Yale’s Poorvu Center’s Teaching Development & Initiatives and Educational & Engagement Technology teams offer a range of program and events to support the teaching development of faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. We strive to build community around teaching and promote reflection throughout our offerings. The Certificate in College Teaching Preparation for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and the Faculty Teaching Academy for new faculty help to tie our offerings together and recognize participants for their deep engagement in many of our programs and events.
Certificate in College Teaching Preparation
Faculty Teaching Academy
Annual and Semi-Annual Events
Event Series
Teaching Communities
Associates in Teaching
Certificate of College Teaching Preparation
For Yale Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
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.
Faculty Teaching Academy
For Faculty New to Yale
The Faculty Teaching Academy provides ladder and instructional faculty within their first three years of teaching Yale undergraduates with support to advance their knowledge of scholarly approaches to inclusive and excellent teaching as well as practice foundational skills. Upon completion, participants receive a $3,000 contribution to their research or professional development accounts.
Annual and Semi-annual Events
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Teaching at Yale Day
Teaching at Yale Day is a GSAS-required training to prepare graduate students to teach at Yale for the first time. It happens before the start of each semester.
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Faculty Bulldog Days
One week each year, the Poorvu Center invites faculty to open up their classes to the Yale teaching community to observe their instructional approaches.
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Spring Teaching Forum
Every spring, the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning gathers together faculty, staff, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars into a conversation about teaching.
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Course (Re)Design
The three-day Course (Re)Design Institute in May engage instructors to design or redesign a course and/or syllabus.
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Syllabus (Re)Design
A day-long program at the end of August where Yale instructors can reflect and work on their course syllabus.
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Blank Canvas
One-day, hands-on workshop to discuss and showcase the effective use of Canvas for course organization, accessibility, and assessment.
Event Series
Our event series give instructors the opportunity to join in drop-in conversations on particular topics related to teaching challenges and strategies. While these series are broken down by audience, others who do not fit into these categories can choose which make the most sense to them and their role at the university, as described below. Our Academic Job Search Series workshops welcome anyone who is on the academic job market, no matter their role at the university.
Faculty Event Series
Our faculty events series focus on teaching and educational technology topics. These events will feel most relevant to anyone who is regularly teaching as instructor of record at Yale, although the Educational Technology Workshops may be appropriate for a wider audience. All except the Educational Technology Workshops count toward the Faculty Teaching Academy for new faculty.
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Event Series
Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Scholars, and others who would like to engage in structured, hands-on workshops that contribute to our Certificate of College Teaching Preparation (CCTP) or simply further their teaching and academic job market skills, are welcome to join these workshops.
Teaching Communities
Our Teaching Communities allow participants to spend more sustained time discussing teaching in a cohort. While these series are broken down by audience, others who do not fit into these categories can choose which make the most sense to them and their role at the university, as described below.
Faculty Teaching Communities
Our faculty teaching communities are multi-session events that allow cohorts of participants to have sustained teaching discussions over a year or semester. These will feel most relevant to anyone who is regularly teaching as instructor of record at Yale. The Semester-long Learning Communities count toward the Faculty Teaching Academy for new faculty.
Graduate Student Teaching Communities
Our graduate student teaching communities are multi-session events that allow cohorts of participants to have sustained teaching discussions over four or more meetings. These will feel most relevant for graduate and professional students teaching at Yale and pursuing the Graduate and Professional Student Certificate of College Teaching Preparation.
Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Communities
Our postdoctoral scholar teaching communities are multi-session events that allow cohorts of participants to have sustained teaching discussions over four or more meetings. These will feel most relevant for graduate and professional students who do not teaching at Yale or postdoctoral scholars pursuing the Postdoctoral Certificate of College Teaching Preparation.
Associates in Teaching
Graduate Student and Faculty Co-Teaching
Offered in collaboration between the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the Poorvu Center, the competitive Associates in Teaching Program allows Ph.D. students the opportunity to expand their range of teaching experiences and responsibilities while receiving mentorship from a faculty co-teacher.
Through the Associates in Teaching program, doctoral students collaborate with a faculty member to conceptualize or redesign, plan, and deliver an undergraduate course. The faculty member offers intensive mentorship and guidance throughout the co-teaching experience, which is a key benefit
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Reach out to the Poorvu Center team if you have any questions or to learn more about our programs.