Video Workshop Gives Tips for Mastering Faculty Job Interviews

In a joint video conference on Feb. 20, CIRTL Network partners Rique Campa and Eileen Callahan showed graduate students at Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison how to stand out from the crowd during crucial steps of the faculty hiring process - the application and the interview. The workshop was called “Securing Academic Positions: Planning, Preparation and Interviewing for Success.” Read more...

Teaching and Learning Publication Explores the Philosophy of the CIRTL Network

The spring 2008 issue of “New Directions for Teaching and Learning,” “Educating Integrated Professionals: Theory and Practice on Preparation for the Professoriate,” focuses on the need for new faculty to integrate teaching, research and service. Read more...

CIRTL Forum 2008 Will Explore Future Faculty Development

Graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math experience a massive shift in their lives and responsibilities when they become new faculty. The CIRTL Forum 2008, Aligning the Preparation of Graduate Students for Early STEM Faculty Careers, will be an opportunity for diverse stakeholders to gather and discuss how to best prepare graduate students for their future roles as professors. The Forum will take place in Madison, Wisconsin on June 16-17.

Panel discussions will explore the extent to which graduate students’ education prepares them to balance teaching, research and service in their future work. Leaders from a diverse group of higher education institutions will share their perspectives on early career experiences, the hiring process, and graduate student preparation. Read more...

Introducing the CIRTL Guidebook Collection:
Offering Faculty the Tools to put the CIRTL Pillars into Practice

The CIRTL Guidebook Collection is now available online, and features eight versatile course guidebooks:  Expeditions in Learning guidebook, Instructional Materials Development Course guidebook, The College Classroom Course guidebook, Informal Science Education for Scientists: A Practicum guidebook, Effective Teaching with Technology guidebook, Creating a Collaborative Learning Environment guidebook, the Internship Program guidebook, and the Diversity in the College Classroom guidebook. These eight guidebooks stem from the work of a community of research-active faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and academic staff in the STEM disciplines.  Guidebook users benefit from the CIRTL research, implementation, and evaluation of the various courses used to develop the guidebooks.  The guidebooks are designed to introduce faculty members to the Delta courses and programs and provide a time-saving way for them to offer similar courses in their departments or at their universities. Read more... 

Visit the Guidebooks page to download the guidebooks.

CIRTL Diversity Resources Now Available

The CIRTL Diversity Institute brought together a critical mass of scholars (“CIRTL Scholars”) to produce materials and resources that will reform STEM higher education based on the idea that STEM students' learning is enhanced when classes, laboratories, and discussion sections foster engagement of all students irrespective of race, gender, or socioeconomic background. The objective of the Diversity Institute was to create and disseminate a resource base that will enable faculty and future faculty to enhance diversity in STEM fields by creating inclusive classrooms. These resources are now available on the Diversity Resources web site.

Visit the Diversity Resources website for more information.

Resources:

• Reaching All Students: A Resource Book for Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Case Studies in Inclusive Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Diversity Institute Literature Review