Future Professoriate Program
The Future Professoriate Program was designed for two purposes:
- To recognize the efforts of doctoral students who prepared to enter the professoriate.
- To supplement on-going training and mentoring efforts.
If you are accepted into the program and complete all requirements, you will receive a Certificate in College Teaching, which will include a notation on your official transcript. You will also develop a teaching portfolio, an approved collection of documents that can be used to help distinguish yourself in an applicant pool.
Eligibility
To apply, you must be:
- Classified as a doctoral student and employed on a graduate assistantship
- Able to complete certificate requirements within a two year period
- Willing to work with a mentor and to participate in group events
Requirements
- Complete with a passing grade or a grade higher than "C" either:
- UNIV 595: Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies Seminar (one credit hour; P/F grading) OR
- An approved discipline-based teaching strategies course
- Participate in six approved workshops offered through the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center
- Engage in a two semester mentored teaching experience, either as instructor of record or as a teaching assistant
- Submit for review and approval a teaching portfolio, which must include a philosophy of teaching, sample syllabuses and assessments by your mentor
Apply
To be considered, you must submit a brief application.
