Enroll NOW on MyUCLA in Grad PD 496B: Teaching as Research
winter quarter 2020
Grad PD 496B, Teaching as Research,
is offered in
winter
and is a more rigorous course, and requires a good deal of outside the classroom work. The outcome is a proposal for your Teaching as Research project. While you are not required to be teaching while you take the course, you are required to plan to implement the project in a course you will be teaching either in spring, summer or fall. Because of the rigor, you should not take Grad PD 496B until you are ready to spend the time developing your proposal, which may not be right after you take Grad PD A, which is fine.
Class meetings will most likely by Wednesday’s from 12-2 pm.
Pre-req is Grad PD 496A or equivalent
(permission given by the instructors - Rachel Kennison and Leigh Harris)
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4th Annual SABER West Meeting
Join a growing community of UCLA graduate students, post docs and faculty at this fun and inspiring conference!
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Date:
January 18
th
– 19
th
Location
:
UC Irvine Anteater Learning Pavilion
Registration for SABER West (January 18/19, 2020) is now officially open!
For all information regarding the meeting, including our goals and meeting programming, please visit our
website
.
Rates for early registration (by November 15
th
) are as follows:
- 4-year faculty, staff, administrators - $115
- 2-year faculty, staff, administrators - $65
- Post docs, Graduate students and Undergraduates - $65
We look forward to seeing many of you in January!
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TA Training Program – Fall 2019
Each quarter, the TA Training Program offers teaching workshops useful to both North and South Campus graduate students. All of our workshops are held in small-group settings, with hands-on activities and lots of
time for questions and discussion. Whether you are a current TA or would like to TA in the future, please join us for this fun and engaging training series .
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STiP Monthly Webinar: A Focus on Underrepresented Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Teaching & Mentoring
Date
: Wednesday, November 13th
Time
: 12:00pm -1:00pm
Although the demographics on campuses worldwide are becoming increasingly diverse, many colleges are struggling with how to foster a more inclusive climate and equitable outcomes for students.
This session will highlight the experiences of underrepresented students (to include first-generation, low-income, community college transfer, historically underrepresented racial-minority students, among others). This session also underscores strategies to optimize the interactions we already have on a regular basis in and out of the classroom in order to achieve greater impact."
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Career Panel UCLA Careers in Community Colleges for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
Date
: Wednesday, November 13
th
Time
: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
: Kerckhoff Hall, Charles E. Young Grand Salon, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095
Join us for this lively panel discussion with faculty members representing Southern California's community colleges. Attendees will learn about faculty panelists’ own career trajectory in the community college system, get advice on how to transition from graduate school or postdoctoral training to a position in the community college, and receive insights about the application process.
REGISTRATION OPENS: October 30
th
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Community College Symposium in Anaheim
Date
: Saturday, December 7th
Time:
8:00am – 2:00pm
Location:
Anaheim, CA
Are you searching for a faculty position at a community college? Your next career destination could be near.
Register to attend the inaugural City to Sea Community College Faculty Job Summit, hosted by seven local Southern California community college districts!
Attendees will have the opportunity to:
Join engaging workshops - Meet and greet with faculty - Participate in mock interviews - Have a professional head shot taken - Engage in Q&A with HR professionals, administrators, and faculty
Admission to this event is
FREE
and parking validation of $8 is available to all attendees.
*If you require accommodations, contact HR@nocccd.edu or 714-818-4810.
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Online Info Session: Regional Internship Programs - Los Angeles County and Orange County
Date
: Tuesday, December 10th
Time
: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Location
: Online
This informational webinar will provide an overview of several different internship opportunities for getting experience in teaching at a community college in Los Angeles County and Orange County. Join us to meet program coordinators, directors, and former participants, learn about the criteria and timelines for the various applications, and see if there is an internship that works for you. Each program will provide a 10 minute overview with time for Q&A at the end of the webinar.
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Writing Studio Workshop by
CourseSource
Date
: Friday, January 17
th
Time
: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location
: University of California Irvine
Editorial board members for the journal
CourseSource
(
https://www.coursesource.org/
) are hosting a Writing Studio workshop on
Friday, January 17th
at the University of California Irvine, just ahead of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) West meeting. We are looking for faculty, graduate students, and postdocs who are interested in attending and getting advice for preparing their manuscripts for publication in
CourseSource
.
If you are selected for the Writing Studio, we will provide writing guidance and support for submitting a
CourseSource
Lesson article, as well as breakfast and lunch during the workshop. If you wish, you can also stay for the
SABER West
meeting.
Application review will begin on
November 4, 2019
. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
For more information visit the website
here
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C
ongratulations to CIRTL Scholar Katie Dixie
We would like to congratulate Katie for receiving a
Distinguished Teaching Award
- UCLAs highest honor for teaching at the Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching Award Ceremony. Katie's award is a result of her outstanding work as a teaching assistant and the TA Training course.
Katie is a PhD Candidate in the Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Physiology program.
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UCLA at the 2019 6th National CIRTL Forum in Philadelphia!
Congratulations to CIRTL Scholars
Ben Ha
and
Katie Dixie
for presenting their TAR projects at the national CIRTL Forum at Drexel University in Philadelphia last weekend!
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Hint for candidates:
Why should we seriously consider you when you haven’t seriously considered us?
The faculty job market is just as brutal lately at community colleges as it is in any other sector of academe. As I often tell graduate students and new Ph.D.s interested in applying to a two-year campus: Getting hired here isn’t necessarily easier — it’s just different.
Read More
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MOOC
Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom
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U.S.-based and higher education-centered, the five-week, instructor-paced online course runs from
November 4 – December 9, 2019
at edX.org, and is for anyone with teaching responsibilities, at any level of diversity expertise. Course participants will explore strategies for inclusive course design, social identity and self-reflection, and pedagogical practices that effectively support student engagement and belongingness across difference.
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Cornell University's Center for Teaching Innovation is launching a new massive open online course (MOOC) to guide educators in exploring frameworks and strategies for building and sustaining inclusive learning environments.
Watch their 2-minute introductory video below
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University of California Davis Positions
1) Assistant Professor of Teaching Department of Chemistry
2) Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology College of Agriculture and Environmental
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Chapman University Positions
1)
Instructional Assistant Professor in Biology
2)
Instructional Assistant Professor, Program Director for the Grand Challenge Initiative
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San Jose State University Positions
1)
Assistant Professor, Microbial Physiologist in Biological Sciences
2)
Assistant Professor, Cellular Physiology in Biological Sciences
3)
Biology Educator
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Local and National Job Opportunities
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Assistant Professor of Biology
Alfred University
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological
St. Edwards University
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Instructor of Biology
Grand View University (Des Moines, IA)
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Part-Time Instructor
MiraCosta College
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Biological Sciences (Anatomy/Physiology) Instructor
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
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Assistant Professor of Practice, Physiology
University Nebraska, Lincoln
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences Department
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Faculty Position in the Department of Engineering and Science Education
Clemson University
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Opportunities for Post Doctoral Scholars
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Lecturers for Bioinformatics Course and Signal Transduction Course
Cal State LA
Courses to be taught Spring 2020 (starting late January)
- CHEM/BINF 4860/4000 (a senior level/graduate level course on bioinformatics).
- CHEM 5340 (a graduate level course on signaling pathways)
A great way for post-docs to get experience and be the instructor of record for biochemistry courses.
If you are interested in this opportunity please contact Dr. Jamil Momand.
Jamil Momand, Ph.D
Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
California State University, Los Angeles
Phone: 323.343.2300
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CIRTL LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
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There are three levels of certification for the CIRTL program, e
ach level has unique learning outcomes
:
- CIRTL Associate: recognizes the role of the CIRTL core ideas in effective teaching and learning
- CIRTL Practitioner: addresses scholarly teaching using the CIRTL core ideas to demonstrably improve learning of students by completing a teaching-as-research (TAR) project
- CIRTL Scholar: advances teaching and learning, and makes the results from TAR project public.
CIRTL program outcomes conceived in this way permit anyone to enter the CIRTL Network learning community from a wide variety of disciplines, needs, and past experiences, and to achieve success as a teacher at a wide variety of engagement. One way to achieve CIRTL Scholar level is to participate in the STAR program (discussed below) but this is not the only way, and requirements can be discussed with the Director (Rachel Kennison) on an individual basis.
A note on the requirements for Associate Level
You must complete one course on Evidence Based Teaching (EBT) that aligns with the CIRTL learning outcomes. CIRTL@UCLA offers a course each fall (Grad PD 496A), but this is NOT the only way to complete this requirement. For example, other courses that fulfill this requirement are: The CIRTL online MOOC, the TAC summer academy, Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy, Community Engaged Teaching (Grad PD 495CE) or the TA training course for Life Sciences, LS 495.
In addition, you must complete 20-25 hours of an additional course or workshop related to EBT or Professional Development. Some examples are CIRTL online courses and workshops (posted on our home page and on the
CIRTL website
), Entering Mentoring Training program or EPIC/CAT workshops.
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Engage in CIRTL@UCLA in whatever way meets your needs. It is common to start off as a community member and as you get more interested in learning more about teaching, you may want to increase your participation. Each level has a variety of ways to engage. All activities in each level are aligned with the CIRTL network
core ideas
and
learning outcomes.
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Track your Certification progress
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If you are interested in becoming certified as a CIRTL Associate, Practitioner or Scholar, join the CCLE collaboration site to keep track of your progress through engagement levels.
Click on the level of certification you are engaged in and complete the tracking form.
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Scholars for Teaching as Research Program (STAR)
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The STAR program allows you to move through the pedagogical training from Associate to Scholar through a series of courses (Grad PD 496 A, B, C).
Grad PD 496A, An Introduction to Evidence Based Teaching
is offered in
fall
quarter. This course is taught in a flipped format, with videos each week and in-person learning community meetings where we practice the theory of evidence based practice. Most of the work is done in class, other than watching the videos outside of class. Most students find this course to be a lower effort course, because of the way it is structured, and can be taken either while you are teaching or not.
Grad PD 496B, Teaching as Research,
is offered in
winter
and is a more rigorous course, and requires a good deal of outside the classroom work. The outcome is a proposal for your Teaching as Research project. While you are not required to be teaching while you take the course, you are required to plan to implement the project in a course you will be teaching either in spring, summer or fall. Because of the rigor, you should not take Grad PD 496B until you are ready to spend the time developing your proposal, which may not be right after you take Grad PD A, which is fine.
Grad PD 496C, Implementation of TAR,
is offered in
spring/summer.
This is a learning community that provides you with support while you are iterating and implementing your project, analyzing your data and planning to present. This course should be taken directly after Grad PD 496B.
Graduate students who have completed their qualifying exams and have advanced to candidacy may have more time to devote to teaching and training and might be ready to move from the Associates Level to the Practitioner level.
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The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) is a national network providing graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with online training on evidence based teaching and professional development. UCLA is a member of CIRTL giving you access to all CIRTL online programing across the network.
To register for the National network please visit
CIRTL.net
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