Preparing the Professoriate Syllabus for
2007-2008
Program Coordinator:
Dr. Melissa Bostrom, Coordinator of
Graduate Teaching Programs, the
Faculty member with oversight responsibility:
Dr. Rebeca Rufty, Associate Dean of
the
Tel. (919) 515-1989 E-Mail: Becky_Rufty@ncsu.edu
Goal: To supplement the mentored observation and teaching experience at the core of the Preparing the Professoriate program by facilitating discussion of aspects of teaching and faculty careers common to all disciplines.
Attendance: Student attendance at 5 out of the 7 seminars is required. The first and last meetings (orientation and wrap-up) CANNOT be counted as part of the required five sessions as they do not include formal presentations. Attendance at all lunch seminars by both students and their mentors is strongly encouraged.
Preparing
the Professoriate Seminar Schedule: All sessions will be held
from 12:00 noon until 1:30 pm in the
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 (Walnut Room)
Moderators: Dr. Rebeca Rufty, Dr. Melissa Bostrom
Orientation to the Program
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 (Walnut Room)
Speaker:
Dr. Ed Neal, Director of Faculty Development at UNC's Center for Teaching and Learning
Topic: Conceptualizing Learning Outcomes: Designing
Instruction
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 (Walnut Room)
Speaker:
Topic: How to Motivate Students
Monday, November 5, 2007 (Blue Room)
Speaker: Dr. Diane Chapman,
Teaching Assistant
Professor in the Adult and Higher Education Program
Topic: Pedagogy and Technology
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 (Walnut Room)
Speaker: Dr. Susan Bracken,
Assistant
Professor in the Adult Higher Education Program
Topic: The Teaching Portfolio (workshop)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 (Walnut Room)
Panel of
Speakers: Dr. Thomas
Wentworth (Plant Biology), Dr. Bill Swallow (Statistics), Dr. Lee-Ann
Jaykus (Food Science) and Dr. Barbara Sherry (Molecular and
Biomedical Sciences)
Topic: Rewards and Challenges of Faculty Careers
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 (Walnut Room)
Speaker: Harold Heatwole, NCSU Professor of Zoology
Topic: Progressive Assessment as a Technique for Developing
Independent Study
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 (Walnut Room)
Speaker: Dr. Ed Neal, Director
of UNC's Center for Teaching and Learning
Topic: Teaching Critical Thinking
Tuesday, April 15,
2008 (Blue Room)
Moderators: Dr. Rebeca Rufty, Dr. Melissa Bostrom
Wrap-up and Reflection
Other Preparing the Professoriate Requirements and
Options
The Teaching Portfolio: To fulfill the Preparing the Professoriate
requirements, you must submit a teaching portfolio no later than May 9, 2008,
which should be after the completion of your teaching semester. Submit it to Dr. Melissa Bostrom, Coordinator
of Graduate Teaching Programs, the
1) Your teaching philosophy
2) A summary of what you did in the course you taught or co-taught
3) Course materials you prepared (e.g., syllabus, test questions, problem sets, lab hand-outs or manuals, overheads, Web pages)
4) Evaluation by your PTP mentor
5) Evaluations by your students (If you are turning in aggregate data but you haven’t received it by the time portfolios are due, you must still turn in your portfolio by the due date then send your student evaluations in when you get them. You may also include other forms of student evaluations instead of aggregate data.)
If you intend to use your portfolio in applying for faculty jobs, please keep the original and submit a copy. Once the portfolio has been evaluated, you will receive a notation on your official transcript that you have successfully completed the requirements for Preparing the Professoriate.
Course Credit: It is also possible to register for up to 3 hours credit for your PTP teaching semester under course # 885 (Doctoral Supervised Teaching Experience) of the department or program of your teaching mentor. If your mentor’s department does not have an 885 course slot created yet, it will need to do so before you can register. You and the mentor should agree on how many hours of credit are appropriate and on what basis you will be evaluated. For example, in addition to your teaching portfolio, your mentor might want you to develop an annotated review of the literature on teaching in your discipline or on one of the chapter topics in McKeachie’s Teaching Tips, a bibliography or book review of additional articles or books on university teaching, an article on your Preparing the Professoriate experience, and/or a personal journal of reflections on your teaching semester (what you learned, what worked, what didn’t work, how your ideas about teaching changed, etc.). At the end of your teaching semester, if you have registered for 885 in your mentor's department, your mentor should submit your grade (pass-fail) to Records and Registration, just as he or she would do for an independent study.
Recommended Books: The following titles can be ordered from the NCSU Bookstore. They are also on reserve in the library under course number GRD885.
Angelo, Thomas and K. Patricia Cross (1994). Classroom
assessment techniques: a handbook for college teachers. 2nd
edition.
Boice, Robert (2000). Advice for new faculty members.
Davis, Barbara G. (1993). Tools for Teaching. The Jossey-Bass Higher and
Adult Education Series.
DeNeef, Leigh (1995). The academics handbook. Duke University Press. Price: $22.95.
Lambert, Leo M. and Tice,
Grunert, Judith (1997). The course syllabus: a learning-centered approach.
Mager, Robert (1997). Preparing
instructional objectives: a critical tool in the development of effective
instruction. Third edition.
McKeachie, Wilbert (2001). McKeachie's teaching tips:
strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers.
11th edition.
Palmer, Parker (1998). The courage to teach: exploring the inner
landscape of a teacher's life.
Pregent, Richard (2000). Charting your course: how to
prepare to teach more effectively.
Toth, Emily (1997). Ms. Mentor's impeccable advice for
women in academia.
Weimer, Mary Ellen (2002). Learner-centered teaching: five key changes to
practice.
Walvoord, Barbara E. & Anderson, Virginia J. (1998). Effective grading: A tool for learning and assessment. The Jossey-Bass Higher and
Adult Education Series.
Revised: August 8,
2007