Definition Applying instructional pedagogies, assessment methods, and effective teaching practices to promote inclusive learning environments whether within a formal classroom setting or online, for student mentoring and tutoring, or facilitation of training programs within other organizational settings. Key topics: Develop syllabi, agendas, lesson plans, and learning outcomes for formal courses, informal teaching settings, and online learning environments Create inclusive learning environments Understand a variety of instructional techniques and assessment methods Apply principles of inclusive mentoring to mentor undergraduate students, early scholars, and peers Compose a diversity statement Upcoming Events Check back soon! View All Events Featured Programs & Opportunities Gain Experience Future Faculty Workshops Skills for the 21st Century Scholar Community College Teaching Fellowships University Administrative Fellowships American Higher Ed: History, Culture, and Challenges "The Community College Teaching Fellowship completely changed the way I think about accessibility and pedagogy, for which I’ll always be deeply thankful. I was surprised just how different it was to be in charge of my own course, even after multiple semesters as an AI, but the mentorship I received at Camden County College was unparalleled and I’m extremely proud of the work my incredible students produced. This experience will genuinely inform my teaching for the rest of my career, and I’m grateful they welcomed me as their professor." –Janet Chow, GS, ENG 2023-2024 Teaching Opportunity Call for Princeton University Preparatory Program 2023-24 Academic Year Teaching Fellows The Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) seeks outstanding graduate students from Princeton University to join our academic year team of PUPP Teaching Fellows for the 2023-24 school year. PUPP is a comprehensive academic and cultural enrichment program for high-achieving, low-income high school students from Ewing, Lawrence, Nottingham, Princeton and Trenton High Schools. PUPP works with high school scholars beginning the summer after their 9th grade year and continuing through high school graduation. Our goal is to prepare our students for success at selective colleges and universities. Average weekly time commitment is approximately four hours, including class preparation, with weekend events adding some Saturday time. Teaching Fellows earn approximately $4,000 for the academic year. Priority Application Deadline: September 5, 2023 (or until positions are filled) Interviews: Week of September 11, 2023 Learn more about the postion and how to apply. Resources Collaborative Teaching Initiative in the Humanities Graduate students in the humanities who have successfully completed their general examination and who have already demonstrated excellence in teaching as an AI in a previous semester may apply to participate in a pilot initiative that allows them to co-design and co-teach an undergraduate course at Princeton with a faculty mentor. The aim of this initiative is twofold: first, to facilitate graduate student intellectual development and pedagogical and professional experience under the guidance of a seasoned mentor, specifically through the design and full co-teaching of a course; and second, to provide innovative new team-taught classes for Princeton’s undergraduates. McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning The McGraw Center offers extensive programs and services for graduate students and postdoctoral associates related to their development as both scholars and teachers. Programs are based on current research on effective teaching, adult learning, mentoring, and well-being and are led by trained graduate student fellows or by our professional staff. They include: Assistant in Instruction Training and Scholarly Approaches to Teaching. The McGraw Center also offers helpful resources for graduate students. Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) PUPP is a comprehensive college preparation initiative that supports low-income, high achieving high school students from high schools in Mercer County. Our goal is to prepare our students for admission to and success within our nation's top colleges and universities. In addition, PUPP co-leads the Greater Trenton College Access Network, a collaboration among a range of organizations that work on youth development, college access and workforce development. We have nurtured deep relationships with campus partners, local schools and communities, and others in order to provide a high level of strategic and impactful opportunities for young people in the region. Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI) PTI provides credit-bearing college courses to inmates at New Jersey correctional facilities near Princeton’s campus. Courses in several disciplines are taught by volunteer instructors, including Princeton faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, alums, and advanced undergraduates. Graduate student volunteers have the opportunity to teach their own courses in a nontraditional, meaningful setting through this initiative. Program for Community Engaged Scholarship The Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES) fosters relationships that bring community-identified priorities and interests into conversation with academic learning goals through community-based research, empirical analysis, service learning, citizen science, participant observation, public humanities, practicing arts, and other collaborative modalities and methods of knowledge co-creation. ProCES supports academic collaborations between Princeton faculty, staff, students, and community partners that create opportunities to learn from community experience and expertise. Partners include non-profit, public sector, and non-governmental organizations and grassroots community leaders representing a variety of fields as well as racial and environmental justice and social change frameworks. Program in Teacher Preparation The Program in Teacher Preparation, commonly referred to as Teacher Prep, prepares students to serve as teachers and educational leaders in our nation’s secondary schools. The program is open to Princeton undergraduates, graduate students, and alums, who may return to Princeton at any time to complete the program. Students completing the program earn a University certificate and are eligible for a New Jersey State teaching license, which is transferable to other states. Quin Morton Fellows Princeton graduate students who will be registered in Dissertation Completion Enrollment (DCE) status are invited to apply for one-year positions as Quin Morton Teaching Fellows through the Princeton Writing Program. Quin Morton Teaching Fellows teach one topic-based writing seminar of their own design each semester and participate in an intensive faculty development program, which includes meetings and workshops on seminar design and writing pedagogy. ReMatch ReMatch is a research mentoring program designed to connect undergraduate students and graduate students, two historically unconnected populations at Princeton, through their shared interest in academic research. ReMatch offers fellowship funding for mentorship connections and joint research projects. The graduate student mentors come from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, representing research opportunities of interest to a wide spectrum of undergraduates. Resident Graduate Student Program Each of the undergraduate residential colleges at Princeton includes up to ten graduate students who live among the undergraduates within the college and offer academic, intellectual, social, and cultural programming and support to those undergraduates. Residents graduate students (RGSs) are appointed each spring through an interview process managed by the Office of the Dean of the College. Scholars Institute Fellows Program (SIFP) SIFP offers mentorship, academic enrichment, and a welcoming scholarly community to undergraduate students from backgrounds historically underrepresented at Princeton, including first-generation and low-income students as well as military veterans and transfer students. Graduate Fellows provide individualized mentorship to an undergraduate student leader, as well as co-facilitate monthly mentorship meetings with 10-12 undergraduate students. “Teaching at RCSJ was better than I could ever have imagined it would be. My students were thoughtful, curious, and hard-working. They were excited to learn, even in the midst of a global pandemic, and it was such a joy to teach them and see the way they took in new ideas. Working under a mentor at the college and designing every aspect of the course, from the textbook to the final assignment, gave me pedagogical insights I would never have had just from working as an AI. I can honestly say it completely changed how I think about my role as an educator.” –Ian McKeachie, GS, PHI