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Graduate Students & Post-docs
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Overview
Teaching opportunities provided by Baltimore Underground Science Space, Baltimore City Community College, Coppin State University, Goucher College, Loyola University Maryland, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Stevenson University, and Morgan State University.
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland enjoy superb research training but have limited opportunities to teach. Academic institutions value real classroom teaching over experience as a Teaching Assistant. The Teaching Fellows program gives trainees a hands-on teaching experience with mentorship and coaching from exemplary undergraduate teaching faculty at local institutions. This experience prepares you for teaching responsibilities at academic faculty positions.
Application
JHU applicants are strongly encouraged to participate in the JHU Teaching Academy or equivalent pedagogy training before applying. The selection committee and host institutions prefer applicants with previous experience serving as a teaching assistant or leading courses in the specific topic areas indicated in their applications.
Visa Considerations
If you are in a visa status sponsored by JHU, you must contact the Office of International Services ([email protected]) to determine your eligibility to engage in paid teaching activities. Failure to do so could result in a violation of your visa status.
Post-doctoral fellows that are employed at a rate of 100% FTE (Full Time Equivalent) for their research/appointment must be pre-approved before any additional work (e.g. a paid teaching opportunity) is undertaken. Please work with your department or center Administrator who will work with the Office of the Dean on the necessary approval, before you accept a paid teaching opportunity.
Please understand that these policies are not to limit our support of your professional development but to protect you from being in violation of possible visa and/or funding restrictions. Both the Office of International Services and your department or center Administrator will be able to review your specific case and make recommendations based on your eligibility.
How To Apply
Review the various CTF opportunities and prioritize your choices. You will be required to choose a first choice placement and have the option of ranking additional placements if you are interested in pursuing a placement at more than one college/university.
Failure to adhere to the instructions for completing each section of the application outlined below will result in your application not being considered. Do not exceed the word count.
Completing the Online Application Sections
The list of mentoring or teaching experiences must include dates, location, subject, and hours per week.
The 150-200 word statement of interest must include:
• Your career goals following the completion of your education and training, and how you plan to include teaching
• Your motivation for participating in this program
• Your insight into what you will do to be an effective teacher, based on your experience as a student
• If you have had teaching experience, discuss what you have learned about being an effective teacher
Submitted Resumes or CVs must be sent as Adobe PDF or MS Word files.
All required text must be entered within the online application. No supplemental material will be accepted.
Principal Investigator (PI) Discussion and Signed MOA
With the exception of a teaching appointment at BUGSS, you must discuss the specific opportunities that you are interested in with your PI/Research Advisor. If you are offered a Fellowship, your Advisor must sign the MOA and indicate the opportunities for which they support your participation. If you are a graduate student, your Program Director or Thesis Mentor should also approve of your participation.
Click here to download the required MOA form.
Selection
Applications are reviewed based on:
• Career goals
• Motivation for participating in the program
• Insight into effective teaching
• Previous teaching training and experience
Finalists will be notified around mid-July and asked for any necessary verification of employability. Interviews will likely be arranged between mid-July to mid-August. Selected Teaching Fellows are typically notified as colleges/universities share their decisions starting in mid-August.
If partner institutions have additional spring opportunities, another round of applications is opened in late fall.
Cross-institutional Opportunities
Teaching opportunities are provided by Baltimore Underground Science Space, Baltimore City Community College, Coppin State University, Goucher College, Loyola University Maryland, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Stevenson University, and Morgan State University.
Click here to listen to the 2024 CTFP Information Session!
Click the links below to learn more about current teaching opportunities with our partner institutions!
Baltimore Underground Science Space
The Experience
Click the links below to read interviews with a few of our past Fellows!
Aparna Shah, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech University
2016 Collaborative Teaching Fellow at Goucher College
George Umanah, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2016 Collaborative Teaching Fellow at Loyola University
Yuejin Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Morgan State University
2015 Collaborative Teaching Fellow at Morgan State University