This year there will be more support for new and early career UT faculty than ever before! Two units will be offering campus-wide programs. Spearheaded by a recent decision from the Provost, UT Faculty Affairs will be orienting new faculty to campus via the New Faculty Launch, which begins in August. Academic Affairs, under the leadership of the Center for Teaching and Learning and in collaboration with the Provost’s Teaching Fellows, is excited to offer a new slate of programming for faculty in their first five years of teaching:
RISE (Resources and Insights for Starting Educators) Program: a summer cohort experience that empowers faculty with teaching-related knowledge, skills, and peer community for their first years at UT. Apply to participate in the 2024 RISE Cohort here.
Longhorn Teaching Labs (LTL): CTL collaboration with the Provost’s Teaching Fellows to create a welcome week full of teaching-related resource-sharing and community-building directly before the fall semester—come learn a LTL with us!
Principles of Effective Teaching Certificate: a program that acknowledges faculty’s investment in evidence-based pedagogy through a series of specialized workshops aligned with UT’s Eight Principles of Effective Teaching.
This initiative is rooted in educational research* which demonstrates the effectiveness of professional development opportunities for early-career faculty that:
enhance understanding of university community and culture,
build in opportunities for practice and reflection around teaching, and
enable meaningful connections and relationship-building with colleagues across disciplines.
We have designed this initiative with these factors in mind in order to contribute to the success and wellbeing of your early-career faculty and also UT students’ learning experiences.
Check back soon for more information throughout the summer!
*Austin, 2010; Emery, Maher, & Ebert-May, 2020; Stowell, et al, 2020; Welch, 2003; Whitney, Lemus, Knotts, & Oh, 2016