Future Professor: Path to Teaching Excellence Workshops

These dynamic seminars are offered throughout the year and provide both new and experienced graduate students with valuable insights into the world of academia. The workshops in this series are constantly expanding and evolving with past sessions touching on topics such as: Teaching Your Own Course - Challenges and Possibilities, Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism, Teaching Critical Thinking and Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement.

Participating in at least ten (15 hours of training) Future Professor sessions (FPS) will satisfy the Western Certificate in University Teaching & Learning requirement.

Alternative FPS credits (link to bottom of page)

LATE ARRIVAL POLICY
If you want to receive credit for a Future Professor workshop for the Western Certificate in University Teaching, you need to arrive to workshops on time or early. Participants who arrive more than 10 minutes late for a workshop or those who leave more than 10 minutes before the end of the session will not receive credit toward the certificate.

Upcoming Sessions

June Future Professor Sessions

Thursday June 20th, 2013
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The D.B.Weldon Library, Room 258 (2nd Floor)

 

Academic Job Interviews
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Ever wondered what university job interviews are like? Join this discussion with Dr. Peter Ferguson from the Department of Political Science who will explore the ins and outs of the academic interview process.

Building Your Portfolio for a Career in Academia
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
What are hiring committees looking for in a well rounded scholar? Join us to explore what you can do during graduate school to build your portfolio, get mentored and complement your research experience in the discipline with a variety of professional development opportunities that will help you gain a competitive edge on the academic job market after graduation.

 

Thursday June 27th, 2013
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The D.B.Weldon Library, Room 258 (2nd Floor)

Blogging as a Teaching Tool
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join this panel discussion with faculty members from FIMS, English, and Philosophy who will share their experiences using blogs, and discuss the benefits and challenges of incorporating blogging into their undergraduate courses..

"Netiquette" Communicating with Your Students
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
During this workshop, participants will learn strategies that they can use to help undergrads communicate professionally, and discuss how to set appropriate online boundaries with students. Together, we will explore several case studies, including responding to challenging e-mails, and interacting with students on social media.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: If you are working towards the Western Certificate in University Teaching, you can also gain Future Professor Series (FPS) credit for the following:

  • participation in the Winter Conference on Teaching (up to 3 FPS credits)
  • participation in the Spring/Fall Perspectives on Teaching Conference (up to 3 FPS credits per conference)
  • up to six hours of departmental teaching/professional development training (up to 4 FPS credits).
    • At the Teaching Support Centre, we recognize that each discipline has its own unique teaching culture and pedagogies and that training in these practices is critical to the development of well-rounded graduate students. Examples of such training include workshops offered by your department or faculty on responding to student questions in laboratories or tutorials, discussions of marking practices for a particular course or assignment and seminars on networking in your discipline. Please note that training which qualifies for FPS credit should focus on instructional skills or professional development and not on the logistics of teaching assistantships (i.e. GTA union rules, obtaining keys, safety procedures, WHMIS training, etc.).
  • participation in Teaching Master Classes (1 FPS credit per class, up to a maximum of 4 credits)

Please keep track of the FPS sessions you have attended with the Personal Progress Tracker.

List of previous Future Professor Workshops (2004 - 2011) (PDF)