TEACRS Program Schedule - Fall - 2008
Sept 19, Sackler Reunion Symposium, 9:30-5:30, Boston campus
10:00-11:15 am - Alumni Panel Session, Career Choices for Sackler Graduates
11:15-12:30 am - Career Breakout - Finding a Faculty Position
Sept 22, Orientation for New Trainees, Jaharis 913, Boston campus
10:00-10:30 am - Overview of Program
10:30 - 11:00 am - Discussion: Teaching Experiences & Goals for TEACRS
11:00 am - 12:30 pm - Research Presentations
12:00-1:30 pm - Lunch with Second and Third Year Trainees
Oct. 1 - Job Practice Talk - Jane Liu, M&V 402, Boston campus
Oct. 3 - Preparing Future Scholars Workshop, Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, Medford campus
9:00 am - What Next? Understanding the Academic Options
10:30 am - Networking in the Academy
11:30 am - You Have a Job: Now What?
12:30 pm - Lunch
2:00 pm - Applying and Interviewing for a Tenure Track Job
3:00 pm - Negotiating Your First Offer
4:00 pm - Quality of Life: Work and Family
5:00 pm - Cocktail Reception
for more information call 617-627-3106 or e-mail charlene.carle@tufts.edu
Oct 13 - Meeting Reports to be scheduled
Monica Hall-Porter: Annual Conference on Case Study Teaching in Science, U Buffalo
Claire Moore: Workshop of Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position, RIce U
Oct 14 - Jennifer Kowalski, Research Presentation, Physiology Series,
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm - M&V 702, Boston Campus
Oct. 20 - Brad Bolling, Research Presentation HNRCA Series
4:00 - 4:20 pm - Mezzanine Level Auditorium, HNRCA, Boston campus
Oct. 23 - External Evaluation, Dawayne Whittington, M&V 402, Boston campus
12:00 noon - Interviews with Third Year Trainees
2:15 pm - Interviews with Second Year Trainees
3:30 pm - Interviews with First Year Trainees
Nov 7 – Discussion with Mitch McVey, Assistant Professor of Biology
2:30 pm Dana Biology 024, Medford Campus
Tour of department and lab
Discuss his SPIRE experience
Discuss his job search experience
Discuss challenges and rewards of being a new faculty member
Biology Dept. Friday Seminar Series, 4 p.m.
Nov. 14 - Workshop for Undergraduates on Careers in Sciences
Bunker Hill Community College (Organized by Monica Hall-Porter, Jennifer Kowalski and Jessica McCready)
Nov. 19 - U. Mass, Boston Site Visit for 1st Year Trainees
11:00 - 12:00 - Teaching Opportunities in the Honors Program - Rajini Srikanth, Room, TBA
12:00 - 12:50 - Bio 111 Lecture by Brian White, Lipke Auditorium
1:00 - 1:30 - Bio 111 Lab, Wheatley 2-032
1:30 - 2:30 - Discussion with Brian White - Teaching Opportunities at UMass, Wheatley 2-074
2:30-3:30 - Meet with Biology Department Chair
Nov/Dec - Day TBA - Biology 13 Lecture by Dr. Kelly McGlaughlin, Associate Professor of Biology, Tufts, Cohen Auditorium, Medford campus
Discussion of teaching in a large lecture setting
Research Committee Meeting - To be scheduled by each trainee
Spring 2009
(Exact Dates and Locations TBA)
Spring check-in - Research Presentations by Second Year Trainees
Pine Manor College Visit for First Year Trainees Hosted by Susan Bear, Ph.D.
Bunker Hill Community College Visit for First Year Trainees Hosted by Dr. Bob Steeper
Responsible Conduct in Research Seminar Series for Postdoctoral Fellows. A series of 8 weekly sessions, Jeanne Fahey, Ph.D., Director
Grant Writing Workshop
April 1 - Visit by Leslie Schiff, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, U Minnesota
12:00 - Seminar
4:30 - Wine and Cheese Reception with TEACRS Trainees
April 3 - New England Science Symposium, Harvard Medical School
April 4 - 5 - Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference, Boston Park Plaza Hotel.
April 30 - Joe Sorg, Research Presentation, Microbiology Series
12:00 noon, M&V 412, Boston Campus
May/June - Tufts Graduate Institute for Teaching - A three week intensive workshop on pedagogy.
Topics Include:
Introduction to College Teaching
Syllabus and Course Design
Lesson planning
Triggers & Hooks: How to engage students in class discussions
Teaching with Writing
Assessing Writing
Teaching with Technology
Testing and Grading
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Teacher-Student Relationships
Dealing with Conflicts in the Classroom
Summer, 2009
June 7-10 National IRACDA meeting, U San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Reflections on Teaching Experiences of Second Year Trainees Workshop
Research Committee Meeting - To be scheduled by each trainee
Activities Beyond Tufts
ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, May 28 - 3 1, 2009, Colorado State U, Fort Collins, CO
ASM Kadner Institute, Dates and Location, TBA
A one-week, intensive, hands-on training in grantsmanship, scientific presentations, and teaching. Sessions also address career opportunities in the microbiological sciences and scientific ethics.
National Study Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, Dates TBA
National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology, Dates, TBA
Academic Employment Initiative, ACS National Meeting Dates, TBA.
Candidates seeking faculty positions will present posters about their current research, which will also expand on their research interests, teaching philosophy, and experience. Faculty recruiters are invited to take advantage of this opportunity to meet as many candidates as possible.
National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI), June 11 - 13, 2009, Austin, TX
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Scholars Program, Dates, TBA
Summer Faculty Workshops, BioQuest Curriculum Consortium
Workshop on Classroom Management, Delaney Kirk
Active Learning Workshop - Richard Felder and Rachel Brent |
