Call for Co-Leaders: International Collaborative Writing Groups (ICWGs) 2024

 Co-Leaders’ Roles and Responsibilities

Co-leaders will organize this ISSOTL ICWG cohort to meet the aims and deadlines of the project.  Partnering with the ISSOTL ICWG Emergent Working Group that envisioned this emergent opportunity for 2024, the co-leaders will take the lead in doing the following:

• partnering with the ICWG Emergent Working Group to realize the vision of this year’s theme, aims, and outcomes,
• honing topic areas within this year’s theme for groups’ work,
• coordinating the separate calls for group facilitators and participants,
• selecting group facilitators and (with facilitators) participants for each group,
• helping facilitators and groups to think broadly and creatively about what this ICWG’s artifacts might look like,
• identifying needed resources and expertise to support this cohort of ICWGs,
• supporting the group facilitators in their work,
• planning and facilitating all aspects of the face-to-face meeting with group facilitators and participants, 
• liaising with local conference organizers regarding the venue and resources for the face-to-face working session at the ISSOTL conference,
• working with the group facilitators following the ISSOTL24 conference to support the continued development and completion of projects,
• reporting to and consulting with the ISSOTL ICWG Emergent Working Group, which represents the ISSOTL Board, relevant committees, and previous ICWG co-leaders, and
• writing an article for Teaching & Learning Inquiry (subject to the journal’s regular peer review process) about some aspect of this ICWG process, the nature of projects undertaken, and/or the overall experience.

Selection Process and Criteria

The selected co-leaders, who will ideally represent different institutions and different countries, should demonstrate that between them they have the necessary experience and skills to lead this initiative to successful completion. The selection committee will select two to co-lead this cohort of ICWGs. Potential co-leaders may apply as individuals or together; however, they do not need to identify a partner in order to apply to be a co-leader.

ICWG co-leaders will be selected based on the following criteria:

• evidence of experience with or strong interest in exploring ISSOTL’s history, impact, and/or future as described in the year’s theme,
• evidence of a sustained or growing interest in ISSOTL as part of SoTL’s history,
• demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate and motivate group efforts, particularly diverse groups (ICWG groups will be made up of faculty, staff, and students from different nations, disciplines, identities/backgrounds),
• experience working with digital, visual, and/or multimodal forms of scholarly communication,
• competence in organizational skills and time management, and
• enthusiasm for leading this ISSOTL initiative.

Applications outlining fit to the above criteria and expectations in no more than 3 pages should be emailed to Sarah Bunnell (sbunnell@amherst.edu) by December 15, 2023, along with a brief CV (no more than 5 pages) for each applicant.  Co-leaders will be recommended by the ICWG Emergent Working Group, approved by the ISSOTL Board of Directors, and notified via email no later than January 1, 2024.