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 teching 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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- Teaching
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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- Teaching
Reflective Teaching
Reflective Teaching invites instructors to examine their pedagogy, articulate reasons and strengths for their strategies
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- Graduate writing
The Write In Podcast
Student narratives about writing in graduate school. Each episode explores an important decision, strategy, or challenge faced by the guest.
Upcoming Events
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Canvas Office Hours
No registration required! Drop by to meet with our Educational Technology team. We look forward to helping prepare your course sites and answering your Canvas questions. All dates will have TWO locations: Poorvu Center, 301 York Street Poorvu North, Kline Tower, 219 Prospect Street If you can not make our in person offerings, please feel free to schedule a meeting with our team usi… -
Blank Canvas: Create Your Course Site
This one-day, hands-on workshop will discuss and showcase the effective use of Canvas for course organization, accessibility, and assessment. Canvas Course Templates will be available for import, and sessions will encompass working open lab/ drop-in hours for faculty to work directly in their course sites. Thursday, August 14th, 9am-3pm (in person, food provided). The Poorvu Center is co… -
Syllabus (Re)Design
The syllabus is a foundational document that is typically the first form of interaction that instructors have with their students. Research indicates that it plays a significant role in engaging students and motivating learning. Please join the Poorvu Center for an in-person, interactive workshop in which participants will have an opportunity to consider the overall course design process throug…
We’re here to help!
Reach out to the Poorvu Center team if you have any questions or to learn more about our programs.