CALL FOR APPLICANTS

Creativity & Innovation 

Fall 2023  

“At its core, creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you. It is the conviction that you can achieve what you set out to do. We think this self-assurance, this belief in your creative capacity, lies at the heart of innovation.”   – David Kelley and Tom Kelley, Creative Confidence 

The Creative Confidence Project is a year-long program that offers a cohort of up to ten faculty members opportunities to explore options for incorporating creative thinking and problem-solving activities that develop students’ creative confidence into their courses. This experience will especially benefit those who wish to align new or existing courses with the Creative Process general education requirement.

The experience begins with a 2.5-day immersion session in the fall semester that exposes participants to various approaches to cultivating creative thinking, including instruction in creative problem-solving methodologies and guidance in developing a creative classroom setting.

Participants meet as a cohort after the immersion session for additional workshops, discussions, and activities. Cohort meetings will occur in blocks 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Participants will also receive one-on-one mentorship and support from Creativity & Innovation staff as requested as they integrate the practices from the immersion session into their courses.

Each faculty member who completes the program will receive a summer course development grant of $2,000 to modify an existing course or $4,000 to develop a new course (awarded in summer 2024). Successful program completion requires attending the immersion seminar and a total of three cohort meetings over the course of the year.

To Apply:

Provide a brief description (approximately two pages) of how you anticipate participating in the Creative Confidence Project might enhance your teaching. What are your goals for the experience? What kinds of creativity-related skills or aptitudes would you like students in your courses to develop? If you already have an existing course in mind that you’d like to adjust or a new course you’d like to develop, please include a brief description of it. (If you don’t already have a specific course in mind, that’s ok, too!)

Please email your application to Jessica Hunter at jhunter@coloradocollege.edu by June 15, 2023. Successful applicants will be notified by July; the cohort will decide on the immersion session dates at that time.