Teaching Resources for Professors
Resources and Tips for College-Level Teaching
What Is an Assistant Professor?
What is an assistant professor?
What is an assistant professor?
How to Mentor Students
Most new faculty lament that they are unprepared for a critical aspect of their job: mentoring and supervising students.
Most new faculty lament that they are unprepared for a critical aspect of their job: mentoring and supervising students.
Teaching 101: Getting By
Though research remains on top, undergraduate education has received increasing emphasis in recent years, even at top-tier research institutions. It's important to be able to teach well, while saving time for other things, such as research. Here's how to do it.
Though research remains on top, undergraduate education has received increasing emphasis in recent years, even at top-tier research institutions. It's important to be able to teach well, while saving time for other things, such as research. Here's how to do it.
Preparing Your Syllabus
Getting ready to teach a college class? Get tips for preparing your syllabus and managing your course prep responsibilities.
Getting ready to teach a college class? Get tips for preparing your syllabus and managing your course prep responsibilities.
Teaching 101: Lecturing
College instruction often rests on the lecture. Less is more.
College instruction often rests on the lecture. Less is more.
Teaching 101: Active Learning
Emphasize active learning and engage your college class.
Emphasize active learning and engage your college class.
Some Courses Shouldn't Be Fun
Is it true that some college classes can't be "enjoyable."
Is it true that some college classes can't be "enjoyable."
Finding Useful Adjunct Jobs
Test the waters of teaching and get some practical experience by adjunct teaching.
Test the waters of teaching and get some practical experience by adjunct teaching.
How to Get All-Important Teaching Experience
If you're applying for a faculty position, you'll need teaching experience. This article describes the benefits of acquiring teaching experience for grad students and postdocs as well as how to secure such experiences.
If you're applying for a faculty position, you'll need teaching experience. This article describes the benefits of acquiring teaching experience for grad students and postdocs as well as how to secure such experiences.
Understand Your Students and Remember Your Role
It's easy to forget that your students are not like you.
It's easy to forget that your students are not like you.
Writing Your Statement of Teaching Philosophy
What is your teaching philosophy? If you're applying for a faculty position, be prepared to send a statement of teaching philosophy to discuss how you approach teaching because professors' roles as teachers are increasingly important in academia.
What is your teaching philosophy? If you're applying for a faculty position, be prepared to send a statement of teaching philosophy to discuss how you approach teaching because professors' roles as teachers are increasingly important in academia.
Making the Grade
Teaching a summer class? Here's some advice on grading to make college teaching go a bit more smoothly.
Teaching a summer class? Here's some advice on grading to make college teaching go a bit more smoothly.
Get to the Point(s): Deliver Successful Lectures
Keep your lectures clear, concise, and effective with these tips.
Keep your lectures clear, concise, and effective with these tips.
The Teaching Assistantship: Your Ticket to Graduate School
Any graduate student will tell you that grad school is expensive. Get funding and valuable experience as a teaching assistant, or T.A.
Any graduate student will tell you that grad school is expensive. Get funding and valuable experience as a teaching assistant, or T.A.
How to Mentor Graduate Students
Mentoring tips for faculty
Mentoring tips for faculty
Take a Working Holiday in Singapore
Thinking about taking a break before grad school? Make it a useful one. Consider getting some teaching experience as a lecturer in Singapore.
Thinking about taking a break before grad school? Make it a useful one. Consider getting some teaching experience as a lecturer in Singapore.
Promoting Undergraduate Research in Science
Faculty have a responsibility for fostering the next generation of scientists.
Faculty have a responsibility for fostering the next generation of scientists.
Careers in Adult Education
Adult education offers many varied and challenging career opportunities. Is it for you?
Adult education offers many varied and challenging career opportunities. Is it for you?
Handbook for Mathematics Teaching Assistants
Teaching mathematics for the first time? This handbook will make your first semester as a TA (or 15th!) go a lot smoother.
Teaching mathematics for the first time? This handbook will make your first semester as a TA (or 15th!) go a lot smoother.
Learning to Teach
How to do it and why you want to, from Science's Next Wave.
How to do it and why you want to, from Science's Next Wave.
Advice for Teaching the Survey Course
Excellent advice for graduate students teaching their first survey course
Excellent advice for graduate students teaching their first survey course
The New Plagiarism
Seven tips prevent and detect plagiarism in the electronic age.
Seven tips prevent and detect plagiarism in the electronic age.
TAs and Profs as a Teaching Team
Work with your prof, not against him or her. Here are tips on how to be an effective TA.
Work with your prof, not against him or her. Here are tips on how to be an effective TA.
Special Teaching Topics for TAs
Discusses topics that TAs may have difficulty with, including lecturing, working with nontraditional students, managing a discussion, and teaching writing.
Discusses topics that TAs may have difficulty with, including lecturing, working with nontraditional students, managing a discussion, and teaching writing.
Learning to Teach; Teaching to Learn
Penn State provides resources for new faculty and TAs. Sections include planning a class session, using small groups, teaching large sections, commenting on student papers, and more.
Penn State provides resources for new faculty and TAs. Sections include planning a class session, using small groups, teaching large sections, commenting on student papers, and more.