Postdoc Teaching Internship: January-April 2021

Event Date & Time

Event Description

This event will be online on Zoom. Click “Register Now” to apply. If your application is successful and you are selected as a participant you will be contacted via email with more details to attend the Internship.

What is the Postdoc Teaching Internship?

The next Postdoc Teaching Internship cohort will start in January 2021. In order to register, you need to be a Postdoc and have completed a Postdoc ISW, the CIRTL Summer Teaching Institute, or Foundations of Pedagogy.

Registration opens on November 20, 2020 at 9 am and closes on December 20, 2020.

Introduction to PDTI

Postdoctoral Fellows’ Teaching Internship (PDTI) is a teaching development program designed specifically for UBC postdocs who are interested in pursuing academic teaching as a part of their career.  The program is being offered by UBC’s Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in collaboration with the Postdoctoral Fellows Office.

Program outcomes

By the end of the Internship, the PDFs will be able to:

1. Create a framework for how a typical university course operates
2. Articulate how teaching and learning theories intersect with the practical requirements of a university course
3. Design university lessons which incorporate learner-centred lesson planning basics, demonstrating the alignment of learning objectives, learning activities and assessment techniques
4. Develop and refine a teaching portfolio using the evidence of teaching effectiveness gathered throughout the internship

The schedule is as follows and all sessions will be online on Zoom:

• Pre-program orientation: December 15, 2-3:30 pm (Orientation is open to all who are interested in attending, however attending the orientation doesn’t indicate that you have been accepted for the teaching internship).
• Session 1: January 7, 2 – 4pm
• Session 2: February 4, 2 – 4pm
• Session 3: March 4, 2 – 4pm
• Session 4: April 1, 2 – 4pm