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How to Apply

To apply for a Wabash Center Consultant, read these instructions and then submit an online contact information form.

We will identify a Consultant from our pool who would seem to be a good fit with your request – based on the Consultant’s interest, experience, and availability.

We will then put this Consultant in touch with you to begin conversations and planning for the event. If at any time you or the Consultant conclude that this is not a good fit, then we will do our best to find a different Consultant with whom you can plan the consultation you desire.

Questions? Please Contact:
Nadine Pence
Director, Wabash Center
301 West Wabash Ave.
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
800-655-7117
765-361-6434
pencen@wabash.edu

The Online Application Process
The first step in the online application process will be to establish an online account so that we can track your application data. You will be prompted to type in your email address and make-up your own password.

This feature will allow you to “hold” your application if you need to gather additional information and complete the application later – without losing any of the data you’ve already entered into the form.

The online application form will prompt you to enter required contact information and attach the Project Description and any other supporting documents.

Just prior to clicking the “submit” button, you will be prompted to print-out, sign, and mail to us the online form that you have just completed. We need this hard copy – with signature – for our records. You do not need to include the Project Description or any other attached documents with your mailed application form – we will already have them attached to the online form once you click the “submit” button.

The Project Description Statement
The online contact information form will prompt you to attach a 2 to 3 page Project Description statement addressing specific aspects of your institutional context and the issue you would like to address with the help of a Consultant.

We ask you to try to classify your consultation as either a Teaching-Learning Workshop, or a Teaching-Learning Consultation.

“Workshops” are circumscribed presentations or programs on a specific topic. Examples might include: a workshop on service learning; or a workshop on effective design of student writing assignments.

“Consultations” address broader or more vaguely defined issues that maybe you’re not fully able to articulate yet, or that you want to find a way to explore further through a facilitated faculty conversation. Examples might include topics such as: help us understand how the mission statement of our school might be effectively articulated through the pedagogies in our classroom; or how can we develop a departmental culture more focused on our shared teaching tasks?

Your 2 to 3 page statement should address the following:

1. Topic of the Workshop or Consultation: name and describe the specific topic and practices of teaching and learning you want to explore in a “Workshop” -- or alternatively, describe the interest, issue or concern that has been identified for a “Consultation.” What is the importance of the topic or issue? Who identified it? What outcomes are desired from the Workshop or Consultation? Also note any other grant initiatives in which you are participating and their relationship to this request.

2. Description: Describe the context for the Workshop or Consultation by providing a profile of your school or department (e.g., type of students, number of faculty). the current priorities of the school, and any other factors that may influence the design or goals of the Consultation or Workshop.

3. Ongoing support and development: Identify the people who have committed to work on the Workshop and who will develop the follow-up. List the name(s) and email of persons on your institution’s “Workshop-Consultation Committee,” and identify those with whom we should be in contact.

4. Projected Possible Dates: Please indicate any flexibility you have on these dates.

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