Graduate Teacher Program: Summer Training Opportunities
The Graduate Teacher Program invites postdoctoral associates and postdoctoral fellows to the summer programs below. Note the various May deadlines for the programs. For any questions, please email Preston Cumming at gtpleads@colorado.edu.
Diversity on Campus, May 30, 2019
CU: Diversity on Campus (DOC) is a one-day, multi-campus inclusive excellence training hosted by CU Boulder and funded by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement. Materials and activities will prepare graduate students and postdocs to recognize and integrate inclusive excellence into their teaching and research environments. Faculty and presenters include experts in college teaching, diversity, inclusion, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Participants will expand their awareness of diversity and inclusion issues in the classroom and learn to incorporate inclusive teaching and mentoring practices.
Preliminary schedule includes: Universal Design For Learning, LGBTQ Resources, International Student Success, Radical Honesty in the Classroom, a multi-campus perspective on Inclusive Excellence, Creating Inclusive Classrooms and more.
Participants will receive 8 GTP workshop credits toward their certification in college teaching, future faculty development certificate or pursuing excellence in college teaching credential.
Eligibility
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars may apply. The program will accept 10 graduate students and postdocs from CU and will open other slots for participants from other surrounding campuses. Because of the arrangements with faculty and administration that will need to be made ahead of time, participants must make a firm commitment to attend (i.e., no dropping out), so please think seriously about this before applying.
Deadline
The application period will open on April 19, 2019 and will close at 5:00 PM, on May 2, 2019. Please see the Graduate Teacher Program website for further details at https://www.colorado.edu/gtp/. Applicants will receive email notification of acceptance or refusal on May 6, 2019.
If you have questions about CU: DOC or the application, please contact the Graduate Teacher Program Lead Coordinators at gtpleads@colorado.edu or call (303) 492-4902 and ask to speak with Preston Cumming, Lead Coordinator, Graduate Teacher Program.
Link to Application
Preparing for the Academic Job Market, June 27-28, 2019
Are you planning on going on the Academic Job Market soon? If so, consider applying to join the Graduate Teacher Program’s two-day preparation workshop this June. The program will cover all aspects of the job search and interview process, from finishing your dissertation to the on-campus interview.
Topics will include: Finishing the Dissertation, Writing Your Research, Teaching, and Diversity Statements, panels with recent faculty hires and faculty members who have been on hiring committees, and Preparing your CV and Cover Letter.
Participants will receive 10 GTP workshop credits toward their certification in college teaching, future faculty development certificate or pursuing excellence in college teaching credential.
Eligibility
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars may apply. Attendance is limited to 15 CU Boulder graduate students and post-docs. Participation will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis.Because of the arrangements with faculty and administrative time that will need to be made ahead of time, participants must make a firm commitment to attend (i.e., no dropping out), so please think seriously about this before applying.
Deadline
The application period will open on April 19, 2019 and will close at 5:00 PM, on May 17, 2019. Please see the Graduate Teacher Program website for further details at https://www.colorado.edu/gtp/. Applicants will receive email notification of acceptance or refusal on May 20, 2019.
If you have questions about PAJM or the application, please contact the Graduate Teacher Program Lead Coordinators at gtpleads@colorado.edu or call (303) 492-4902 and ask to speak with Preston Cumming, Lead Coordinator, Graduate Teacher Program.
Link to Application
Transforming Your Research into Teaching Workshop Series, June 4 - July 30, 2019
This is a 9-session workshop series designed to expose participants to the basic elements of course design. Over the course of this workshop, participants will design a course based on their Master’s or Ph.D. thesis topic or their area of post-doctoral research. The program will move slowly, one aspect of the course at a time, to allow participants to fully develop their ideas and not detract unnecessarily from their research goals. At the end of the workshop participants will present their course to the group and design a full course syllabus.
This course carries no CU credit but is a collaborative effort with the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Nebraska, Indiana University and University of Colorado Boulder. All institutions are members of the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network, a network of 38 institutions that seeks to enhance excellence in undergraduate education through the development of a national faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices for diverse learners.
Participants will be able to use this course towards their 20 discipline specific hours for their certification in college teaching or pursuing excellence in college teaching credential.
Course Organization:
This course is a hybrid asynchronous/synchronous online/face-to-face course.
1) Most of the primary content will be delivered online in the form of online videos and assignments for participants to work on by themselves. Participants can view the videos anytime during the week (asynchronous).
2) Each week, students will have the opportunity to convene as a local group to discuss what they have learned from the video materials, collaborate on their course design projects, and do advanced activities to get them into the content in a more personal way.
3) Participants are encouraged to share creative works-in-progress at four points during the workshop series. These works-in-progress will be submitted on a shared directory online where participants can browse their cross-network classmates’ projects for creative inspiration. There will be no mandatory comments on discussion boards in this class!
4) At the end of the class, students will have a completed course syllabus that captures all their work over the workshop series. As a network, we will meet online for our final class session and the favorite courses from each institution will be shared in a mock faculty meeting where participants can pitch their course concept to their peers!
Eligibility
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars may apply. Attendance is limited to 10 CU Boulder graduate students and post-docs. Participation will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis.Because of the arrangements with faculty and administrative time that will need to be made ahead of time, participants must make a firm commitment to attend (i.e., no dropping out), so please think seriously about this before applying.
Deadline
The application period will open on April 19, 2019 and will close at 5:00 PM, on May 17, 2019. Please see the Graduate Teacher Program website for further details at https://www.colorado.edu/gtp/. Applicants will receive email notification of acceptance or refusal on May 20, 2019.
If you have questions about this course or the application, please contact the Graduate Teacher Program Lead Coordinators at gtpleads@colorado.edu or call (303) 492-4902 and ask to speak with Preston Cumming, Lead Coordinator, Graduate Teacher Program.