Enroll NOW on MyUCLA in Grad PD 496B:
Teaching as Research
winter quarter 2020
Grad PD 496B, Teaching as Research,
is a 10 week course, offered in
winter
2020 on Wednesdays, 12-2pm from Jan 8-March 11. It is an
intermediate level course,
and requires that you have completed a pedagogical course using evidence based practices (some examples include the Graduate Certificate in Writing Program courses, LS 496, Psych 495AB, Grad PD 496A). At the end of the course you will have completed a proposal for a Teaching as Research project (for more information on TAR see the
CIRTL@UCLA website
). While you are not required to be teaching while you take the course, you must have a plan to implement the project in a course (or alternative environment) you are teaching either in spring, summer or fall 2020.
To apply:
All graduate students are also required to enroll through MyUCLA.
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Online Info Session: Regional Internships For Teaching at a Community College in Los Angeles County and Orange County
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Date
: Tuesday, December 10, 2020
Time
: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
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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Get Involved!
Submit Your Ideas and Research to ASMCUE
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Proposal Deadline:
February 15, 2020, 11:59 p.m. PT
Poster Abstracts Deadline:
February 15, 2020, 11:59 p.m. ET
Microbrews (short interactive talks) Deadline:
March 31, 2020, 11:59 p.m. PT
The
ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE)
i
s shaped by its attendees. No matter your professional level, you can share teaching strategies, brainstorm solutions for common classroom challenges, collaborate with colleagues and leave the conference with renewed inspiration for your work.
ASMCUE is your meeting, your way. Plan now to join us in Bellevue, WA for four days of interactive learning, sharing, and connecting!
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Save the Dates!!
CIRTL Webinar Series on Exploring Careers
in Teaching at a Community College
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Session Dates:
Thursday, January 30, 2019
Thursday, February 27, 2019
Thursday, March 19, 2019
Time
: All sessions are 1.5 hours in length and will take place from 10:00am - 11:30am PST
In this three-part series, you will learn from panels of current community college faculty about the joys and challenges of teaching at a community college, the broad diversity of students in their courses, how that diversity enhances learning, and the ins/outs of finding a full-time teaching position at a community college. The panelist will take questions from future faculty throughout the presentation. This series is organized through CIRTL’s NSF INCLUDES Alliance Aspire: National Alliance for an Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty, as part of the regional collaborative initiatives.
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NASA-JPL Opportunities in Space Microbiology-Astrobiology
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NASA- JPL Planetary Protection- SpaceMicrobiology/Astrobiology:
Professional profile of Dr. ParagVaishampayan:
Current Opportunity- Postdoctoral Scholar:
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SABER West Registration is Open
CEILS will sponsor some UCLA attendees!
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Event Date
: January 18-19, 2020
Event Location
: University of California, Irvine
Registration Deadline:
January 6, 2020
CEILS will pay registration fees for a
limited number
of UCLA faculty and CIRTL Teaching-as-Research (TAR) graduate students or postdoctoral scholars who plan to present posters. These will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. Email
media@ceils.ucla.edu
and let us know you plan to attend and we will follow-up with more detailed information. You can complete the first part of the registration, but we will submit a lump payment for those selected so please do not complete the payment part of the registration process until you hear back from us. If you are not faculty or a CIRTL participant planning to present a poster you can still contact us to inquire about support.
4-year faculty, staff, administrators - $115
2-year faculty, staff, administrators - $65
Post docs, Graduate students and Undergraduates - $65
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ATD Dream 2020 Pre-Conferences
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Pre-Conference Workshops
Date:
Tuesday, February 18
Location:
National Harbor, Maryland
Pre-Conference Workshops are three- to six-hour sessions where practitioner experts facilitate a deep dive into effective practices to support your work and advance the field. Presentations focus attention on critical elements for advancing student success.
Pre-Conference Workshops Registration Fee: $175 per workshop for in-Network Colleges, and $225 for out-of-Network attendees, unless otherwise noted.
Space is limited. Please register today to reserve your seat.
Visit
website
here for more information
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Institute I
: July 8–13, 2020
Institute II
: July 15–20, 2020
Location:
The Claggett Center, Adamstown, Maryland
Deadlines:
Early Action:
January 15, 2020
Regular:
March 16, 2020
About the Institute
Enlightened institutions of higher education recognize the value of cultivating leadership capacity among STEM faculty and administrators.
The PKAL STEM Leadership Institute
empowers individuals to fully understand and implement the theory and practice of navigating the politics of change, addressing inter- and intrapersonal conflicts, and restructuring the institutional systems that limit our capacity for global competitiveness in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Who Should Apply?
Early- to midcareer STEM faculty with an interest in leading undergraduate STEM reform on their campuses, and nationally
Principal investigators who lead undergraduate STEM reform initiatives
Administrators (with STEM disciplinary expertise) of academic STEM units
Individuals from community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and/or historically underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
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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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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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AVID for Higher Education Workshop Series
The Intersection of Equity and Pedagogy (Part 2):
Changing
the Narrative for Diverse College Students
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Date:
Friday, January 31, 2020
Location:
Costa Mesa, California
AVID for Higher Education (AHE), in collaboration with and the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL), will provide a workshop focused on how to cultivate a positive institutional culture, improve instructional practices, and systems that help diverse learners succeed. This workshop will expand on Part 1 information that was delivered by Dr. Frank Harris and Yvonne Ortiz. However, you do not have to attend Part 1 to engage in this workshop.
We will explore a variety of topics and questions, including:
- How can higher education cultivate success for diverse students?
- What are the positive elements of institutional culture to help all students succeed? What is my role in this effort?
- How do I act upon equity-minded practices that promote diverse student success and create a plan for sustainability?
For more information visit the website
here
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3 Ways Intersectionality Can Help You Predict the Future (Or, at least provide you job security)
Knowledge, power, identity. What do these words mean to STEM? As a STEM education researcher, I’d say a lot. More so, as a Black woman, a mother, and a feminist who studies critical STEM education, I’d say they mean everything.
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Choosing the right tech tools for your teaching means making strategic choices, weighing costs against payoffs, and staying laser-focused on your course goals — and that is what this guide aims to help you do.
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Teaching and Decision Fatigue
The implication, which I think a lot can identify with, is that a semester is an inevitable process of being worn down until at the end there is an exhausted collapse at the finish line. Maybe some of this is inevitable, the nature of the exercise.
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Opportunities for Post-Doctoral Scholars
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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
University of Colorado Boulder
Content Development and Educational Data Mining Postdoctoral Position
UC Davis Genome Center
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Local & National Job Opportunities
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Multiple Faculty Positions
Diablo Valley College
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Science Hub Program Manager
Virginia Commonwealth University
Part-Time Faculty Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department
University of Colorado Boulder
Full-Time Faculty – Department of Integrative Biology
Oregon State University
Academic Coordinator - Division of Biology
University of California, San Diego
Graduate Consultant
UCLA Graduate Career Services
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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,
Planning your Teaching-as-Research Project is an is an interdisciplinary course open to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars as well as research staff interested in teaching. This is an intermediate-level 10 week course designed for students who are ready to plan a Teaching-as-Research project. Students are expected to have a working knowledge of, and experience with, evidence-based teaching methods. You should have completed a course that covers the basic knowledge of evidence based teaching practice and have achieved these CIRTL Associate-level learning outcomes:
- Describe and recognize the value of realistic well-defined, achievable, measurable and student-centered learning goals.
- Describe several known high-impact, evidence-based effective instructional practices and materials and recognize their alignment with particular types of learning goals.
- Describe several assessment techniques and recognize their alignment with particular types of learning goals.
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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