified – late July
• LTL Kickoff Meeting – late September
• LTL Retreat – Feb or Mar