The Ingredients:

-Massive administrative support
-A dedicated director
-A faculty advisory council
-A core of faculty members who are willing to engage in this work and share it with others

A Dedicated Director

A campus SOTL initiative needs a person charged with responsibility to take actions on ideas, to follow up actions to ensure completion, to convene groups, to plan and stage events, to coordinate faculty and administrative viewpoints, to “cheerlead,” and to serve as a stable point of contact. If the director is a faculty member, release time is essential. The SOTL initiative needs to be a significant part of the director’s portfolio.

Samuel Thompson
Director of the Campus SOTL Initiative