Rackham-CRLT
May Seminar on
Preparing Future Faculty (PFF)
General Information
Deadline for applications has passed. Please call 615-9263 with questions.
The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) seek applicants for the thirteenth annual Seminar on Preparing Future Faculty 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. Participants who successfully complete the program will have fulfilled two requirements toward a U-M Rackham-CRLT Graduate Teacher Certificate.
The Seminar will include the following:
- Preparation for the academic job search, including assistance with the creation of a statement of teaching philosophy and a syllabus.
- Information about higher education (e.g., institutional types, the nature of today’s students, tenure, and faculty worklife) and field trips to local college campuses.
- Discussion of effective and reflective teaching, including meetings with University of Michigan junior faculty members, conversations about multicultural teaching and learning, and demonstrations of and reflection on the use of instructional technology.
The 2012 five-week Seminar will begin Tuesday, May 1 and end Thursday, May 31, 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.php
Applicants should send the following materials:
- Application form which includes contact information, candidacy, teaching experiences, and teaching-related training. Download the PFF 2012 application form.
- A cover letter (limited to 2 single-spaced pages) which answers the
following questions:
- At which type of academic institution would you like to be a faculty member (e.g., research-oriented, teaching-oriented, or a mix) and why?
- What are your core values regarding teaching? Please provide examples from your own teaching as a GSI and/or learning as a student.
- 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?
- A current CV
Please submit all materials via e-mail to: PFF2012APPS@umich.edu
**Please use "PFF Application May 2012" 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_PFF2012.doc”
(e.g., Jones_Pat_PFF2012.doc)
Deadline for applications has passed.
Please contact PFF2012APPS@umich.edu or call 615-9263 with questions.
*Registration is not necessary to take the PFF Seminar. It is free of charge to accepted students.