The Princeton / Community College Teaching Program is a collaboration between the McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning and the Graduate School. This unique program enables you to teach courses at Mercer County Community College, Rowan College South Jersey, Camden County College, or Middlesex College. The Fellowship provides a valuable, mentored experience by a tenured community college faculty member, and helps you develop as a teacher, providing an opportunity to design and teach a course. This professional development opportunity is particularly rich for graduate students because it encourages you to develop effective teaching skills in a highly diverse community college. These skills have been proven to benefit all students, regardless of their career trajectory. Learning Objectives The Fellowship is spread across two semesters: typically across the Spring and Fall of the same calendar year. During the mentored semester (typically conducted in the Spring Semester), you will: Shadow and learn from a tenured community college faculty member. Sit in on lectures and classes and attend faculty meetings. Get a behind-the-scenes view of the life of a professor at a community college. In many cases, guest lecture or present during this mentored semester. Spend time learning about the student populations in community colleges, as well as the range of resources that are available to them. This information and experience is put to use in the second semester of the program (typically in the Fall) when you have the opportunity to teach a course as the sole instructor of record at a community college. Application Process & Stipend Applications are solicited each fall from across Princeton University by the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, in concert with the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. A cohort of Ph.D. students (who must be enrolled, and must have completed the general examination in their field before the teaching semester) are selected to participate each year. International graduate students must contact the Davis International Center to obtain work authorization prior to beginning their teaching. The Community College Teaching Fellowship comes with a stipend for the Spring Semester. Fellows are paid by the community college for the course they teach in the Fall Semester. Questions? Please email Assistant Dean for Professional Development James M. Van Wyck. Apply for a Community College Teaching Fellowship Join the Community College Teaching Fellowship Contact List “As a staunch believer in educational equity, I am thrilled to be a Community College Teaching Fellow at Mercer County Community College. It's a unique opportunity to teach students from a wide range of backgrounds and with different interests, skills, and aspirations while receiving expert guidance and feedback from faculty mentors. I hope the experience will help me learn how best to use the skills I've acquired in grad school in order to teach better and to advocate more effectively for educational justice.” –Sucharita Ray, GS, HIS Our Higher Ed Partners Camden County College Mercer Community College Middlesex College Rowan College of South Jersey CCTF Resources McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning Main website Online Teaching Resources Teaching Seminar Resources for Graduate Students Community College Organizations American Association of Community Colleges Columbia Community College Research Center Community College Humanities Association: "Creating Meaningful Scholarship at the Teaching-Intensive Institution" New America (Education Policy) Our CCTF Partners Camden County College: Programs Mercer Community College: College Catalog Middlesex College: Course Catalog Rowan College South Jersey: Publications Upon Request CCTF Presentation - Student Success and the National Community College Teaching Landscape by Iris Palmer, New America. CCTF Featured Stories Fellowship Spotlight: Building a Framework for Inclusive Teaching Isabela Muci Barradas, Art and Archeology Fellowship Spotlight: Fusing Passions for Teaching and Service Sophie Brady, Music Fellowship Spotlights GradFUTURES Community College Teaching Fellowship Spotlight: Merle Eisenberg *18, History GradFUTURES Community College Teaching Fellowship Spotlight: Jessica Terekhov (GS, English) GradFUTURES Community College Teaching Fellowship Spotlight: Ian McKeachie (GS, Philosophy) Community College Teaching Fellowship Profiles Mai Alkhamissi, GS, ANT Community College Teaching Fellow Emilia Arguello, GS, CHM Community College Teaching Fellow John Barr, GS, CHM Community College Teaching Fellow Michael Baysa, GS, REL Community College Teaching Fellow Dan Berbecel *19, POL Assistant Professor of Political Science, York College Sophie Brady, GS, MUS Community College Teaching Fellow Kathryn (Kate) Carpenter, GS Joyce Chen, GS, MUS Community College Teaching Fellow Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next › Last page Last » In the News Middlesex College joins Princeton’s Community College Teaching Partnership Princeton invigorates ties with New Jersey’s community colleges Community College Teaching Partnership Program Expands: Graduate School Partners with Rowan College South Jersey Related Programs In addition to Community College Teaching Fellowships, the Graduate School offers a range of immersive experiences, all structured to support the timely completion of your degree program. Most of the fellowships are offered throughout the academic year and/or during the summer, and include University Administrative Fellowships, Social Impact Fellowships, Higher Education Leadership Fellowships, Micro-Internships in Industry, and Pre-Matriculation Internships.
