Mentoring New and Future Faculty

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Mentoring New and Future Faculty

• Allison Boye, Ph.D.
• TEACH Program Director
• Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center
• Texas Tech University
• TFDN Meeting June 2008

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Mentoring and Outreach An Overview

• On-site conferences and special sessions
• Partnerships with other campus departments,
  colleges, and organizations
• Preparing future faculty program

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Reaching out to new faculty Jumpstart

• On-site mini-conference
• Late summer
• 2 days
• Focused on preparing for the fall semester

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Jumpstart Popular sessions

• Zen and the Art of PowerPoint
• Survivor Classroom Island
• Balancing research, teaching, and service
• What the best teachers do
• Active learning strategies
• Creating a grade book with Excel
• Teaching online courses
• What is Service Learning?

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Jumpstart Organizational details

• Free registration
• Breakfast and lunch included
• Door prizes/raffle
• Participation from Provosts office and Teaching
  Academy
• Simple graphic theme
• Multiple fliers, advertisements
• Utilize pre-existing resources
• Increase awareness of center services

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Outreach through Partnerships

• Partnerships with Graduate classes and the
  Graduate School
• Teaching Roadshows
• So You Want to be a Professor? series
• HHMI Scholars
• College of Arts and Sciences TA Orientation

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Mentoring future faculty The TEACH Program

• PhD and terminal Masters students holding a
  teaching assistantship and interested in pursuing
  a career in teaching at the college/university
  level
• Supplements departmental training opportunities
  for graduate students
• Two-semester program to build classroom skills
  and prepare for a career in academe as future
  faculty
• 1000 total stipend for active participation
• 20 25 TEACH fellows accepted per cohort

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What TEACH offers

• Individualized mentoring by Instructional
  Consultants
• Classroom Videotaping and Teaching Observation
  each semester
• Small Group Instructional Diagnosis each
  semester
• Guidance from a Faculty Mentor
• Peer partnership with other TEACH fellows
• Teaching Portfolio plus detailed feedback (fall)
• Teaching and Learning Project with mentor
  (spring)
• Teaching/ Learning and Technology Workshops (20
  hour minimum)

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Mentoring and community in the TEACH Program

• Individualized mentoring by Instructional
  Consultants
• Guidance from a Faculty Mentor
• Peer partnership with other TEACH fellows

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Comments from past TEACH fellows

• I think the TEACH consultants were the most
  invaluable part of the program for me. They were
  there when I needed them. I felt comfortable
  dropping by, emailing or calling whenever I
  needed something. They were awesome.
• Consultant and feedback are good - all PhD
  student instructors should have access to this
  service - it could be something for the future
  that would really make TTU graduates stand out in
  the job market.
• Getting newer perspectives about my teaching
  and areas to improve upon were the most valuable
  experiences I derived from the TEACH program.
• I learned that I'm not a "bad" teacher, I just
  need to work in some areas. Also, I learned some
  valuable classroom management strategies,
  collaborative and active learning methods, and
  other ways to increase student comprehension in
  the classroom.