This site serves as a resource for all Doctoral Project Faculty at Portland Seminary. Outlined below is the general role of the Project Faculty (PF). Each track-specific page outlines the additional nuances for each track.
Project Portfolio Handbook: This handbook contains all course syllabi, grading rubrics, assignment links, and examples. It is updated and published fresh each year.
Project Faculty Supplement for the Project Portfolio Handbook
Who are my advisees? You can view your students in Canvas or email the doctoral team if you have questions.
Project Portfolio Overview (Aug. 2023)
Additional samples can be located in the George Fox University Digital Commons (DMin or DLd).
The Project Faculty guide students through six courses over three years. Click on the links below to view your schedule details for the current academic year. NOTE: Deadlines during the semester are suggested due dates. As the Project Faculty, you have the authority to adjust these deadlines. However, all assignments must be submitted by the final Friday of the semester, or students would need to request an Incomplete.
Year 1 Project Portfolio Schedule
DLDR/DMIN 750 - 4 hrs
DLDR/DMIN751 - 4 hrs
Year 2 Project Portfolio Schedule
DLDR/DMIN850 - 3 hrs
DLDR/DMIN851 - 3 hrs
Year 3 Project Portofolio Schedule
DLDR/DMIN950 - 4 hrs
DLDR/DMIN951 - 4 hrs
The Virtual Learning Center provides one-on-one and group consultations, trained peer consultants can help students become better readers, writers, and learners.
All employees, full and part-time time, can access a Zoom account from login.georgefox.edu. Just click on the Zoom link icon in this location to create an account. Go to the same place when you want to use it (for university purposes). To log in to your Zoom, select the "SSO" option:
All regularly employed Project Faculty are provided full access to George Fox University library. If you are encountering issues with access using your George Fox credentials, contact Heather Rainey at hrainey@georgefox.edu.
This benefit is provided only to active Project Faculty to help them support their advisees in their research.
Video: Project Portfolio - Library Services Zoom Introduction for Project Faculty
We offer students some helpful resources to delineate the difference between our professional doctorates (DMin/DLd) vs PhD. Project Faculty are invited to review these articles as well:
This serves as the platform for the research course sequence. Each student has a Peer Group Canvas site organized according to Project Faculty.
Announcements: Use this space for communication and coordination.
Classwork: Each Module contains assignment upload slots for the semester. The final milestone assignments have grading rubrics for PFs to use in evaluating student work.
Tutorials:
Prior to Canvas, we used Google Classroom as the platform for the research coursework. gClassrooms integrates Google folders on the backend.
Students complete their Project Portfolio over three years under the guidance of a Project Faculty (PF) person. Each PF works with a small peer group of 3-5 students, participates in 2 of the face-to-face intensives, meets virtually with their Peer Groups several times each semester, makes pass / no pass evaluations of each of the milestone assignments, and participates in the final evaluation of the Project Portfolio.
Students are best served by PFs who have these characteristics:
responsive
provide clear communication
high standards
pastoral: encouraging, supportive, caring, able to diffuse anxiety
directive
helps advisees creatively navigate their research and design processes
pay attention to detail
process oriented
convey confidence regarding the Collaborative Design process
are reflective practitioners themselves
What does a good Project Faculty look like? This Wordle captures student feedback.
Participate in the initial and follow-up trainings.
Serves as faculty of record for advisees for each course, including:
Gives guidance and feedback on assignments.
Assesses final grading for the course (Pass / No Pass).
Approves early-semester ‘planning’ assignments.
Organizes a monthly meeting (3-4x / semester) with their Peer Group during the semester. PFs are welcome to meet individually with advisees as needed.
Participates in select face-to-face / online intensives.
Participates in the final evaluation of the Project Portfolio.
Contract: Each semester, the University produces a contract based on actual enrollment for regularly employed PFs (as adjuncts). This process is completed at: my.georgefox.edu. Following an email message from Heather notifying you that your contract is ready, log in using your GFU credentials, click the "timekeeping" tile, then the "my employment" menu. Your contract will be ready for your review there. If there are errors or you have any questions about it, contact Heather Rainey at hrainey@georgefox.edu.
Travel arrangement and reimbursement process: PFs work with Heather Rainey to make travel arrangements and cover expenses.
