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I am currently a doctoral student with a Teaching Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Although I do not have the same problem as the one you are faced with, I have concerns about being "marketable" as an instructor when I finish school. My suggestion would be that in addition to checking with your undergraduate institution as you plan to do, to also check with local community or junior colleges. You may find that they will ask you to teach in an "emergency situation" if they have your vita on file. Then you have your foot in the door so to speak. Even if your university doesn't have a formal Teaching Fellowship program, would there be a faculty member who would be willing to allow you to do some kind of individual project in which you work closely with that instructor helping to develop his/her course, assignments, grading, etc. and maybe even leading a class or two under that instructor's supervision? Would any of the faculty members be willing to be a mentor in that sense? One thing I've learned in graduate school, it doesn't hurt to ask! Jennifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I will be entering a clinical Psy.D. program this fall 2000 straight from > earning my bachelors degree in psychology. The program that I will be > attending does not offer teaching assistantships, because it is a small > school that really takes pride in its faculty being teachers. I would like to > keep my options open as far as being able to teach on the undergraduate level > after earning my doctorate (even though I am primarily interested in private > practice now and this is what my program emphasizes), but I'm not sure how to > accomplish this if I can't get graduate teaching experience. I do have > extensive undergraduate experience in teaching psychology 101 for 50 minute > periods once every week during my last semester. My faculty mentor and my > students gave me rave reviews. > > My question is...what options do I have that will keep the teaching option > open to me (if any)? Would substitute teaching in a high school have any > positive impact on teaching on the undergrad level after earning my > doctorate? Is it idealistic to think that my undergraduate institution may > offer me a summer teaching position for an introductory course while I'm in > graduate school so that I can get some more experience? (There are several > faculty in my undergraduate department who have clinical Psy.D.s and I have > had masters' psychology students at my undergraduate university teaching > summer courses before). I would appreciate any advice or suggestions that > anyone may have for my situation. > > Thank you, > Jessica Percodani Doctoral Student/Teaching Fellow University of Pittsburgh 744 LRDC, 3939 O'Hara St. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (412)916-1690 ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
