Early Career Teaching Academy
Most new faculty at large public universities enter the professoriate with training and support to conduct research, but few enter with equivalent preparation and support to launch a successful teaching career. The Early Career Teaching Academy (ECTA) provides the setting within which faculty members can develop themselves into powerful teachers who are rooted in a desire for student success through evidence-based active teaching strategies and high-impact educational practices. Faculty who become Early Career Teaching Academy Fellows are in a position to play a leading role in efforts to develop a culture of scholarly teaching within departments and schools at IUPUI, to document and promote teaching successes, and to serve as teaching mentors for faculty and future faculty. The Academy fosters and supports a multi-disciplinary network of ECTA Fellows who promote excellent teaching and rich student learning.
The academy will convene in two intensive sessions, a half-day on February 15th and a full day on February 22nd, both Fridays. Lunch will be provided on both days. These sessions will engage participants in a conversation about developing and assessing effective teaching and learning strategies for IUPUI’s diverse student body and situated in each participant’s emerging teaching philosophy. At the second session, faculty will identify teaching strategies they will implement to realize their teaching philosophy and articulate the broad outline of their teaching careers. Over the next year, Academy fellows will participate in a faculty learning community and teaching-related events that allow them to develop their teaching voice and portfolio amidst a community of scholarly teachers.
2019 ECTA Applications are not being accepted at this time.
Who Should Apply
The Academy invites applications from full-time faculty members in their first, second, or third year of teaching at IUPUI, IUPU Columbus, or Indiana University Fort Wayne. Interested faculty members should submit an application and secure an endorsement by a chair or supervisor. Applicants accepted to the program must commit to attending the February 15th and 22nd days of the Academy and to participate in the Academy’s faculty learning community.
How to Apply
Eligible faculty members should apply for admission into the Early Career Teaching Academy by submitting an online application by clicking on the "Apply Now" button below. As part of the application, faculty members will be asked to enter their chair’s or supervisor’s email address. Once the application is submitted, the chair or supervisor will receive an e-mail message from the Center for Teaching and Learning asking for an endorsement of the faculty applicant, one that emphasizes why the faculty member is a good fit for the Early Career Teaching Academy. Applications are not being accepted at this time.