Forms

Starting a DeCal: a condensed guide for future facilitators

In printable format, it encapsulates the various parts of this website, tells a brief account of DeCal’s background and walks through the process of starting a DeCal, from finding a faculty sponsor to dealing with other minutiae that facilitators should know.

Special Studies Course Proposal

Looking to start a DeCal course? Your most important form will be the Special Studies Course Proposal. Fill it out, then make a copy to turn in to the Academic Senate, and a copy to turn in to our office at 320 Eshleman Hall. Keep your original!

As of September 11, 2006, this form has been updated to highlight new deadlines, and to make clearer all the steps relevant to approving and posting your DeCal. Download it now and check it out!

Schwag Packet

A heavy but helpful resource, this packet has everything you need to make your DeCal effective and successful. As a joint collaboration of the DeCal Board and the Undergraduate Course Facilitator Training and Resources, it helps facilitators understand the underpinning of classroom dynamics and suggests some techniques, affirmed by education researchers and scholars, that facilitators can use to forge a meaningful connection with their students and encourage student participation, which can pose a serious challenge for many first-time facilitators. This packet is very useful as a tool for DeCal facilitation and skills sharing. Many thanks to our Patrick and our fantastic former UCFTR superwoman Polly Pagenhart!