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Dr. Thomas K. Thomas Endowed Teaching Chair

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The Dr. Thomas K. Thomas Endowed Teaching Chair Program at Illinois Central College recognizes teaching excellence each year.  Specifically, the program looks for teachers who exhibit distinction in one or more areas:

  • Student-centered instructional philosophy
  • Commitment to teaching
  • Contribution to ICC’s mission and values
  • Instructional innovation
  • Impact on Community

The Endowed Teaching Chair awards a stipend of up to $3,000 or equivalent in release time to the faculty awardee.  The stipend supports faculty plans to improve instruction or enhance professional development. 

* 2012 Endowed Chair Application *

The application deadline is March 1, 2012. Submit it to Janice Kinsinger at jkinsinger@icc.edu or 239G. Faculty will be notified by April 15, 2011.

2012 Endowed Chair Application [DOC]

 

2011-2012 Dr. Thomas K. Thomas Endowed Teaching Chair

Kelly Crawford-Jones, Associate Professor, Health Careers :: Photo [JPG]
Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enhance the learning experience by engaging students in civic responsibility, improving critical thinking skills and by strengthening the connection between the community college, faculty and the students in collaborative community partnerships.  Kelly plans to research and develop a service learning repository for college faculty of the organizations and contacts, learning objectives, resources and activities and the best practices to embed service learning within college coursework.

Former Endowed Teaching Chairs

2010-2011 Dr. Paula Ahles, Social Sciences :: photo [JPG]
An “Orientation to Education” program
was developed and offered to ICC students majoring in education; approximately 600 students total.

2009-2010 Sarah Parlier, English and Language Studies :: photo [JPG]
PROJECT ME serves as a cohort group of non-traditional students that are introduced to and surrounded by the support services they need---to succeed at ICC. 

 

2008-2009 Elizabeth Baldridge, Ph.D. , English and Language Studies :: photo [JPG]
Elizabeth’s project is to design a comprehensive “bridge program” for at-risk ICC students who have already been, or are likely to be, unsuccessful in our courses--ranging from incoming recent high school graduates to returning non-traditional students.  The highly integrated program will include not only foundational coursework but also support services that will continue through the students' time at ICC.

 

2007-2008 Dr. Michael Boyd, English and Language Studies :: photo [JPG]
Michael’s project was to complete research on best practices in developmental education, generate a series of professional development modules for faculty and staff here at ICC and present these various learning sessions for our faculty and staff to help meet the needs of developmental learners.

 

2006 - 2007 Jennifer Costa, Arts & Communications :: photo [JPG]

 

2005 - 2006 Elizabeth Carrico, Math, Science & Engineering ::
photo [JPG]
Elizabeth compiled a math statistics workbook which includes realistic data sets used by all math instructors teaching General Education Statistics - Math 111 to supplement the text. 

 

2004 – 2005 Pat Ward, Math, Science & Engineering  :: photo [JPG]
Pat Ward's Project Summary [PDF]


2003 – 2004 Kim Ritchhart, Health Careers  :: video [WMV]

 

2002 – 2003 Glenn Herold, Agricultural & Industrial Technologies :: video [MOV]