PFF X8000 - Preparing Future Faculty: Teaching for Learning Summer Institute
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Delivery Options
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Description
The transition from student to instructor requires a new set of tools. Join a cohort of advanced graduate students, postdocs, and early career professionals for a focused summer intensive institute designed to expand your skills as a learning-centered instructor in higher education.
Through curated readings and collegial discussion, you’ll acquire the ability to:
- Craft and implement engaging instructional activities
- Design assessments that align with learning outcomes
- Structure courses that are both inclusive and rigorous
This flexible and non-credit institute is designed to fit into your busy summer through an asynchronous and engaging format. Expect to spend approximately five hours per week engaged in the Institute, including reading, participating in discussions and completing assignments.
Outline
To keep the momentum going, you will engage in weekly readings and interactive activities designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The institute is offered in three modules, each of which focuses on a different aspect important to effective teaching in higher education: foundations of teaching, the practice of teaching, and the products of teaching (syllabi and teaching philosophies). Active participation, interaction with others, and substantive, thoughtful posts submitted on time are integral to deep learning in this institute.Objectives
As a result of participating in this institute, participants will be able to:
- Align principles of how students learn with instructional decisions
- Apply active learning theory and practice to their disciplinary contexts
- Design formative and summative assessments that measure both student learning and teaching effectiveness
- Evaluate the implications of Generative AI (GenAI) in course policies and assessment design decisions
- Structure course interactions and learning activities to foster student belonging
- Construct a professional teaching portfolio incorporating a teaching philosophy and a syllabus centered on principles of course design
Key Benefits
- Asynchronous modality allows students to learn with flexibility
- Provides an option for students to gain teaching skills during an advanced stage of their academic journey
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