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Biocore Announces Teaching Postdoc Position (33%)
Updated by Gina on Apr 29, 1:15pm

The Biology Core Curriculum Program (Biocore) has announced an opening for a 33% time teaching postdoc for Fall 2013. 

Biocore Teaching Postdoc general responsibilities are: Team teach 2 sections of Biocore 302 (Ecology, Genetics and Evolution lab) in fall 2013 and contribute to an education research project in Biocore. 

 

Biocore is particularly interested in individuals who have broad disciplinary knowledge of the concepts taught in the course, who have participated in Delta and/or have had other professional development in teaching, and who have practical experiences in teaching process of science skills and/or scientific writing.

 

This is a great opportunity for someone who is wanting to enrich their teaching portfolio, be a reflective practitioner, work with teaching mentors and engage with a collaborative teaching/learning community in Biocore.

 

To apply, please send a statement of interest along with a CV by May 17 (or sooner!) to Janet Batzli (Associate Director, Biology Core Curriculum). Any questions about the position should also be directed to Janet Batzli.

Develop an Excellent Education Plan for your Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Proposal
Updated by Gina on Apr 15, 1:30pm

Join the Delta Program and the Institute for Biology Education for our annual CAREER award workshop on June 10 from 10am-12pm in Microbial Sciences Building (1550 Linden Drive), Ebling Auditorium.
Successful CAREER proposals are expected to demonstrate creative, integrative, and effective research and education plans.
In this workshop, you will:

  • Discuss strategies for writing a successful education plan for your CAREER proposal.
  • Hear from panelists about successful CAREER proposals and the review process.
  • Learn about resources on campus focused on effective integration of research and education.
  • Have time to work on your proposal drafts.
This workshop is designed to assist new faculty prepare CAREER proposals in all fields of science, engineering and mathematics.
To register please fill out the following survey: https://uwmadison.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_e8wcSAnwYos8kOF
NSF Hosts Online Workshops for Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science (TUES)
Updated by Gina on Mar 21, 1:52pm

Always wanted to revise that lab course?  Really need to change that big intro class?  Got a great idea for a novel teaching tool?  NSF has funding programs to support undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education projects.   A series of NSF online workshops in March and April will introduce the Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science (TUES) program.  These workshops will be offered at UW Madison for faculty and staff.  If you are interested, please let us know which webinars you are interested in attending in the following form:  http://tinyurl.com/a893ucv

 

Additional information about the webinars is available here: http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/stem-iwbw/workshops/

 

If you have questions about TUES or the webinars, please contact one of the facilitators listed below:

Kristin Jenkins, Institute for Biology Education, kpjenkins@wisc.edu

Lillian Tong, Institute for Biology Education, tong@wisc.edu

Devin Wixon, Delta, dwixon@gmail.com

Elizabeth Harris, DoIT, echarris@wisc.edu

Jonathan Klein, L&S Learning Support Services, Jbklein2@wisc.edu

New Resource: Science Speakers Website
Updated by Gina on Jan 3, 12:00pm

The Science Speakers website at https://sciencespeakers.engr.wisc.edu/ aims to connect scientists interested in outreach with teachers interested in bringing those scientists into their classrooms. If you are a scientist interested in outreach, this site is for you. Please visit the website and/or contact Adam Brewer at asbrewer@wisc.edu for more information.