For Graduate Students

Why Apply to GIFT

Co-teaching opportunity - Teaching Fellows (TF) will be given the opportunity to co-teach a Tufts course during the Fall semester under the mentorship and supervision of a Tufts faculty member.
Opportunity to interact with graduate students and post docs from other disciplines who share an interest and commitment to teaching.
Prepare for future employment by increasing both teaching and communication skills through peer-reviewed practice in a supportive learning environment.
Transcript Notation - A transcript notation of a non-credit College of Special Studies course, "Graduate Institute for Teaching" (CSS 145), will be made for Institute Fellows.
Tuition and Stipend - Fellows will receive free tuition for the Institute and a taxable $2,000 stipend.
Facilitation for developing a teaching statement.

Expectations

Time commitment - TFs will be expected to commit themselves to and participate in all the GIFT workshops during the summer of 2007.
Meetings with faculty mentors. Once the summer workshops have been completed, the TFs will meet regularly with their faculty mentor to prepare for co-teaching the mentor's fall course.
Co-teaching - TFs will have shared responsibility, with their faculty mentor, for many aspects of the course.
If the TF is unable to fulfill her/his teaching commitment in the fall of 2007, she/he will be expected to forfeit the second portion of the fellowship.