Yale’s postdoctoral community is a critical partner in the university’s research efforts. The Poorvu Center offers tailored resources and consultations to support your professional growth and development as an instructor. We look forward to working with you to prepare for a career in teaching.
Certificate of College Teaching Preparation
The Certificate of College Teaching Preparation (CCTP) is an opportunity for Yale Graduate Students, Professional Students, and Postdoctoral Scholars to complete a comprehensive training program in effective college teaching. The goal of this certificate program is to equip Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows with transferable skills that are valuable both on the academic job market and in a wide range of careers involving teaching and mentoring. The experience culminates in the production of a portfolio showcasing their teaching development.
Intermediate and Advanced Teaching Workshops
Programs to help postdoctoral and teaching fellows gain critical skills to transition into a faculty position.
If you are teaching regularly as an instructor-of-record, you may also find our faculty events series to be relevant and supportive of your teaching here at Yale.
Postdoctoral Scholars Teaching Communities
Structured space to share experiences, reflect on teaching practices, and refine ideas with peers and colleagues.
If you are teaching regularly as an instructor-of-record, you may also find our faculty teaching communities to be relevant and supportive of your teaching here at Yale.
Teaching Consultations and Observations
Confidential, individual consultations for you and a member of the Poorvu Center team to discuss course goals, semester plans, teaching practices, and course issues or concerns.
Teaching Programs
Specialized programs to support your teaching development with a focus on community-building and reflection.
Programs for You
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Writing Workshops and Panels
Workshops, information sessions, and panel events to help you grow your writing practice and expand your writing and presentation skills.
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Writing Resources for Graduate Students
A range of online writing resources, handouts, model texts, and writing exercises to help you grow as a writer.
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Academic Job Search Workshops
Explore essential strategies for navigating the academic job market, from showcasing your teaching experience in an application to preparing for interviews with confidence.
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Spring Teaching Forum
Designed to encourage interdisciplinary conversation and community, these events address timely topics about teaching at Yale, ranging from AI to grading.
Resources for Postdoctoral Scholars
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A Guiding Framework for Teaching: Resource Page
Instructors can use the framework to guide their teaching choices about assignments, assessments, and classroom facilitation.
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Active Learning
Active learning is instruction that creates opportunities for students to actively participate in the knowledge-making process.
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- AI
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AI Guidance for Teachers
A guide and list of Yale-related AI resources for faculty instructors interested in using or discussing AI in the classroom.
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Upcoming Events
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Fundamentals of Teaching, Equitable Pedagogy (Online) (4 Sessions - 10/12, 19, 26, & 11/2)
Are you aiming to foster an equitable and supportive classroom environment? Are you hoping to design lesson plans, assignments/activities, and student feedback modalities that are accessible and engaging to a wide breadth of students? Reflecting on the historical and structural contexts of the classroom, in this four-part (online) series, we will learn to apply evidence-based teaching strategie… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Sciences (Online) (4 Sessions - 10/28, 11/4, 11, & 18)
Are you interested in improving your science teaching skills this year? Join us in this four-part workshop on the Fundamentals of Teaching in the Sciences (online)! In this workshop, we will introduce pedagogical principles and tools you can use to improve student engagement in a variety of science classrooms. Participants will walk away with a comprehensive overview of the skills and tools nee… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Equitable Pedagogy (Online) (4 Sessions - 10/12, 19, 26, & 11/2)
Are you aiming to foster an equitable and supportive classroom environment? Are you hoping to design lesson plans, assignments/activities, and student feedback modalities that are accessible and engaging to a wide breadth of students? Reflecting on the historical and structural contexts of the classroom, in this four-part (online) series, we will learn to apply evidence-based teaching strategie… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Social Sciences (4 Sessions, 9/16, 23, & 30, and 10/7)
Are you teaching a class or section in the social sciences this year? Join us in this four-part workshop series of the Fundamentals of Teaching in the Social Sciences! This workshop is designed to help instructors build confidence in the classroom and critically reflect on their pedagogical practices. Through engaging in pedagogical theory, group discussions, personal reflections, and case stu… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Sciences (4 Sessions- 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5)
Are you teaching a class, section and/or lab in STEM this year? Join us in this four-part workshop series of the Fundamentals of Teaching in the Sciences! Throughout the series, participants will learn to recognize and navigate common challenges in STEM teaching, explore strategies for creating equitable and supportive learning environments, and develop fair and effective grading and assessment… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Humanities (4 Sessions, 9/17 & 24, and 10/1 & 8)
Are you preparing to teach in a college classroom this year? Looking to explore practical strategies and core pedagogical approaches to teaching humanities courses? Instructors, TFs, and interested graduate students are invited to join us for a four-part workshop where we will introduce you to the fundamentals of teaching in a humanities classroom. We will offer strategies for equitable and eff… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Sciences (4 Sessions- 9/14, 21, 28 & 10/5)
Are you teaching a class, section and/or lab in STEM this year? Join us in this four-part workshop series of the Fundamentals of Teaching in the Sciences! Throughout the series, participants will learn to recognize and navigate common challenges in STEM teaching, explore strategies for creating equitable and supportive learning environments, and develop fair and effective grading and assessment… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Physics (4 Sessions - 9/8, 9, 14 & 15)
This mandatory four-part workshop series is designed to provide new physics graduate students with an introduction to pedagogical practices, supporting their development as effective and engaging educators. The workshops will discuss various fundamental teaching practices with examples pertaining to physics subject matter, such as session preparation, in-classroom strategies, and appropriate gr… -
AI-Resilient Assessments: Reworking a Vulnerable Assignment
This ninety-minute hands-on workshop invites instructors to (re)design assignments to be more responsive to generative AI. There is no silver bullet for learning loss, and no easy way to know where AI can support learning. We can however focus on best practices: simulating AI responses; clearly defining AI policies; establishing AI literacy and citation; foregrounding and assessing process rath… -
Fundamentals of Teaching, Chemistry (4 Sessions, 8/ 21, 24, 25 & 27 - note: time slots vary, see description)
How do we become excellent and effective Chemistry teachers? Together, we’ll explore resources and strategies to make your first time teaching Chemistry at Yale a successful and productive venture. This four-part workshop series will dive into research-backed teaching strategies designed to create an active and engaging learning environment through the lens of equitable practices. This series w…
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Reach out to the Poorvu Center team if you have any questions or to learn more about our programs.