Supporting Graduate Students' Academic and Professional Success
Career Pathways: Teaching
Career Pathways: Teaching includes panels and workshops each Spring for those aiming to teach at community colleges, CSUs, and liberal arts colleges. In Spring 2024, we are planning in-person and remote events. Zoom links will be sent the day before the session(s) for which students register. Please register before 4:30pm at least one day before the session if you would like to attend. See below for the schedule and registration information.
IMPORTANT: If you are attending the Teaching Development Track in order to apply for the University Teaching Certificate program, you must register for and attend all sessions in that track. These sessions have been marked as *Teaching Development Track.
Monday, May 6, 2024 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | HUB 367 | Keynote Address with Dr. Brian Sato
Dr. Brian Sato is Associate Dean (Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation) and Professor of Teaching (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).
Speaker Bio:
Professor Sato is a leader in undergraduate STEM education. His research involves investigating how students learn and ways to improve the classroom experience. He helps lead the Postsecondary Education Research & Implementation Institute (PERI2) at UCI. He has also organized several regional and national STEM conferences aimed at disseminating evidence-based teaching practices including meetings for the Association for Biology Laboratory Education, Project Kaleidoscope, and a UC-wide STEM Education Consortium that he co-founded.
Lunch will be provided at the keynote address.
Monday, May 6, 2024 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | (location TBA) | Networking Time with Dr. Brian Sato
Meet with Dr. Brian Sato to discuss a career plan focused on teaching at a college or university.
Light refreshments will be served.
Date TBD | Time TBD | Workshop 1
*Teaching Development Track
Workshop description coming soon.
Presenters TBA
Date TBD | Time TBD | Workshop 2
*Teaching Development Track
Workshop description coming soon.
Presenters TBA
Date TBD | Time TBD | Workshop 3
*Teaching Development Track
Workshop description coming soon.
Presenters TBA
Tuesday, May 7, 2023 | 10:00am - 11:00am | Getting Hired: CSUs and Community Colleges Panel
Interested in working at a California State University or a Community College? Come listen to panelists as they share their experiences and advice on creating competitive applications as well as their experience in their current positions.
- Panelist 1 TBA
- Panelist 2 TBA
- Panelist 3 TBA
Wednesday, May 8, 2023 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | HUB 367 | Teaching Philosophy / Statement Workshop
Faculty job postings usually ask for teaching philosophy statements. Discover the general principles and strategies for drafting a teaching philosophy statement, and learn how to tailor them to reflect differing contexts and criteria. Join Dr. Ashley Harlow, Program Manager of the Teaching Assistant Development Program (TADP for this workshop.
Lunch will be provided at this workshop.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 2:00pm - 2:50pm | XCITE Commons | Workshop 4
*Teaching Development Track
Workshop description coming soon.
Presenters TBA
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm | XCITE Patio (Rivera Library) | Career Pathways: Teaching Special Coffee Social
All graduate students and postdocs are invited to join us for a special Career Pathways: Teaching Coffee Social at the XCITE Patio in the Rivera Library. Come meet and speak with UCR Professors of Teaching and guest speakers of the University Teaching Certificate program about a career in teaching at a college or university.
Date TBD | Time TBD | Workshop 5
*Teaching Development Track
Workshop description coming soon.
Presenters TBA
Thursday, May 9, 2024| 10:00am - 10:50am | Workshop 6
*Teaching Development Track
Workshop description coming soon.
Presenters TBA
Thursday, May 9, 2023 | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Teaching Philosophy / Statement Clinic
Work directly with Graduate Writing Center Consultants to have your teaching philosophy statement reviewed, and make yourself a compelling job candidate.
NOTE: If you sign up for and then miss the clinic without canceling it by 9am on Wednesday, May 8th it will count as a missed writing consultation in the Graduate Writing Center.
If you have any questions, email GradSuccess at gradsuccess@ucr.edu