Join the CIRTL@UCLA Community
There are many ways to engage with the CIRTL community at UCLA.
In addition to our online communities there are many courses and workshops designed for the advancement and professionalization of graduate students, postdocs, and faculty. Check out our monthly newsletter for more upcoming offerings!
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Current CIRTL@UCLA community members (associates, practitioners, and scholars), please login to the
CCLE website
to update your progress and complete the
required questionnaire
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Come to the CIRTL Information Session and bring your friends!
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Date:
Monday, September 23rd
Time:
10:15am - 11:45am
Location:
Haines Hall A82
This session will highlight TAR presentations from CIRTL Scholars as well as provide general information about the
CIRTL@UCLA Program.
You will learn about:
- The benefits to joining CIRTL
- The 3 levels of engagement to become CIRTL certified
- Scholars of Teaching as Research Program (STAR)
- Poster presentations by 4 CIRTL Scholars who will present their Teaching as Research projects
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46th Annual Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Conference
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Date:
September 23rd - 24th
Time:
8:30am - 5:00pm
Location:
UCLA
Each year, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (formerly OID), TA Training Program organizes a conference to provide teacher training and resource information to both new and continuing TAs. Even if you will not TA in 2019–20, you are welcome to attend the conference in preparation for future teaching assignments.
Our annual conference meets for two days—the Monday and Tuesday of Week 0 on September 23rd and 24th. The conference will kick off with a complimentary breakfast and an informative resource fair that connects TAs with essential campus resources for undergraduate teaching. We will start our first day together with a keynote lecture by expert faculty to introduce you to UCLA's undergraduates and teaching at UCLA.
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Santa Monica College 2
nd
Annual Faculty Job Fair & Open
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Date:
Friday, October 4th
Time:
10:00am - 2:00pm
Location:
Santa Monica College
Please come early (10am). There will be a table to sign in and receive a bag with some swag; each department will be represented on the quad walkway, so you will have a chance to meet faculty in the department of your interest.
Bring your resume. We will be adding full-time faculty positions to the job line within the next few weeks. Please check with the website on a regular basis as job postings are added through the fall.
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CIRTL Network's online programming
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The CIRTL online network offers courses, workshops and events that count toward Associate level certification. Here are the fall offerings:
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CIRTL MOOCs take place on the EdX platform and use video-based modules, discussion boards, and peer-reviewed assignments to teach participants about different aspects of evidence-based STEM teaching over the course of 8 weeks. Registration is required; there is no cost to participate and no enrollment cap. For more information, visit the
CIRTL MOOC website
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Register by 9/30
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Workshops have live, real-time online sessions and require independent work outside of those meetings. Workshops can have one, two, or three online sessions (multi-session workshops typically have one session per week). Registration is required; STEM grad students and postdocs from CIRTL institutions receive enrollment priority.
Register by 9/27
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Teaching summits have live, real-time online sessions. Registration is required; STEM grad students and postdocs from CIRTL institutions receive enrollment priority.
Register by 11/15
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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 Chronicle of Higher Education
For Ph.D.s on the job market in the sciences, no element of the hiring process is more important for making or breaking your prospects than the job talk.
At some point in the 2019-20 hiring season — once you’ve made the long journey from application packet to Skype interview to campus visit — you will have to deliver a job talk. It will play a large part in determining the next decade or more of your career.
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Assistant Professor of Teaching in Developmental and Cell Biology
UC Irvine
This position emphasizes teaching, but otherwise parallels the tenure-track faculty series, including membership in the Academic Senate.
The successful candidate will participate in the undergraduate teaching mission of the department, with opportunities to instruct lecture or lab courses such as introductory biology, developmental biology, cell biology, anatomy, and scientific writing.
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Assistant Teaching Professor in the Neuroscience and Behavior Undergraduate Major
University of Notre Dame
The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for an assistant teaching professor to support the Neuroscience and Behavior undergraduate major.
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Psychology or Neuroscience, and will provide evidence of teaching excellence at the college level (i.e., prior teaching experience, use of evidence-based practices).
Questions and informal inquiries regarding this position may be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Prof. Bradley Gibson (
bgibson@nd.edu
).
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4 positions in the Department of Biology
Baylor University Waco Campus
- Lecturer Position (non-tenure track) in Biology (with an emphasis in the biomedical sciences)
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Comparative Mammalian Physiology (with an emphasis on biomedical or marine adaptations)
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Aquatic Microbial Ecology (with an emphasis on freshwater systems and biomedical applications)
- Associate/Full Professor in Cancer Biology and/or Immunology (using mammalian models)
Our Biology Department continues to be in the midst of an exciting expansion. In the last three years, we have added eight new positions.
We seek individuals with a commitment to excellence and innovation in research and teaching in a Christian setting. Importantly, we are seeking diverse individuals who have a visionary approach to research at both the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as collaborative efforts beyond our university at institutions such as Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Chair, Department of Biology
More Info
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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Biotechnology
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
The Biological Sciences Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) invites applications for a tenure-track, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR position in Biotechnology, beginning in the 2020-2021 academic year. A Ph.D. in Biology, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Genetics, Molecular Biology or related science discipline or a related science discipline is required.
Inquiries
can be made to Chair, Biotechnology Search Committee, Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University,
biotech_search@cpp.edu
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Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences
Lehigh University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University is seeking a full-time, non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor for the spring 2020 semester (January – June, 2020). The position requires a Ph.D. in biological sciences, teaching experience, and expertise in the use of innovative and interactive scientific teaching practices.
Applications will be reviewed starting
September 30, 2019
.
Contact
Dr. Michael Kuchka, Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
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Two Lecture-Track Faculty Positions in the Department of Biology
Emory University
We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in the biological sciences and a strong commitment to pedagogy and a specific interest in teaching and advising undergraduates. Applicants having prior experience with evidence-based teaching practices are encouraged to apply; postdoctoral experience is preferred. Faculty appointments will be made at the lecture track rank commensurate with current academic standing and achievement as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, or Professor of Pedagogy
Review of applications will start
November 1, 2019;
to ensure full consideration, all materials should be received by December 1. Preliminary interviews will begin in December.
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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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