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Teaching Philosophies & Statements

If you would like to request a consultation with one of the CRLT professional staff about your Teaching Philosophy statement, click here.  We also have additional information on our website you may find useful: click here for research about Teaching Philosophies, strategies for writing a successful statement, and examples of statements from U-M graduate students and post-docs.  

If you are looking for information about the U-M Graduate Teacher Certificate, click here. 

Consultation services are available to faculty, post-docs and graduate students affiliated with the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor campus.

 

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Intercampus Mentorship Program: One Participant's Success Story

A few weeks ago, in a post about the Rackham-CRLT Intercampus Mentorship Program, we promised to share stories from some of the program's former participants. This guest post from Sarah Gerk tells what an amazing professional development opportunity the program can be. For more details about the program--open to any U-M graduate student or postdoc--see this page. 

It was only about a year ago now that I nervously sent an email to Charles McGuire, Professor of Musicology at Oberlin College, to ask if he would be interested in becoming my mentor. Little did I know then that the relationship initiated with that email would become one of the most helpful of my career--not only because it provided me invaluable experience with and advice about teaching, but also because I was lucky enough to get an amazing job out of it.

I chose Oberlin for my mentorship experience because of its unique combination of a small liberal arts school and music conservatory. Having attended large public schools my entire life, I wanted to explore different models before entering the job market. My mentorship involved a series of monthly visits to the Oberlin campus. I guest lectured in classes, spoke with faculty members about their teaching, and got to know a few students who were thinking about pursuing musicology in graduate school. From the beginning, Charles McGuire was a generous, kind, and valuable mentor. We spent hours hashing out the finer points of my teaching philosophy, debating the possibilities of large lectures versus small discussions, and discussing the benefits of Oberlin’s model of higher education.
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Submitted by tbraun on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 9:50am
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Professional Development Opportunity: The Graduate Teacher Certificate

If you've ever been a GSI at U-M or attended a CRLT seminar on teaching, you're already on your way to earning the U-M Graduate Teacher Certificate. The Certificate program was developed by CRLT and Rackham to help U-M grad students and postdocs document their professional development as college-level instructors. Participants in the certificate program find that it helps them become more confident as instructors and prepares them for an academic job search.

To earn the certificate, you will participate in five different types of activities. CRLT provides opportunities and support for each certificate requirement (see links below), but the program is very flexible and there are multiple ways to meet all of the requirements.

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Submitted by mbakewel on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 6:34am
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Teaching Philosophies & Statements Request

If you would like to request a consultation with one of the CRLT professional staff about your Teaching Philosophy statement, fill out the form below.  We also have additional information on our website you may find useful: click here for research about Teaching Philosophies, strategies for writing a successful statement, and examples of statements from U-M graduate students and post-docs.  

If you are looking for information about the U-M Graduate Teacher Certificate, click here. 

Consultation services are available to faculty, post-docs and graduate students affiliated with the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor campus.

 

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