‘Teaching Opportunity’
Curiosity Machine volunteer opportunity
Oct. 23, 2014—Inspire the Next Generation of Inventors! Curiosity Machine is a community of scientists, engineers and children creating together. Interested in connecting with young learners and helping inspire the next generation of inventors? Become a Curiosity Machine mentor and support children as they create their own engineering inventions and solve design challenges. Help Students...
Volunteer Opportunity: Beaming STEM Labs to Rural America, Aspirnaut videoconferencing program
Aug. 29, 2014—Volunteers Needed for Aspirnaut™ Beaming of STEM Labs to Rural America. Aspirnaut is entering its 5th year of beaming hands-on inquiry-based STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) labs to rural Tennessee, Arkansas, Maine. Videoconferencing to youth in 3rd-8th grades is the perfect opportunity for post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students to gain valuable teaching experience and to help...
Job Posting: Adjunct Faculty, Cell Biology, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN
Aug. 25, 2014—Cumberland University in Lebanon, TN, is looking for an adjunct in Cell Biology. The class is offered Monday and Wednesday from 6:30-9:20pm. The class begins this Wednesday. This position will not be posted online, but if interested, you can contact Danny Bryan at dbryan@cumberland.edu.
Be a FOCUS co-leader for Fall 2014
Jul. 17, 2014—If you are interested in gaining teaching experience, please consider serving as a FOCUS co-Leader for the Fall semester of 2014. FOCUS sessions are small group literature discussions for first year graduate students. Two co-leaders will be paired with a faculty member and mentored through the process to teach small group discussion sections. The...
Teaching Opportunity: Dept of Biological Sciences needs TAs
Jul. 11, 2014—The Department of Biological Sciences needs TAs to serve in the introductory lab, BSCI 110B this Fall semester. The commitment is typically 12-15 hours per week on average. BSCI will pay 30% of your stipend for the Spring semester. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Steve Baskauf (steve.baskauf@Vanderbilt.Edu) for details of what your duties would be....
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars Program deadline for 2014-2014
Jul. 2, 2014—The CFT invites applications for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars Program for the 2014-15 academic year. Deadline for applications is Monday, August 25th. For more information and to apply, visit the SoTL Scholars Program web page.
Bard College’s Citizen Science Program
Apr. 24, 2014—Bard College’s Citizen Science Program is a science literacy program required of all first year students, regardless of intended major. Held in January, this short, intense academic program introduces our students to scientific thinking by engaging them in problem-based learning computing, laboratory and classroom experiences. We are currently accepting applications from excellent scientists who are interested...
Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: Certificate in College Teaching
Apr. 17, 2014—The purpose of the Certificate in College Teaching, co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and the Graduate School, is to assist graduate students and post doctoral fellows who wish to gain a clearer, deeper, more active approach to teaching and learning in higher education. The certificate focuses on the research on how people learn and best...
Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: SoTL Scholars Program
Apr. 17, 2014—The SoTL Scholars Program introduces participants to the principles and practices of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, an international, multidisciplinary field of disciplinary specialists studying student learning. SoTL is a synthesis of teaching, learning, and research in higher education that aims to bring a scholarly lens—the curiosity, the inquiry, the rigor, the disciplinary variety—to what happens...
Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: Blended & Online Learning Design (BOLD) Fellows
Apr. 17, 2014—The BOLD Fellows program is designed to help graduate student/faculty teams build expertise in developing online instructional modules grounded in good course design principles and our understanding of how people learn. STEM faculty members partner with graduate students or postdocs to design and develop online modules for integration into a course, either as a tool to promote...
Scientist in the Classroom Information Session
Mar. 25, 2014—Are you interested in teaching or learning how to communicate science but don’t know where to begin? Then join the Center for Science Outreach and your peers for an informational session on how to get started. Learn how you can get involved in the Nashville community by working with K-8 students and teaching science one day a week. We are currently accepting applications for interested graduate...
Teaching Opportunity: Scientist in the Classroom Partnership
Feb. 25, 2014—The Scientist in the Classroom Partnership (SCP) program, sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach, connects science teaching fellows (Fellows) with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools teachers in K-12 classrooms. Fellows are graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in science, math, technology, or engineering (STEM) who collaborate with K-12 teachers one day per week throughout the...