Teaching in Higher Education Seminar

 

This three-credit seminar, taught by faculty within students' areas (i.e. humanities, health professions...) addresses key issues in teaching and learning theory and practice. Students develop documents to support teaching and future job searches, including a statement of teaching philosophy, a lesson plan or a course syllabus.

Students enroll in courses according to their academic area. For instance, a humanities course would be designed for any graduate student in the humanities disciplines. Similarly, a physical science course would be open to all graduate students of physical sciences.

Courses Offered
Below are confirmed course offerings. Please check back for updates.

Fall 2013
(8985.001, Teaching in Higher Education)

• Teaching in Higher Education: Life Sciences (BIOL 8985), CRN 20337
  Professor: Sheryl Love
  sheryl.love@temple.edu
  
  
• Teaching in Higher Education: Physical Sciences (CHEM 8985), CRN 7866
  Professor: Steve Fleming
  steve.fleming@temple.edu
  

• Teaching in Higher Education: Writing (ENG 8985), CRN 21473
  Professor: Rachael Groner
  rachael.groner@temple.edu
  
  
• Teaching in Higher Education: Math (MAT 8985), CRN 22641
  Professor: Maria Lorenz (continuing from spring 2013)
  maria.lorenz@temple.edu
  

• Teaching in Higher Education: Media & Communication (MMC 8985), CRN 17121
  Professor: Nancy Morris
  nancy.morris@temple.edu
  
  
• Teaching in Higher Education: Social Sciences (POLS 8985), CRN 21642
  Professor: Robin Kolodny
  robin.kolodny@temple.edu
  
  
• Teaching in Higher Education: Education (EPSY 8985), CRN 22703
  Professor: Jean Boyer
  jean.boyer@temple.edu
  
  
• Teaching in Higher Education: Humanities (REL 8985), CRN 8266
  Professor: Rebecca Alpert
  rebecca.alpert@temple.edu
  
  

Spring 2014
(8985.001, Teaching in Higher Education)

• Teaching in Higher Education: Film & Media Arts (8985)
  Professor: LeAnn Erickson
  leann.erickson@temple.edu
  
  

Course Schedule and Registration
Priority Registration for Fall opens April 3, 2013. View the Temple graduate COURSE SCHEDULE online, and register through the Banner System in TU PORTAL.

Reflective Practicum

 

The non-credit reflective practicum is individually designed by each student. It must include teaching with a TA or Adjunct appointment (e.g. as TA lecturer/recitation leader, instructor of record, Writing Center tutor, or lab leader) and engaging in reflection on that experience.

Goals
The primary goals of the Reflective Practicum are:

• for students to reflect on their teaching experience, including its relationship to the seminar, with an experienced mentor; 
• for students to examine selected aspects of their teaching through reflective scholarly writing.

Requirements
While there is some flexibility, the practicum must include three key components: (1) Teaching, (2) Reflective Dialogue and (3) Reflective Journal.

1. Teaching with a TA or adjunct appointment
   You could be instructor of record, discussion section or lab leader. We also accept TA appointments through the Writing Center or Math, Science, Resource Center. Although grading is an important aspect of teaching, direct student interaction is essential to the reflective practicum. If you cannot secure a TA appointment, or if your appointment is limited to grading, but you still want to complete the reflective practicum, contact TLC Director, Pamela Barnett (barnettp@temple.edu) about potential options.
   
   
2. Reflective Dialogue
   Reflect on your teaching experience through ongoing dialogue in bi-weekly meetings with disciplinary mentor.
   It is your responsibility to find an instructor in your discipline who will be your mentor throughout the Reflective Practicum and make arrangements to meet with him/her once every two weeks for discussion.

   Recommended Mentors
   The following faculty members are all knowledgeable about the Teaching in Higher Education Curriculum you just completed. We recommend that you invite someone from this list to serve as your mentor for the Reflective Practicum, but you may also select a mentor who is not on this list:

   Click to View Recommended Mentors by School/College and Department

   School/College	Department	Professor
   Beasley School of Law	Legal Writing	Susan DeJarnett, Professor – Teach/Inst
   Boyer College of Music and Dance	Dance	Kariamu Welsh, Professor/Dept Chairperson
   Boyer College of Music and Dance	Dance	Luke Kahlich, Professor
   College of Education	Psychological Studies	Janice Laurence Associate Professor
   College of Education	Psychological Studies	Jean Boyer, Assistant Professor-Teach/Inst
   College of Engineering (COE)	Mechanical Engineering	Shriram Pillapakkam, Asst Prof
   College of Health Professions and Social Work (CHPSW)	Physical Therapy	Amy Heath, Assistant Professor
   College of Health Professions and Social Work (CHPSW)	Public Health	Natasha Davis, Instructor
   College of Health Professions and Social Work (CHPSW)	Social Work	Claudia Dewane, Associate Professor – Teach/Inst
   College of Health Professions and Social Work (CHPSW)	Social Work	Pete Watkins, Assoc Prof
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	African American Studies	Nathan Norment, Associate Professor/ Dept. Chairperson
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	American Studies	Ken Finkel, Distinguished Lecturer
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Electrical Engineering	Li Bai, Associate Professor
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Electrical Engineering	Chang-Hee Won, Associate Professor
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	English	Whitley Cooke, Assistant Professor – Teach/Inst
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	English	Eli Goldblatt, Professor & Director
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	English	Rachel Groener, Assistant Professor – Teach/Inst
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Geography and Urban Studies	Rickie Sanders, Professor
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Horticulture & Landscape Design	Bess Wellborn, Instructor – Teach/Inst
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Political Science	Alistair Howard, Assistant Professor-Teach/Inst
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Political Science	Robin Kolodny, Professor
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Psychology	Peggy Dewolf, Assistant Professor – Teach/Inst
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Psychology	Robin Musselman, Prof
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Religion	Rebecca Alpert, Associate Professor
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Religion	Amy Weigand, Adjunct Professor; Project Coordinator, Project EDIT
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Spanish	Paul Toth, Assistant Professor
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA)	Spanish and Portugese	Patricia Moore-Martinez, Asst Prof
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Biology	Sheryl Love, Assistant Professor – Teach/Inst
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Biology	Shohreh Amini, Professor/Dept Chairperson
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Chemistry	Steven Fleming, Professor
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Chemistry	Ann Valentine, Assoc Prof
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Computer & Information Science	Justin Shi, Associate Professor/Dept Chairperson
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Computer & Information Science	Sally Kyvernitis, Instructor – Teach/Inst
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Earth & Environmental Science	Jon Nyquist, Professor/Dept. Chairperson
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Mathematics	Maria Lorenz, Associate Professor – Teach/Inst
   College of Science and Technology (CST)	Physics	Tsvetlin Tsankov, Assistant Professor
   Fox School of Business	Legal Studies	Terry Halbert, Professor
   Fox School of Business	Risk, Insurance & Healthcare Management	William Aaronson, Assistant Dean
   Fox School of Business	Statistics	Robert Pred, Assistant Professor-Teach/Inst
   School of Communications and Theater (SCT)	Broadcast, Telecommunications & Mass Media	Nancy Morris, Professor & Associate Dean
   School of Communications and Theater (SCT)	Intellectual Heritage	Carol Harris-Shapiro, Asst Prof
   School of Communications and Theater (SCT)	Journalism	Shenid Bhayroo, Assistant Professor
   School of Communications and Theater (SCT)	Theater	Daniel Kern, Professor
   School of Communications and Theater (SCT)	Theater	David Ingram, Assoc Prof
   School of Medicine	Medicine/ General Internal	Alisa Peet, Associate Professor
   School of Medicine	Physiology	James Heckman, Assoc Prof
   School of Pharmacy	Pharmacy	Ina Calligaro, Assistant Dean

   Guidelines and Log
   Please read the Reflective Practicum: Guidelines for Mentorship and share it with your mentor. We ask you and your mentor to fill out the Reflective Practicum Log providing the dates met and signatures. Again, you must meet once every two weeks (at least 7 times during the semester).

3. Reflective Journal
   Reflective journal entries will be submitted to TLC weekly. After you register for the reflective practicum, you will get weekly emails that will prompt you to upload your journal entry. To learn about this process and how to upload your journal entry, read these instructions (How to Submit the Reflective Journals-PDF). Please note that it is your responsibility to submit your weekly journal entries to the TLC whether or not you receive the emails that prompt you to upload your journal entry. If at any point there is a problem with the system and you do not receive the weekly emails, please contact Annette Ponnock (annette.ponnock@temple.edu) for assistance.

Registration

You must be registered and participating in the Reflective Practicum by the end of the first week of classes. Click here to REGISTER for the Reflective Practicum.

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Submit your completed materials to TLC

 

Upon completion of both the Seminar and Reflective Practicum submit the following materials to TLC by the deadlines outlined below.

1. Reflective Journal (see Step 2: Reflective Practicum)
2. Reflective Practicum log (see Step 2: Reflective Practicum)
3. Certificate Application
4. Evidence of Teaching form (signed by Department Head or Advisor)

The Certificate Application and Evidence of Teaching forms can be filled out online and then printed for submission to:

Teaching and Learning Center
112 Bell Building
The TECH Center
1101 W. Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19122
TU Zip: 286-09

If you have Adobe PDF writer, you can also save the forms and submit them digitally to TLC at tlc@temple.edu.

Completion Deadlines

 

Receiving the Certificate

We will process a ‘Change of Program’ form to add the Teaching in Higher Education Certificate to your graduate record when you are registered for the Reflective Practicum. Once you have completed the requirements for the program, we will send you a letter and certificate of completion. According to university policy, the Teaching in Higher Education certificate will be officially transcripted upon graduation from your degree program.

 

FAQs

What if there is no seminar offered in my discipline?

Currently, almost every school or college offers the seminar during the academic year. Although you may not see something specifically for your major, courses are taught by faculty within students' areas (i.e. humanities, health professions, social sciences, foreign language, etc.). All of the courses are designed to address general principles that can be applied across disciplines.

How many mentor meetings and journal entries are required for the Reflective Practicum to earn the certificate?

The requirements depend upon the semester you are teaching.

During the Fall & Spring semesters, the requirements are:

• meetings with mentor are bi-weekly, minimum = 7
• journal entries are weekly, minimum = 10

During the Summer Sessions, the requirements are adjusted for the shorter term:

• meetings with mentor are weekly, minimum = 6
• journal entries are submitted weekly, minimum = 6

 

I received an automatic email about a change to my gradate record. What does this mean?

We processed a ‘Change of Program’ form to add the Teaching in Higher Education Certificate to your graduate record because you are currently enrolled in the reflective practicum component of the certificate program. At this time there is no action for you to take. Once you complete the practicum, you will submit your paperwork as specified on our program web page. Once you have completed the requirements for the program, we will send you a letter and certificate of completion.  The certificate will be awarded on your transcript after you have applied for graduation from your program of study.

 

Additional questions

For general questions about the certificate program, please email tlc@temple.edu.

If you are experiencing difficulty registering or submitting documents for the Reflective Practicum, please contact Annette Ponnock (annette.ponnock@temple.edu) for assistance.