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Preparing Future Faculty &
Learning Communities Program

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This website is designed to help you learn more about our different programs and services. PFF is directed by Dr. Laurie Richlin. In addition, a number of CGU administration, faculty, alumni, and students share their expertise, experiences, and knowledge on topics related to faculty life and higher education. The program is overseen by the Provost's office.

Check out our PFF Teaching Flash page! Also, information on the 2008 summer course on course design is now available.

Are you interested in pursuing an academic career?

 

 

You are invited to participate in the CGU Preparing Future Faculty & Learning Communities Program. Join your colleagues in exploring the skills and knowledge needed to obtain a position and succeed as a member of the faculty of the future. There is no charge for any of our activities. CGU PFF & Learning Communities Programs have three goals:

  • Prepare students for an academic career
  • Prepare students to teach at a variety of institutions
  • Prepare students to be outstanding researchers of the 21st Century

    We recommend that first-year and second-year graduate students participate in the Professional Development Practicum to get started on the elements of an academic career. The Practicum and begins in September and meets every other week. Register here.

    More advanced students can take part in the PFF Fellows Program, which is a Faculty Learning Community for CGU students only. Fellows are selected each spring for the following academic year. The application period for the 2008-2009 PFF Fellows Program will now begin in February 2008.

     

    PFF also sponsors Learning Communities open to advanced graduate students, faculty, and professional staff at all of The Claremont Colleges. FLC topics and members are selected each spring for the following academic year. We always are open to suggestions for LC topics.

    Each summer PFF offers the intensive course "Course Design in Higher Education" to CGU students and alumni at no fee and to others as a workshop.  If you are not a CGU student or alumni, contact pff@cgu.com to register. The 2008 course dates and times are Tuesday through Friday, May 27-30, 2008 from 9:00am - 3:00pm daily.  Current CGU students can register through their departments when summer school registration opens in the Spring and alumni can register with the CGU Registrar's office.  Non-CGU participants should contact pff@cgu.com as soon as possible for registration instructions.

    The PFF Director provides Individual Consulting for CGU students and alumni interested in applying for academic positions in the near future. In addition, you are invited to read Essays on Teaching Excellence (available only from CGU computers), utilize Course Design assistance, and peruse Useful Links to Websites with information for preparing for academic careers.

    Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

    Teaching and Learning Style Inventories:

    Student Learning Styles Inventory- Grasha-Reichmann "Student Learning Styles Inventory" online
    (http://www.iats.com/publications/GLSI.html)

    Teaching Styles Inventory - "Grasha - Teaching Styles Inventory" online
    (http://www.iats.com/publications/TSI.html)

     

    Support for Finding Faculty Positions - NEW!

    Free CV Postings:

    PFF supports the hiring of CGU students and alumni as adjunct professors through its Academic Job Search system. AJS is completely free to use, and we highly recommend that students post their profiles. Go to http://ajs.cgu.edu/ to post your information or find someone to teach a course.

    Faculty Positions Available:

    PFF frequently updates open listings for tenure and non-tenure track positions in many academic fields.  Full listings and contact information available in a convenient PDF download. 

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