Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) -- University  of Michigan

Deadline for applications is Monday, February 11, 2008

General Information

The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) seek applicants for the ninth annual Seminar on College Teaching designed to help prepare senior graduate students for their first faculty positions. For this nationally-recognized Seminar, we are seeking advanced graduate students who have achieved candidacy and have college or university teaching experience.

The Seminar will include the following topics:

1. Preparation for the academic job search including assistance with the creation of a statement of teaching philosophy and a syllabus.
2. Information about higher education (e.g., institutional types, governance and accountability, the nature of today's students, tenure, and faculty worklife) including field trips to local college campuses.
3. Discussion of effective and reflective teaching including meetings with University of Michigan junior faculty members, conversations about multicultural teaching and learning, and demonstration of and reflection on the use of instructional technology.

The five-week Seminar will begin Tuesday, April 29and end Thursday, May 29, meeting every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 - 1:30. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.  For more information on the Seminar, please see http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/teaching_seminar.html

Applicants should send the following materials:

1) Cover letter in which you include your name, address, phone, and e-mail and answer the following questions (limited to 2 single-spaced pages):

• Have you achieved candidacy in your degree program and if so, when?
• When do you expect to be applying for faculty jobs?
• At which type of academic institution would you like to be a faculty member (e.g. research-oriented, teaching-oriented, a mix) and why?
• How will the Seminar enhance your previous training and experience as a college-level teacher?
• What else do you hope to gain from the PFF Seminar? 

2) A list of teaching experiences and teaching preparation experiences, including:

• courses taught and name (s) of faculty supervisor (s)
• GSI training activities you have attended
• GSI training activities and services you facilitated, developed or provided (includes Graduate Student Mentor work)
• attendance at departmental, campus, or national workshops on teaching
  
• other related work you have done regarding teaching and learning

3) A current CV

Please submit all materials via e-mail to: Chad Hershock, Ph.D. (chersh@umich.edu)

**Please use "PFF Application May 2008" as the subject line.
**Please submit all materials as a ONE attached Word document (.doc), do NOT send materials as multiple attachments or in .pdf format.
**Please use the following format to name your file: “LastName_FirstName_PFF2008.doc” (e.g., Hershock_Chad_PFF2008.doc)

Contact Chad Hershock by phone (615-8060) or e-mail (chersh@umich.edu) with any questions.

*Registration is not necessary to take the PFF Seminar. It is free of charge to accepted students.

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