Your Academic Career Path: Why Teaching Matters

[Cynthia Korpan]

Dear Colleagues, 

Please share below with your graduate students. 

Your Academic Career Path: Why Teaching Matters

Friday, August 15, 9 – 11 a.m. Pacific time

Register here:  https://forms.gle/kJ3pPbaCbALfLKCc8    

Description:

In this session, you will be provided with proven strategies that can be implemented immediately to help you attain the academic position you are aiming for. No matter where you are in your degree, you will walk away with concrete ideas about how to build your CV and teaching portfolio, and receive a copy of the Academic Career Development Plan.

Facilitator Bio:

Dr. Cynthia Korpan held the position of Director of Teaching Excellence at the University of Victoria with, to date, over 20 years' experience as an award-winning educational developer. Cynthia earned her PhD at the University of Victoria, and her ongoing research focuses on the teaching development of early career academics in the academic workplace.

After registration and closer to the time of the event, you will receive the zoom link for the session.

We look forward to seeing you then,

Cynthia

Cynthia Korpan, PhD (she/her)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, UVic

Former Director of Teaching Excellence, UVic

Award-winning Educational Developer 2017 (EDC) 

Director, ITeach: Certification in Higher Ed Inc. iteachhe.com 

Secretary and Board Director, Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)

Academics Without Borders Volunteer

Associate Editor, Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CJSoTL)

Committee Member, Graduate Student, Professional Student, and Postdoctoral Scholar Development Special Interest Group (GPPD SIG) (POD)

Latest publications:

Expanding peer observation of teaching and learning through cross-institutional collaboration

Me-search research: The use of a self-study methodological approach to teaching documentation

I acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.