{"id":85,"date":"2017-10-04T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:28:28","slug":"wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Teaching Fellows &amp; Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-85\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Wisconsin Teaching Fellows &amp; Scholars<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-divider\">\n\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/10\/WTFS-SI-2019-June.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/10\/WTFS-SI-2019-June-300x90.jpg\" alt=\"seven people sitting together clapping\" width=\"1117\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/10\/WTFS-SI-2019-June-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/10\/WTFS-SI-2019-June-768x231.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/10\/WTFS-SI-2019-June-1024x308.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/10\/WTFS-SI-2019-June.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-9 cfct-block\"><\/div><div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-7 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Wisconsin Teaching Fellows &amp; Scholars Program<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p>The Wisconsin Teaching Fellows &amp; Scholars (WTFS) program offers UW faculty and teaching academic staff a unique opportunity to collaborate with other exceptional teachers from across the UW system and from various disciplines. Many participants have found that the experience re-energized their work and transformed their approaches to teaching and learning. Collaboration with colleagues from diverse perspectives lies at the heart of the program. In addition to discussing illuminating works from pedagogical literature, Fellows and Scholars are guided through the process of completing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project with input from fellow participants and the program co-directors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-module-carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"carousel-cfct-module-8729307b93c662853ccacdd4aa758980-container\" class=\"carousel-container row\" >\n    \n    <div id=\"carousel-cfct-module-8729307b93c662853ccacdd4aa758980\" class=\"carousel col-sm-12 caption-below-image \"\n         style=\"max-width:936px\">\n        <!-- main slider carousel items -->\n        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/07\/013-1024x683.jpg');height:526px;max-width:936px;\">\n                                <div class=\"caption below-image\">\n                                        <h3>WTFS 2025-26<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/03\/FacultyCollegeGroup3-1024x595.jpg');height:526px;max-width:936px;\">\n                                <div class=\"caption below-image\">\n                                        <h3>WTFS 2024-25<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/08\/0013-1024x596.jpg');height:526px;max-width:936px;\">\n                                <div class=\"caption below-image\">\n                                        <h3>WTFS 2023-24<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/03\/FacultyCollegeGroup2-1024x594.jpg');height:526px;max-width:936px;\">\n                                <div class=\"caption below-image\">\n                                        <h3>WTFS 2022-23<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/03\/WTFS-Group-Screenshot.png');height:526px;max-width:936px;\">\n                                <div class=\"caption below-image\">\n                                        <h3>WTFS 2020<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2019\/10\/WTFS-Summer-Institute-2019_Campus-Evening-1-1024x890.jpg');height:526px;max-width:936px;\">\n                                <div class=\"caption below-image\">\n                                        <h3>WTFS Summer 2019<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/03\/IMG_2578-1024x768.jpg');height:526px;max-width:936px;\">\n                                <div class=\"caption below-image\">\n                                        <h3>WTFS 2016-17<\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div><script>function initiate_slides( $ ) {\n\t\"use strict\";\n\n\t$(function () {\n\n\t\tconst carousel = document.getElementById('carousel-cfct-module-8729307b93c662853ccacdd4aa758980');\n        const slides = carousel.getElementsByClassName('slide');\n        const goalWidth = 936;\n\n        function sizeSlides( goalWidth , slides) {\n            const containerWidth = carousel.offsetWidth;\n            if ( goalWidth > containerWidth ) {\n                const goalHeight = 526;\n                let actualHeight = ( goalHeight * containerWidth ) \/ goalWidth;\n                                for (var i = 0; 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Scholars<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-16382\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16382\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-program\/2019-20-wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-2\/wtfs-2019-20-abstracts-presentations\/\">Abstracts, Presentations, Posters, &amp; Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8746\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8746\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-program\/2018-19-wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars\/\">2018-19 Fellows &amp; Scholars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>    <\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-program\/scholarly-reflections-25-years-of-sotl-in-wisconsin\/\">Scholarly Reflections<\/a><\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wisconsin-teaching-fellows-scholars-program\/scholarly-reflections-25-years-of-sotl-in-wisconsin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/03\/Untitled-1024x160.jpeg\" alt=\"Opid Banner\" width=\"1024\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h4>Questions?<\/h4><p><strong>For university specific information: <\/strong>Contact your Provost\u2019s Office or your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/uw-system-teaching-and-learning-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Teaching &amp; Learning Director<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may also want to speak to other faculty or staff who have been past participants in the WTFS Program over recent years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For programmatic assistance: <\/strong>Contact the WTFS Co-Directors <em>Valerie Barske<\/em>, <a href=\"mailto:vbarske@uwsp.edu\">vbarske@uwsp.edu<\/a>, <em>Heather Pelzel<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pelzelh@uww.edu\">pelzelh@uww.edu<\/a> or\u00a0<em>Fay Akindes<\/em>, Director of Systemwide Professional and Instructional Development,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:fay.akindes@wisconsin.edu\">fay.akindes@wisconsin.edu<\/a>, (608) 263-2684.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For technical support:<\/strong> Erin McGroarty or Diane Waters, Office of Academic Affairs, <a href=\"mailto:OPID@lists.wisconsin.edu\">OPID@lists.wisconsin.edu<\/a>, (608) 262-8778.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20327,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/20327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/opid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}