As part of the interview process for a faculty position, you may be asked to lead a teaching demonstration. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discuss ways to go into your teaching demo with preparedness, confidence, and adaptability. Participants will explore considerations related to their audience, factors affecting content, logistics (including technology), and teaching/learning interactions. Participants will also strategize ways to cope with unexpected challenges that could emerge during a teaching demo. By the end of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:

• Identify questions and decision points useful in preparing a teaching demo for a job interview.
• Strategize ways to gather the information needed to effectively plan a teaching demo.
• Generate strategies for dealing effectively with challenging situations that might emerge during a demo (e.g., logistical, technological, or interpersonal).

Instructors

Chas Brua, Pennsylvania State University
Beate Brunow, Pennsylvania State University

Workshop Schedule

This one-session online workshop meets in Zoom on Thursday, October 17 at 8:30-10pm Gulf / 1:30-3pm Atlantic / 12:30-2pm Eastern / 11:30am-1pm Central / 10:30am-12pm Mountain / 9:30-11am Pacific.

Audience

This workshop is designed first and foremost for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in STEM/SBE disciplines, but generally relevant to anyone interested in an introduction to teaching demonstrations.

Registration and Enrollment

*This workshop is at capacity and closed for registration as of Wednesday, October 2*

Cap: 50. Registration opens on Monday, September 30th. Once open, it will remain open until capacity is reached. Registration will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis and registrants from CIRTL member institutions or alumni of CIRTL member institutions will receive priority. Once registration closes, all registrants will be notified of their enrollment status.

Accessibility

If you have access needs, please let us know what they are. Contact Kate Diamond (kdiamond3@wisc.edu), who is supporting this workshop, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs, we will also take measures throughout the workshop to support accessibility for all our students:

• Sending pre-session reminders to all students
• Sharing resources from synchronous sessions with students
• Enabling live captioning in synchronous sessions
• Incorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions

Learning Outcomes

All CIRTL Network programming is designed to help participants achieve familiarity with our Core Ideas. This workshop is designed around the following learning outcomes.

Professional Development

• Create materials that are commonplace in the academic job market (resumes, CVs, teaching portfolios, teaching statements, etc.)