InDialogue STEM Faculty Fellowship

Eligibility 

1. Must be teaching in Winter or Spring Quarter
2. Available for all scheduled meetings in the fellowship

Time commitment

For the entire progression of the InDialogue curriculum, the time commitment is ~24 hours spread out between September and May with an approximate breakdown of 12 hours of commitment in Fall Quarter; 6 hours in Winter; 6 hours in Spring. There are 6 meetings plus 1 final celebration meeting, for 7 meetings total throughout the academic year. Please see the program structure tab for more details. 

Note: Please place holds on your calendar for these dates when you apply as in-person attendance is required.

1. Dialogic skill training

• September 18, 2026 9:30 am – 2:30 pm (lunch provided)
• October 9, 2026 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (lunch provided)

2. Learning Activity Feedback sessions & Celebration

• November 13, 2026 9:30 – 11:00 am
• February 26, 2027 9:30 – 11:00 am
• May 14, 2027 9:30 – 11:00 am (End of year Wrap-up and Celebration)

3. Individualized Support (Depending on when you are implementing your activity, you will choose one of these time frames to schedule your 1-1 zoom meeting with a CEILS Facilitator to help support you in designing your dialogue learning activity).

• Fellows will coordinate a date and time between Nov 2 – 6, 2026 or January 25 – 29, 2027 depending on which quarter you are implementing.
• Fellows will coordinate with a CEILS facilitator to determine a date after their classroom observation to reflect on the experience and lessons learned. 

4. Classroom Observations & Reflection 

• When accepted to the fellowship, fellows will determine a date they will implement their dialogue activity in their course and communicate this date to their CEILS facilitator and coordinate with a CEILS facilitator to determine a date after the observation to reflect on the experience and lessons learned.
• Fellows will be asked to include dialogue questions on their student experiences of teaching (SET) surveys to collect student experience on the implemented activity and share this with CEILS facilitators to better understand student impact. (Note: these additional questions are not automatically included in your merit package and would only serve as formative feedback for your dialogue goals).

Expectations

Fellows are expected to attend all meetings in-person and actively engage with the fellowship components.

Fellows are expected to implement a dialogic activity they design in this fellowship in their STEM classroom. 

Fellows will be expected to engage in professional development through a classroom observation with a CEILS facilitator and meet to reflect on the teaching experience. 

Fellows are asked to include dialogue questions on their student experiences of teaching (SET) surveys to collect student experience on the implemented activity and share this with CEILS facilitators to better understand student impact. (Note: these additional questions are not automatically included in your merit package and would only serve as formative feedback for your dialogue goals).

Deliverables

At the end of the fellowship, each fellow will complete the following deliverables: 

1. Dialogic lesson plan. A student-facing activity that another instructor could follow, documenting your method of integration of meaningful dialogue in your classroom.
2. Revision(s) to your syllabus. Include information in your Syllabus that contextualizes and orients your students to the dialogue goals and activity you are including in your course.
3. A brief individual reflection. A reflection of your learning and/or questions that have emerged for you during the course of the program. 

Each instructor selected as an InDialogue faculty fellow will receive a $500 allocation payable to a research fund or professional development fund that can be used for research supplies, conference travel, classroom enhancements etc. Faculty Fellows will also receive a certificate of completion for inclusion in their professional dossier that demonstrates their successful completion of the deliverables in this fellowship and dedication to the advancement of inclusive excellence in teaching.