Employment Opportunities

• For Full-Time Staff

• For Undergraduates

• For Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows

For Full-Time Staff

There are no positions available at this time.

For Undergraduates

There are no positions available at this time.

For Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows

Two types of positions are available for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows for the academic year 2009-10: Graduate Teaching Fellows and Teaching Affiliates. They have a common application process.

Have questions about working for the CFT?
Stop by during a drop-in information session on
Thursday, February 19, 2009 or Monday, February 23, 2009
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Center for Teaching, 114 19th Avenue South

Why apply for a position at the Center for Teaching?

• Get paid while receiving quality training

• Have a great position to include on your CV
• Work with terrific colleagues
• Enrich your own teaching
• Take advantage of rich professional development opportunities

Comments from graduate students who have worked at the Center for Teaching:

"The opportunity to talk about teaching with peers reinforced my career goals and helped increase my confidence."

"It was very useful to learn of a literature on teaching that was new to me."

"The CFT staff was interested in my development as both a teacher and researcher."

Graduate Teaching Fellow

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Passion for teaching
• Classroom or lab teaching experience as a TA at Vanderbilt (or elsewhere) with evidence of teaching effectiveness
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong writing, communication, and planning/organizational skills
• Flexibility, imagination, energy

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and present workshops for TA Orientation (TAO), the Teaching Certificate Program, and Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development (GradSTEP), as well as in response to special requests from departments
• Coordinate GradSTEP, working groups for graduate students, and various aspects of the Teaching Certificate Program
• Conduct small-group analyses in TA sections and labs
• Observe sections and labs of TAs (on digital videotape or live)
• Consult with TAs on their teaching
• Assist with new and ongoing Center for Teaching projects
• Serve as liaison to academic departments

TIME COMMITMENT:

• Approximately 70 hours in Summer 2009 (exact schedule may vary):
  
  • Mid-May: organizational meeting
  • Summer: responding to e-mails
  • August 4-15: full-time training and intensive preparation for TA orientation
  • August 19-20: TA Orientation
  • August 25-29: debriefing activities and compiling materials from TA Orientation
    
    
• Average 20 hours/week from late August through mid-May

PAY:

• $16,000 ($1,600/month), paid monthly August-May
• Graduate student health insurance paid (if needed)

Teaching Affiliate

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Passion for teaching
• Strong writing, communication, and planning/organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Interest in workshop facilitation
• Flexibility, imagination, energy

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and present workshops as part of TA Orientation (TAO) in August
  
  
• Serve as liaison throughout academic year (1-2 hours per month) between TAO participants and Center for Teaching staff

This is a great opportunity for graduate students and post-docs who are interested in attending training sessions on teaching and getting some experience facilitating workshops, but who can only make a minimal commitment (1-2 hours per month) during the academic year.

TIME COMMITMENT:

• Approximately 70 hours in Summer 2009 (exact schedule may vary):
  • Mid-May: organizational meeting
  • Summer:  responding to e-mails
  • August 5-14:  full-time training and intensive preparation for TA orientation
  • August 18-19: TA Orientation
  • August 24-28:  debriefing activities
    
    
• During the Fall 2009 semester, Teaching Affiliates will spend about 5 hours engaging in a small project that will have a positive impact on graduate student teaching at Vanderbilt.  This is an opportunity for Teaching Affiliates to exercise some creativity in pursuing a project they think will benefit TAs at Vanderbilt.
  
  
• Teaching Affiliates will also attend a lunch meeting in January 2010 during which they will share their fall projects and discuss various issues affecting TAs at Vanderbilt.

PAY:

$1,000 paid at the end of August 2009

Application Process:

The following materials are due to Derek Bruff, Assistant Director, 1114 19th Avenue South, no later than 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 16, 2009:

1. Application letter (including home and campus phone numbers + e-mail address), in which you:
• Indicate which position you are applying for (you may apply and be considered for both positions with one application letter).
• Discuss the qualifications, experiences, perspectives, and/or workshop ideas you would bring to the position(s) that would enrich the mission and services of the Center; please include any interest and/or expertise you have in facilitating workshops, managing projects, working collaboratively on projects, or (for GTF applicants) consulting with peers or students.
  
  For our mission statement and more information about CFT services, please consult this web site further.
  
  
2. Curriculum vitae
   
   
3. List of all courses you have taught or served as a TA for at Vanderbilt or elsewhere , including your duties for each
   
   
4. Evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., sample syllabi, copies of teaching evaluations, sample assignments, etc.)
   
   
5. Letter (or e-mail) of recommendation from a faculty member in your department

Strong candidates will be contacted in March to schedule an interview that will include a 5-7 minute teaching presentation by the applicant. Appointments will be announced by mid- to late April. We expect to hire four GTFs and ten Teaching Affiliates.

Current and former GTFs and Teaching Affiliates interested in applying for either position for 2009-2010 are asked to apply using alternate, streamlined procedures. Please contact Derek Bruff at the CFT for more information.

Questions?
Contact Derek Bruff at derek.bruff@vanderbilt.edu or 2-7290

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