Teaching Opportunities

Those wishing to complete the CFT's Teaching Certificate program are required to gain teaching experience. Since not all graduate students, professional students, and post-doctoral fellows at Vanderbilt have routine opportunities to teach, the CFT is glad to pass along information about teaching opportunities at or near Vanderbilt.

When we find out about such teaching opportunities, we post them here and to the Teaching Certificate listserv. If you would like to have a position posted here, please contact Patricia Armstrong, Assistant Director at the CFT.

Please note that for non-Vanderbilt opportunities listed below, the CFT is endorsing neither the hiring institution nor its hiring practices but is simply letting people know about available positions.

Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach

The Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach (CSO) is dedicated to enhancing scientific and technological literacy through the establishment of unique partnerships between University scientists and scientists-in-training, K-12 educators and students, and the local and global science community.
Program opportunities include:

Scientists in the Classroom Partnership (SCP) - SCP partners science teaching fellows (STFs) with Nashville middle school science teachers. The STFs are graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the sciences, who collaborate with education professionals in middle school science classrooms one day a week throughout the school year. STFs focus on working with teacher partners to develop and implement hands-on, inquiry-based activities, providing classroom demonstrations, assisting with tutoring students and directing student research projects.

Contact: Jeanne Tuschl

School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt – "The School" is a part-time high school on Vanderbilt campus for 9th-12th graders from local Metro Nashville Public Schools. Dedicated School faculty lead students through an interdisciplinary, research-centered, engaging curriculum. Currently 9th graders attend all day on Monday. Opportunities include leading tours of your lab, teaching mini-lessons on research tools and material relevant to your expertise, lab techniques, tutoring, and mentoring research interns during a 6-8 week summer research program for 12th graders as part of the School’s Adjunct Teaching Corps.

Contact: Angela Eed

Posted September 25, 2007

Department of Biology, University of the South

The University of the South seeks to hire a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Biology.  The successful candidate will teach upper-division undergraduate courses in GENOMICS, MOLECULAR GENETICS or/and EVOLUTION, participate in the department's introductory biology classes, and maintain an active research program with opportunities for undergraduate involvement.  Candidates should be enthusiastic about developing a teaching and research program in the context of the liberal arts tradition in education. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University has an undergraduate enrollment of about 1,400 and is located on a biologically diverse 10,000-acre campus on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau.  Review of applicants will begin on October 8 2007 but applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found.  Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching and research interests, transcripts, and three letters of reference to:  Teresa Smith, Personnel Services, 735 University Avenue, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN  37383. Submissions via email are preferred; send to tersmith@sewanee.edu. More information about the position can be found at www.sewanee.edu/biology/search.html. The University of the South is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

Posted August 31, 2007

Department of Biological Sciences,
College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University

The Introduction to Biological Sciences Lab (BSCI 111a) course has positions open for teaching assistants and research mentors in the fall semester of 2007. 

We are introducing some exciting curricular changes that provide an opportunity for TAs to be more actively engaged with their students than in the past.  These improvements include in-class discussions and student research for which TAs will serve as leaders and mentors.  If you are a graduate student or post-doc considering teaching as part of your future career, working in this course could provide you with valuable experience. 

The duties of the traditional Teaching Assistant position is to supervise students in the laboratory, answer student questions in and out of the lab, lead discussions and mentor students, and grade assignments and exams. 

There may also be the possibility of positions focused primarily on leading discussions and mentoring students in their research projects. 

For further information, contact Dr. Steve Baskauf (steve.baskauf@vanderbilt.edu).

Posted June 22, 2007

Knowles Senior Center

Do you enjoy working with senior citizens?  The Knowles Senior Center in Nashville is looking for people interested in sharing their knowledge and expertise in a classroom setting.  This rewarding volunteer experience allows you to design your own curriculum as well as gain teaching experience. Instructors may present a single class or a series of lectures organized around a theme of your choosing.  Topics could include: current events, art, literature, history, music, health or anything of interest to active and informed Seniors. Knowles staff will work with you to schedule and advertise your class to Knowles members.  For more information please contact Christina Petersen (petersenci@bellsouth.net).

Posted August 21, 2006

Belmont University Biology Department

Belmont University has an opening for adjunct faculty in biology for the Fall 2006 semester. The course is BIO 1010: Biological Sciences, 4 credit hrs, Lecture 11:00-12:15 TR and Lab 3:00-4:50 W. BIO 1010 is a general education requirement for non-science majors, max enrollment 24. Faculty at Belmont must have 18 graduate-level hours in the discipline taught, agree to the mission and values of Belmont, and be Christian. Further details can be found at www.belmont.edu/hr

Please contact Dr. Robert Grammer, 460-6216 or 460-6417, for further details. Application is online at the human resources website mentioned.

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