TEACHING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM: Professional Development Opp for Postdocs & Grad students

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Dear MIT Postdocs,


Please see the information below on this great MIT program, which tends 
to fill up quickly.

Regards,
Dana

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Registration will open on April 14^th for the 2014 Summer Session of 
TLL's */Teaching Certificate Program. / *The program is available to 
graduate students and post docs interested in developing their teaching 
skills.  Some details of the program are outlined below.

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Dear Graduate Students and Postdocs:

The Teaching and Learning Lab will be offering its */Teaching 
Certificate Program/* this summer in an accelerated format.  This 
workshop series is for students and postdocs interested in developing 
their teaching skills to support their teaching at MIT, as well as those 
who are planning careers in academe. To earn a certificate, students 
must participate in 7 classroom workshops and a videotaped 
teaching/lesson presentation.

*Registration is Required and will open at 9:00 a.m. on **Monday, April 
14^th **here: 
*http://tll.mit.edu/help/graduate-student-teaching-certificate-program

(Mark your calendars NOW! Space is limited and all sections are usually 
full 24-48 hours after registration opens).


The */Summer Program kicks off on Tuesday, May 27^th /*,with the first 
workshop: /Students as Learners, You as Teacher. /There will be five 
sections offered, with one reserved for students in 
NON-science/engineering departments.

*SUMMER 2014 Section Meeting Times:***

SECTION 1:  1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (for NON-sci/engg majors only)
SECTION 2:  1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SECTION 3:  10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
SECTION 4:  9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
SECTION 5:  TBA***/(before Registration opens)/***

*SUMMER 2014 Program Meeting Dates:***

  * Students as Learners, You as Teacher
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/workshop-descriptions#students> / Tuesday,
    May 27^th
  * Designing a Course and Constructing a Syllabus
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/workshop-descriptions#syllabus> /
    Wednesday, May 28^th
  * Planning and Facilitating a Class Session
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/workshop-descriptions#lecture>/ Thursday,
    May 29^th
  * Interactive Teaching & Active Learning
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/workshop-descriptions#interactive>/ Monday,
    June 2^nd
  * Constructing Effective Assignments, Problem Sets & Exam Questions
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/workshop-descriptions#problems> / Tuesday,
    June 3^rd
  * Teaching Inclusively
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/workshop-descriptions#multicultural> /
    Wednesday, June 4^th
  * Educational Technologies / Teaching Philosophy Statement
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/workshop-descriptions#tps> / Monday, June 9^th
  * Videorecorded Microteaching Session
    <http://tll.mit.edu/help/microteaching> / Scheduled between June
    10^th -- June 13^th

For any questions about the program, please contact Leann Dobranski 
(leann at mit.edu <mailto:leann at mit.edu>)

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Leann Dobranski

Assistant Director, Teaching & Learning Laboratory

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(617) 253-3371

email: leann at mit.edu <mailto:leann at mit.edu>

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