Community Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) Fellowship

2025-2026 CELT Fellowship -  Spring 2026 

CELT Program Description

The McCarthy Center’s Community-Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) Fellowship brings together faculty from across disciplines and with varying levels of community engagement expertise to participate in an intensive interactive learning community. The program is designed to foster faculty learning about community-engaged principles, pedagogies, and practices; cultivate supportive and reciprocal relationships with peers and community partners; facilitate critical dialogue about the nature of community engagement and social justice; and generate high-quality community-engaged learning opportunities for students. 

This Fellowship will run during Spring 2026 with a cohort of up to 10 USF faculty members (and sometimes staff). Faculty participate in the CELT Fellowship if they want to design or revise a CEL course, and/or if they want to improve their CEL facilitation skills. It is open to faculty across disciplines and levels of CEL experience. 

There are five total sessions in Spring. These sessions are 90 minutes and focus on faculty sharing draft syllabi or course proposals for peer review and feedback. Faculty produce deliverables, including a draft syllabus. Upon completion of the program, faculty may receive up to $750 to compensate them for participation. Adjunct faculty must have an NTA contract and be paid hourly if they participate. 

Thursday, January 29, 2-3:30p

Thursday, February 26, 2-3:30p

Thursday, March 26, 2-3:30p

Thursday, April 30,  2-3:30p 

Thursday, May 14, 2-3:30p

Learning Outcomes 

• Develop and apply community-engaged teaching competencies, including integrating community-rooted learning experiences, collaborating with community partners, crafting engagement-specific outcomes, designing and facilitating reflective activities and assignments, and assessing learning and community impact
• Locate your community-engaged work within the broader context of higher education, your discipline, and your community
• Design and implement a high-quality community-engaged course grounded in a critical perspective and oriented toward advancing social justice
• Articulate your identity as a community-engaged teacher and scholar
• Build a community of support with colleagues across disciplines 

Eligible Participants

All full-time and part-time faculty are welcome to participate. Adjunct faculty members should consult with department chair to determine whether they are eligible to develop a course. Department chairs must provide written approval and confirm that adjunct faculty will be supported in seeking CEL designation and teaching the course for USF.

How to Apply

Register by Friday, October 24, 2025.

Please contact Karin Cotterman at kmcotterman@usfca.edu and Angeline Vuong at amvuong@usfca.edu if interested.