Community-Engaged Teaching Fellows Program

More information and an interest form for the 24-25 Community-Engaged Teaching Fellows Program cohort will be released in June 2024.

The Community-Engaged Teaching Fellows Program provides current NU faculty and community partner educators the opportunity to co-design a community-engaged course.

Commitment and Compensation:

Faculty Fellows will:

• Attend a half-day retreat at the end of August,
• Participate in eight 1.5-2 hour meetings between September 2024 and May, 2025 (about once a month), and
• Complete pre-work, reflection, and cohort relationship building throughout the academic year.
• Produce a co-designed, community-engaged course, alongside a Community Fellow.
  • Note: It is not the expectation that your Community Fellows is the only community partner organization for your course. The implementation of your co-designed course will be rooted in evolving community-goals and capacity of organizations.
• Receive a $750 personal stipend for your time and collaboration and have access to a $500 “course fund” to support the implementation of the co-designed course.

Community Fellows will:

• Attend (4) 1.5-2 hour sessions between January-May, 2025.
• Complete pre-work, reflection, and participate in cohort relationship building throughout the program.
• Produce a co-designed, community-engaged course, alongside a current NU faculty member.
  • Note: for the implementation of this course, it is the expectation that your organization participates as a course partner for at least 2 semesters. We recognize this is not always possible with organizational goals and capacity and you as the community fellow will still receive your personal compensation. 
• Receive a $500 personal stipend for your time and collaboration and have access to a $500 “course fund” to support the implementation of the co-designed course.

How it works: 

Faculty Members begin their participation in Fall 2024. During this first semester, Faculty Fellows will be guided through discussion and activities around community-engaged learning outcomes for students, ethical community engagement, educator identity and positionality, and more. Faculty Fellows will be provided with information to recruit a community-based co-educator for the Spring 2025 semester, during which the Faculty and Community Fellows will engage in discussions and activities toward relationship building, collaborative design for community engagement, and shared evaluation & assessment (of student learning and community impact). Please read the specific commitments and compensation in the section above.