Education Scholar-Level Membership

Benefits of Education-Scholar Membership

Members at this level receive:

• Eligibility to apply for Educators Academy grants (in development).
• Recognition in promotion and tenure applications.

Eligibility Requirements

To qualify for membership at this level, applicants must:

• Be a UAMS employee ≥ 2 years.
• Provide evidence of continuous, educational activities (e.g., educational research, education administration, curriculum development).
• Provide evidence of disseminated educational scholarship (minimum of at least one, off-campus, education-related, peer-reviewed publication or presentation).
• Provide evidence of serving as a peer teaching reviewer and/or teaching materials reviewer.

Expectations

At this level, members are expected to:

• Contribute at least five hours annually to the Educators Academy through serving as a peer teaching reviewer and/or teaching coach, presenting on education topics to other faculty, and/or conducting Educators Academy committee work.
• Continue documenting scholarly teaching.
• Maintain a record of scholarly publications and dissemination.
• Earn or have earned recognition at the national / international level as an education scholar.

Required for Application

Include the following items in your application packet. Keep a copy of your packet for your records.

• Completed membership application and agreement
• Curriculum vitae
• Support letter from department or division chair
• Teaching philosophy statement
• Evidence of scholarly teaching
• Evidence of educational scholarship (minimum of at least one, off-campus, education-related, peer-reviewed publication or presentation)
• Evidence of service as teaching peer reviewer / coach