Faculty Senate Presentationon the proposed

Office of Institutional Research and Sponsored Projects (OIRSP)

John Killoran

April 22, 2008

A brief history of the Teaching Research Institute (TRI)...• Established in the early 1960’s as a Research & Development arm of OUS

• The Institute’s foundation was in educational research and instructional technology development...led to the genesis of Sesame Street

• Ongoing involvement in connecting teaching to learning, school improvement and teacher preparation, as well as educational research, development, and evaluation

• With the passage of EHA in 1975, TRI’s focus switched to special education

• This led to national prominence…initially in early childhood and services to students with deaf-blindness, and now also those with traumatic brain injuries

• In 1989 TRI was transferred from OUS to Western Oregon University under the Provost

• In August 2007 Director appointed to the President’s Staff

Simply stated TRI’s Mission is to…

“…inform and facilitate change

in educational and human service systems

to improve the quality of life for individuals…”

Our strategic plan calls for us to…

…increase Institute capacity and viability…

…establish efficient partnerships within TRI to maximize resources across projects…

…expand services and increase revenues…

…enhance partnerships with WOU…

…strengthen and expand partnerships beyond WOU…

52 Faculty members in FY 08 with a Full Time Equivalent of 43.945

– 6 Senior Fellows/Full Research Professors (11.76%)

– 9 Associate Fellows/Research Professors (15.68%)

– 22 Assistant Fellows/Research Professor (43.13%)

– 11 Instructors/Program Assistants (21.56%)

– 4 Research Assistants/Project Assistants (7.84%)

Locations…

• Two Institute locations on WOU campus…– Todd Hall– Education Building

• One Institute office off-campus– Eugene, Oregon

• Four additional project locations …– Sands Point, New York– Boston, Massachusetts– Kansas City, Kansas– Knoxville, Tennessee

Today TRI’s projects…

• No longer are exclusive to Research but they also address…– Technical assistance, training and information– Program evaluation– Personnel preparation– Community services– Technology and data systems development

Each is supported by an infrastructure that includes “in-house”…

1. Administration

2. Fiscal Management and Business Services

3. Technology Support

4. Contract and Grant Development

Funding in FY 07…

6.4 million dollar budget…Funding Source Amount Total

Federal competition, contracts and SEA flow through

4,550,000 71.05%

State agency contracts and grants 1,212,429 19.77%

Indirect Cost Recovery from WOU 247,586 3.52%

WOU General Fund 203,983 2.90%

Foundations 152,412 2.38%

Local agency contracts 24,600 0.38%

What brings me here today…

• The timely collision of the stars…or…– WOU’s institutional research capacity and needs

– TRI’s contracts and grants capacity and needs

• Resulted in a proposal request from President Minihan