Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshops in September
These workshops focus on practical, concrete strategies for common teaching tasks, challenges, and opportunities. These sessions draw on research-based best practices from the literature on teaching and learning and help participants consider ways to apply those best practices in their teaching.
Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement
In this workshop, we will address best practices for writing a teaching statement/philosophy for the academic job market. This workshop is open to Vanderbilt graduate students & Postdocs from across the disciplines who want to improve their teaching portfolio materials. All teaching experience levels are welcome.
Note: This is an interactive workshop. Please come prepared to think, reflect, and discuss in pairs and as a larger group.
Date: Friday, September 18
Time: 1:00-2:30 pm
Location: Zoom meeting
Facilitator: Mohammad Meerzaei,
CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow
Open to Vanderbilt Graduate Students & Postdocs
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Developing a Written Diversity Statement
In this workshop, we will discuss evidence-based practices for writing a diversity statement for the academic job market. Increasingly, universities and colleges are requesting that faculty job applicants provide a statement addressing how they plan to contribute to inclusive excellence in their professional lives.
This session will introduce several approaches to developing and writing a diversity statement. Please come prepared to think, reflect, and discuss in pairs and as a larger group.
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm
Location: Zoom meeting
Facilitator: Amanda Brockman,
CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow
Open to Vanderbilt Graduate Students & Postdocs
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