LAMP Fellows Program

 

Click on the images below to see highlights from previous Summer Institutes

 

 

Applications for the 2025-2026 Summer Institute are now open!

Please refer to the application form for more details and to apply. The soft application deadline is December 16th, 2024; All applications must be submitted by January 17th.

 

Summer Institute and Yearlong Training on Active Learning

The LAMP Fellows Program is an incentivized, immersive year-long faculty development opportunity sponsored by the Science Initiative's Learning Actively Mentoring Program (LAMP) designed to facilitate teachers with incorporating active learning techniques and methods into their STEM curricula. Upon completing the Science Initiative’s Summer Institute, educators will be able to:

  • Implement active learning techniques ranging from snowball to problem-based learning.

  • Write a teaching philosophy that reflects their values, goals, pedagogy, and assessment. LAMP fellows self-assess and LAMP mentors assess growth on philosophies using a rubric that Rachel Watson and Ed Nuhfer developed. LAMP participants in the 2023-2024 class showed growth in every category of their teaching and learning philosophy.

  • Present student learning outcomes and realize these outcomes with instruction and assessments that promote student engagement. These Fellows presented posters showcasing their mastery of these outcomes.

  • Develop innovative curriculum using backwards design.

For more information on the Science Initiative Summer Institute [SI]and yearlong training contact LAMP Director Rachel Watson (rwatson@uwyo.edu).

All UW faculty, UW PhD students, and Wyoming Community College faculty in STEM fields are welcome to apply.


Each semester, we feature a LAMP educator who is working to integrate active learning practices into their STEM teaching. Dr. Kui Chen is the fall 2024 featured LAMP Fellow!


Why should you be a part of the LAMP Summer Institute?  See below (and click the image for a full-size PDF).

LAMP is transforming educators and educational communities across Wyoming


The Impact of LAMP Fellows

LAMP Fellows receive intensive, year-long training in active learning. They develop instructional strategies that are implemented in their classrooms, assess the impacts on student learning and develop a teaching philosophy statement. The Fellows program has had a large impact on instructors, courses and students at the University of Wyoming and at five of the Wyoming Community Colleges. Visualizations of these impacts can be seen on the Science Intitiative's main webpage.