CLS Fellowship

The Language Study Committee is seeking applications for the Center for Language Study (CLS) Professional Development Fellowship for language lectors. The fellowship offers a one-course reduction in teaching load for language lectors in one term of their choice to work on a project closely related to their teaching and is intended to provide an opportunity for professional development in close collaboration with a cohort of colleagues. This course reduction will not result in any change in annual compensation. The program will support a cohort of up to three fellows for the fall term and up to three fellows for the spring term each year. 

 

Eligibility: To be eligible for the fellowship, lectors must have held a multi-year full-time appointment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale for at least three years and currently hold a multi-year full-time appointment that extends through the year following the proposed fellowship. After completing a CLS fellowship, a lector must teach full time for six semesters to be eligible for another fellowship; semesters of leave or full teaching relief do not count toward this minimum. 

 

Application process: This fellowship is independent of the existing Professional Development Leave for instructional faculty. Applications must include a CV, an application form, and a cover sheet which must be endorsed by the department Chair and the Language Program Director, if applicable. Departments and programs may endorse as many applications as they deem worthy. In the case of language programs based in one of the Area Studies Councils of the MacMillan Center, the Center functions as the department and the director of the Center functions as the chair. Questions about the endorsement process should be sent to Jason Zentz (jason.zentz@yale.edu). 

 

Outcome: All applications will be reviewed by the Language Study Committee, which will make its recommendations to the Teaching Resource Advisory Committee (TRAC) within the FAS Dean’s Office. The committee may take the following actions: (1) approve the proposal as-is; (2) approve, but suggest a different term in which the fellowship is taken; (3) request revision and resubmission; or (4) reject the proposal. 

 

CLS Fellowship: The fellows who are selected for this program will be expected to attend weekly or biweekly cohort meetings with the Center for Language Study to discuss their work in progress in a collaborative setting. At the end of the term of the fellowship, fellows will be expected to give a final public presentation of their projects. 

 

For further information or to schedule an appointment, please contact Fernando Rubio (fernando.rubio@yale.edu).