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Undergraduates Interested in Working with International Graduate Students…
Aug. 27, 2010—JOIN ITAP, THE INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANT PROGRAM! Are you a sophomore, junior or senior who wants a fun and rewarding job for the Fall 2010 Semester? Are you interested in learning about other cultures and languages? Are you interested in English as a second language (ESL)? Do you want to learn more about teaching skills and practices? Are...
“Why I Am a VUceptor” by CFT Assistant Director Kat Baker
Aug. 19, 2010—Today at the Commons, about a hundred Vanderbilt faculty are participating in training to be VUceptors. Each of these faculty members will partner with a Vanderbilt undergraduate and meet regularly with a small group of Vanderbilt first-years during their orientation experience and into the fall semester as part of Vanderbilt Visions. Visions is designed to...
Celebration of Teaching Slideshow
May. 19, 2010—As part of the CFT’s Celebration of Teaching two weeks ago, we put together a slideshow highlighting aspects of the year in teaching and the work of the CFT and our collaborators. The slideshow is now available online via Slideshare. Enjoy! Vanderbilt Center for Teaching – Celebration of Teaching 2010 View more presentations from Derek...
Celebration of Teaching Spotlight – Workshop Panelists
Apr. 28, 2010—As part of our efforts to cultivate dialog about teaching and learning at Vanderbilt, the CFT often features faculty and student panelists at our workshops. The 34 panelists featured at this year’s CFT workshops will be recognized at our Celebration of Teaching on May 6th. We’re grateful to these panelists for sharing their time and...
Celebration of Teaching Spotlight – Teaching Certificate Graduates
Apr. 26, 2010—This year’s graduates of the CFT’s Teaching Certificate program (co-sponsored by the Graduate School) will be recognized at our Celebration of Teaching on May 6th. We have eight graduate students finishing the program this year, including students from the Graduate Department of Religion, Peabody College, and the basic sciences at the Medical Center. These students...
Announcing the 2010-11 Graduate Teaching Fellows and Teaching Affiliates
Apr. 22, 2010—The CFT is glad to announce our 2010-11 Graduate Teaching Fellows and Teaching Affiliates. Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) are employed for the entire academic year and engage in a variety of CFT activities around training and supporting teaching assistants across the university. Teaching Affiliates prepare and lead sessions at our annual Teaching Assistant Orientation in...
Teaching Creativity Through Quilts and Jazz
Apr. 6, 2010—This semester, two CFT senior staff members are teaching courses in the College of Arts & Science. Director Allison Pingree is teaching a new course, American Studies 100W — Quilting and Jazz: American Modes of Creativity. The course is focusing on quilting and jazz, both for what they reveal as quintessentially American forms of artistic expression, and...
Derek Bruff Elected to POD Network Core Committee
Mar. 17, 2010—CFT professional staff are members of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, a national association of higher education staff and faculty members working in the fields of faculty, instructional, and organizational development. The POD Network’s board of directors is called the Core Committee. Committee members are elected from the membership to serve three-year terms...
Derek Bruff Quoted in Associated Press Story on Clickers
Mar. 8, 2010—CFT assistant director Derek Bruff, author of Teaching with Classroom Response Systems, was quoted in an Associated Press story today by AP national education correspondent Eric Gorski on the choice between simple, dedicated classroom response systems (“clickers”) and more sophisticated, smart-phone-based systems. For more on teaching with clickers, visit the CFT’s teaching guide on the...
New Assistant Director Brings Experience in Junior Faculty Mentoring, Community Engagement, and Sustainability
Mar. 2, 2010—We’re delighted to announce the upcoming appointment of Joe Bandy as a new Assistant Director. Joe is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College, and will begin here at the Center for Teaching this summer. Joe grew up in Nashville, received his B.A. from Rhodes College, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the...