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Summer PROFessional Development is back!

July 25, 2016 / / 0 Comments

FFSummerProfSeriesOur first meeting of 2016 will be 3:30-4:30 pm on Friday, July 29 in 401 Physical Sciences Building. RSVPs appreciated, but feel free to come to this or any other discussion, whether or not you let us know ahead of time.

Do you love teaching and want that to be a part of your career? Would you like a low-pressure, low-commitment opportunity to pursue that interest over the summer?

Summer PROFessional Development is a community of grad students and postdocs who are interested in teaching in higher education. We’ll meet on Friday afternoons to talk about teaching and how to get a job at a college or university that emphasizes it. We’ll discuss topics such as:

  • Teaching professional development opportunities, from courses to certificates,
  • Communication and listening skills for teaching and mentoring,
  • Diversity in the classroom,
  • Talking to your supervisor about your interest in teaching.

Enhancing and Documenting Your Training in Teaching

Sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CU-CIRTL).

Graduate Research and Teaching Fellow Nicholas Mason explains his poster

Graduate Research and Teaching Fellow Nicholas Mason explains his poster (UPhoto)

Teaching as Research Project Findings Shared

January 15, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Note: Re-posted from the Fall 2015 Graduate School newsletter. Save the date of May 16, 2016 for the 5th Annual Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium!

At a Cornell symposium in May 2015, nearly 30 graduate students presented about their research. Why is that newsworthy? In this case, the research they presented was all about teaching. Now in its fourth year, the 2015 Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium attracted over 60 attendees, including faculty, staff, and graduate students from the University of Rochester, as well as around Cornell.

The Symposium is held at the end of every academic year, bringing together graduate students and faculty who are interested in applying their research skills to develop more effective teaching practices. In addition to the poster and laptop Continue reading

Teaching MOOC Discussions

September 25, 2015 / / 0 Comments

mooc video introAre you taking the CIRTL Massive Open Online Course, an Introduction to Evidence-Based STEM Undergraduate Teaching, or thinking about it? Come to an organizational meeting on Monday, September 28, with free lunch! We will be in 221 Weill Hall from 12-1 pm.

Can’t make it at this time but interested anyway?

Week 7 Summary

August 26, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Here is a nice summary of our final summer discussion, courtesy of Maggie. A panel of colleagues discussed their experiences with part-time lecturing and adjuncting at local universities while in graduate school or in training as a postdoc. An important point in our discussions was to figure out how to make this kind of arrangement work for you, rather than become your work. The benefits will be practical job experience and student learning rather than competitive wages.

Week 7 Summary (PDF)

August 14, 2015 – Summer PROFessional Development

August 26, 2015 / / 0 Comments

In our final session of the summer, we discussed how to get experience as an instructor of record for a course through adjuncting or part-time lecturing opportunities at local colleges. We heard from a panel of four graduate students and postdocs who have interviewed or worked at Ithaca College, Cornell, TC3, and SUNY Cortland.  While we are always fleshing this out as a group project, here’s the start of a page about Teaching Opportunities.

You can download the Week 7 handout here: PROFessionalDevelopment_Handout_Week7 (PDF)

Apply for Fall Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practitioner Program

August 12, 2015 / / 0 Comments

CU-CIRTL and the Center for Teaching Excellence are now recruiting graduate and postdoctoral applicants for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Practitioner grants to start by September 21, 2015 and run through Fall Semester 2015. Recipients will have the opportunity to create/develop a mini-research project on teaching and learning. As participants design and conduct their projects, they will attend six Monday afternoon workshop sessions and work closely with a mentor. Ideal candidates will have access to a classroom in which to implement a teaching innovation. SoTL Practitioners will prepare to present their findings in a poster session later in the year, and will have the opportunity to write up their projects as a manuscript if interested. There is a small monetary award for selected participants. Interested candidates should email Kimberly Williams at kw299@cornell.edu with a short paragraph explaining their ideas and interest by September 4, 2015.

More information (PDF)

August 7, 2015 – Summer PROFessional Development

August 12, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Week 6’s session introduced the topic of Teaching as Research and included a panel of three graduate students who have designed investigations around teaching and learning in their discipline. We also started a new resource page about Teaching as Research.

You can download the Week 6 handout here: PROFessionalDevelopment_Handout_Week6 (PDF)

Week 5 Summary

August 12, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Matthew wrote up a great summary of our Week 5 Summer PROFessional Development session on Diversity in the Classroom (July 31, 2015).

Week 5 Summary (PDF)

Apply for a Learning Community Small Grant!

August 6, 2015 / / 0 Comments

 Next Deadline: August 10, 2015

Are you motivated to make a difference in your graduate program or peer group? Apply for a small grant to receive up to $500 and support in planning and running activities to foster learning community among graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, research associates, and other early-career academics at Cornell University. Our next deadline for general proposals is Monday, August 10, at 5:00 pm ET.

Request for Proposals (PDF)

Online application form

Contact CU-CIRTL

Program Director Colleen McLinn
Communications & Outreach Sally Kral
607-255-2030

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