Postdoc Teaching Practicum: November 2024 – April 2025

Event Date & Time

Event Description

Online

Click “Register Now” to apply for the Postdoc Teaching Practicum. If you are a graduate student, apply for the Graduate Teaching Practicum.

Application opens on August 26 and closes on October 28. Your application will be reviewed and if you are selected as a participant you will be contacted by email by November 4.

What is the Postdoc Teaching Practicum?

The next Postdoc Teaching Practicum cohort will start in November 2024.

To apply:

• You need to be a Postdoc and a CIRTL Associate (have completed a Postdoc ISW, the CIRTL Summer Teaching Institute, or Foundations of Pedagogy).
• Participants need to identify a mentor in their discipline who will be teaching in the Winter Term and who is willing to both let them observe their mentor’s teaching and give two guest lectures.

Program Outcomes

By the end of the Practicum you will be able to:

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

Sessions will be held online on Zoom.

• There is a pre-work module that needs to be completed prior to the first session.

• The sessions are on the following dates and times (PST):
  • November 18, 2024 – Asynchronous course opens (overview of program, requirements, etc.)
  • December 5, 2024 – 10am-12 PST – Lesson Design Clinic
  • January 9, 2025 – 10am-12 PST – Teaching Portfolios Workshop
  • February 6, 2025 – 10am-12 PST – Introduction to Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Workshop
  • March 6, 2025 – 10am-12 PST – Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion in Teaching Workshop
  • April 3, 2025 – 10am-12 PST – Final Reflections & Expert Panel Discussion
  • April 30, 2025 – All reflections, assignments, etc. due