Teaching

Tomorrow's Professor Today

Tomorrow’s Professor Today (TPT) is a professional development program for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Designed to facilitate the transition from student to academic professional, the program focuses on improving preparedness primarily in teaching at the college level, with additional emphasis in professional development and adjustment to a university career. Activities to support this endeavor include participating in a hybrid course design seminar, attending workshops, observing faculty and peers teach, preparing teaching documents, and peer-mentoring fellow participants. The program divides these activities into introductory and advanced tiers. Participants must complete the introductory tier (Tier 1) before they begin the advanced tier (Tier 2).

Participants gain enhanced teaching abilities and credentials, are introduced to many of the responsibilities faced by university faculty and administrators, attain a more comprehensive understanding of how the various components (i.e., research, teaching, service) of their graduate or postgraduate experience relate to one another now and in their future careers, and become better prepared for the challenges they will face in their future careers at a university or college. Participants are awarded a PhD Plus non-credit credential for each tier they complete, and a letter certifying their successful completion of the tier(s).

For more information about TPT, including detailed descriptions of each tier and information about when and how to enroll, on the CTE website here.

Enrollment opens twice per year: in July/August and again in December/January. The deadline for Spring 2024 enrollment for TPT is Wednesday, January 10.

If you have additional questions, contact [email protected]

 

Graduate Instructor Seminar on the Teaching of Writing

This 4-day online seminar provides graduate students from across schools and disciplines at UVA with advanced skills in writing instruction. This seminar is offered twice a year, in January and August. Watch this page for upcoming deadlines, and find more information on the seminar here

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Community

 

To learn about teaching careers, you should cultivate a professional community and connect with professionals in these fields.