Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science A program for graduate students who: are in the College of Engineering and Applied Science are interested in an academic career Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: One of only a few such programs in the country, established with the help of a National Science Foundation grant in 1999.

Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: STUDENTPROFESSOR ???? courses / TA research teaching, giving presentations managing lab recruiting students advising committees administration funding Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

Who is this program for? Any engineering graduate student who: is seriously considering a career as a faculty member wants to improve teaching-presentation-professional skills wants detailed help applying for jobs in academia could benefit from individual mentoring for teaching skills What is the time commitment? hours per week in 3 one-quarter seminars some outside preparation 10+ hours of mentored teaching Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

When is the program offered? New seminar series begins every WINTER quarter Where are the seminars held? All seminars meet here on the UC campus How do I apply? Simple application form available online at Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

Program format: 3 1-quarter seminars plus mentored teaching Seminar 1: Modern Teaching Techniques. Bloom’s taxonomy, syllabus creation, course management, learning styles, interacting effectively with students, active learning. 20-ENGR-952, Winter Quarter. Seminar 2: Advanced Teaching Techniques. Managing student projects and teams, teaching leadership, incorporating ethics into the curriculum, effective mentoring, teaching evaluations, ABET accreditation, proposal writing. 20-ENGR-954, Spring Quarter. Seminar 3: The Academic Profession. Presentation skills, preparing job application materials, panel discussions with new faculty, mid-career faculty, and hiring committee members. 20-ENGR-955, Fall Quarter. Mentored teaching: Work directly with an assigned faculty mentor to gain 10+ hours of teaching-related experience. 20-ENGR-953, new section beginning every Spring Quarter. Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

CEAS PFF program / general university PFF program: University PFF: General program—all UC grad students Explores a variety of teaching venues Mentoring—40 hours Earn certificate + credit hours Engineering & Applied Science PFF: For CEAS (and science) students exclusively Mentors are typically engineering, applied science & computer science professors Mentoring—10+ hours Earn credit hours Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: COMBINED PROGRAM: Students can complete the CEAS program and and then earn the university certificate by leading one university PFF seminar (reading group) and completing 30 additional hours of mentored teaching Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

Participant comments (hiring process): I’m glad I picked up these tips from the PFF program: include my personal teaching philosophy with my application create a teaching portfolio, start early! letters of recommendation are very important research the institution you are applying to, including small details like selectivity of admissions Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

1. Problems of Instruction 2. Info Processing & Learning. 3. Aims, Goals & Objectives 4. Replication Outcomes 5. Constructed Knowledge 6. Questioning 7. Wait-Time 8. Motivating Students 9. Meaningful Learning 10. Direct Teaching 11. Indirect Teaching 12. Using Instructional Media 13. Learning Styles Participant comments (teaching making presentations): Useful information I gained from PFF: 14. Managing Teamwork 15. Student Projects 16. Cognitive Level of Reasoning 17. Discrepant Events, Learning Cycle 18. Levels of Understanding (Bloom) 19. Planning Courses and Lessons 20. Interactive Teaching Model 21. Presentation Skills 22. Testing, Evaluation, Assessment 23. Attitudes and Instruction 24. Responding to Students 25. Dealing with Student Problems Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

Mentoring activities: I directed an undergrad senior project I developed a professional relationship with my teaching mentor I learned about the administrative side of teaching I got individual feedback from my mentor on my classroom teaching I learned more about networking Participant comments (mentoring): Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

PFF helped me with: The application process Giving good presentations during the interviews (8 seminars and 1 teaching lecture) Teaching qualifications Participant comments (the job search): Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

Some program graduates who found academic positions: Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science

HOW TO JOIN THE PROGRAM: Application form on web site—seminars begin every WINTER quarter QUESTIONS?? Prof. C. Purdy, 888 Rhodes Contact: Dr. Carla Purdy, Visit: Preparing Future Faculty in Engineering & Applied Science