Professional Development
Beyond the Professoriate is the only online professional development training platform for graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and PhDs that helps them successfully transition into academic or nonacademic careers. This research-driven platform is informed by nearly a decade of experience supporting PhDs to launch new careers with their skills and training.
Provide training in state of the art statistical and research methods in a series of brief, affordable workshops for trainees (students and post-docs) and professionals (faculty and industry).
Our offerings vary from year to year, but have included Instrument Development, Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling, Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling, SMART Clinical Trial Designs, coding in the statistical language R, Machine Learning for Behavioral Scientists, Designing Ambulatory Assessment Studies, and Multilevel Modeling for Longitudinal Data.
Texas Tech Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center (TLPDC)
https://ttu.elementlms.com/all-events/
Our primary mission is to support the university’s commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. Whether you’re an advisor looking for professional development workshops, a faculty member interested in talking about your teaching or considering how to implement service learning in your course, or a graduate student looking for resources and ways to improve your teaching, we can help!
Groundwork Program Application_Morgan22.docxTTU Groundwork
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/ProfessionalDevelopment/groundwork/
Groundwork is a face-to-face, 2 ½ day program of workshops, discussions, readings, and hands-on micro-teaching activities. Participants in Groundwork will be exposed to the fundamentals of college teaching such as syllabus and student learning outcome creation, classroom management, active learning, and other strategies for engaging students. Trainings offered twice a year.
Applications are due end of November and April each year.
TTU TEACH
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/Teach_Program/applytoteach.php
TEACH fellows receive additional training in teaching through observations and collaborations across multiple disciplines. TEACH fellows also receive a $250 stipend for both the Fall and Spring semesters.
Applications are due end of April each year.