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The mission of the APA Educational Scholars Program is to assist pediatric educators in developing themselves as productive, advancing and fulfilled faculty members and to increase the quality, status and visibility of pediatric educators in academia.

This program is offered to members of the Academic Pediatric Association who wish to earn a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Scholarship. The curriculum includes didactic sessions, development of an educator portfolio, participation in and review of workshops, and a mentored project. Scholars are expected to complete the full curriculum, including projects, over 3-4 years.

Cohort I, including 30 scholars, was recruited in Fall 2006 and began the program in May 2006.

Cohort II: Community Pediatrics, including 10 scholars, began the program in May 2007.

Cohort III, including 24 scholars, began the program in May 2009.

Cohort IV, including 18 scholars, began the program in May 2010.

Cohort V, including 18 scholars, joins the program in May 2012.

APA Educational Scholars Program Description

February 2012 Newsletter Article

The Academic Pediatric Association's Educational Scholars Program (ESP) is recruiting its sixth cohort of faculty and scholars in 2012. The ESP meets for one day at the PAS meeting each year. Scholars also complete self-directed intersession modules (between PAS meetings), and complete a mentored educational research or evaluation project. All participants who complete these required activities, including a peer reviewed publication or presentation on their completed project, receive a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Scholarship from the Academic Pediatric Association. A recruitment flyer and other information are available on the ESP website:
http://www.academicpeds.org/education/education_scholars_program.cfm

The ESP aims to help developing faculty educators to build careers around scholarly activities related to teaching, learner assessment, curriculum development, and educational administration and leadership. Methods in educational evaluation and research are a special focus of our curriculum. Our faculty advisors offer career planning advice, and help scholars develop a well-crafted educator portfolio to support their future applications for promotion and advancement. The ESP is an ideal way for academic pediatricians to gain additional training to succeed as an educator and join a community of other dedicated educators.

Scholar Applications: The ESP application website will open on July 1, 2012, and the deadline for online submissions will be October 1. Scholars complete an application, including a 2-page project proposal, and undergo a rigorous selection process. For those interested in applying, get ready now by choosing your mentor and beginning to plan a project for inclusion in your application.

Applicants must submit a letter of support from their mentor, and also a letter from their supervisor that commits to payment of an enrollment fee of $5000 and permission for the scholar to devote 10% FTE to the program over 3 years (May 2013 - May 2016). All scholars are expected to be or become members of the Academic Pediatric Association. For more information, contact Connie Mackay: connie@academicpeds.org

Faculty Roles: ESP faculty enjoy fine networking opportunities and the pleasure of working one-on-one with future leaders in the world of pediatric education. Our current group of 35 faculty serve in the following roles:

Faculty Advisors are assigned 2 scholars each. They serve as a career coach, with special emphasis on the scholar's educator portfolio, and as the facilitator of the scholar's academic project. Advisors convene on quarterly conference calls and facilitate a discussion with their scholar project group at PAS.
Cohort Leaders are responsible for managing the recruitment, application review, and monitoring of the scholars in a single cohort. A cohort includes 18 scholars who stay in the program for 3 years. Cohort Leaders are members of the ESP Executive Committee.
PAS Instructors teach scholars at the annual, all-day ESP teaching session at the PAS meeting.
Intersession Module Leaders plan, conduct, and evaluate one intersession module, which is conducted over a 3 month period, once every 2-3 years.
ESP Administrators meet monthly as an Executive Committee, setting policy, monitoring program functions, planning future activities, and managing the budget.

The ESP would be impossible without the hard work of its faculty advisors and members of the ESP Executive Committee, who devote many hours to the ongoing success of this program.

New faculty advisors for the incoming cohort of scholars are now being recruited. Previous ESP graduates are welcome to volunteer. ESP faculty are well positioned for future leadership positions in the APA. If you are interested, contact Connie Baldwin at
constance_baldwin@urmc.rochester.edu .

Connie Baldwin
Educational Scholars Program Chair
constance_baldwin@urmc.rochester.edu

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