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Search Results for: teaching philosophy

How to Turn Your Teaching Duds into Memorable Statements

By Karen Kelsky | July 31, 2019

Sharing another post in our new semi-regular series, "Missives from the Editing Trenches" written by long-time TPII editors. They are the real MVPs, working in the trenches to catch you in all your job document pitfalls -- from the self-deprecating … [Read more...] about How to Turn Your Teaching Duds into Memorable Statements

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios

The Teaching Demonstration: 3 Goals

By Karen Kelsky | January 26, 2017

by Katherine Dugan Katherine Dugan is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Springfield College in Massachusetts. She earned her PhD in Religious Studies from Northwestern University in 2015 and spent two years on the job market before her current … [Read more...] about The Teaching Demonstration: 3 Goals

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching Demos, Teaching Portfolios

The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls

By Karen Kelsky | September 12, 2016

We've looked at the Cover Letter and the CV; today we look at the Teaching Statement. An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter  25 of my book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into … [Read more...] about The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls

Filed Under: Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios

The Teaching-Centric Letter

By Karen Kelsky | November 7, 2014

In response to many requests, I am devoting today's post to the teaching-centric letter.  The absence of a post on this subject before now might seem surprising on a blog that purports to cover every aspect of the academic job search.  But that … [Read more...] about The Teaching-Centric Letter

Filed Under: Advising Advice, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing

Behind The Scenes of a Job Search: Just How Important is Your Teaching? (Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | January 19, 2012

This is a Guest Post by a reader who shall remain anonymous.  He teaches at a regional state institution.  It's the kind of place of which people say, "teaching is what counts."  He is here to tell us what just happened, this past fall, in a job … [Read more...] about Behind The Scenes of a Job Search: Just How Important is Your Teaching? (Guest Post)

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest

By Karen Kelsky | February 24, 2022

I just gathered up a new Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest, with updates from both clients and readers. Lots of great updates on interviews, job offers, negotiations, and grants, plus one successful client tenure case! The negotiators make me … [Read more...] about Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Advising Advice, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

World’s Finest Education? – Professor Is /Out/ Guest Post

By Guest Author | February 23, 2022

The author is an award winning science educator and his research has been featured online at Forbes and Discover Magazine. He is currently a laboratory director for one of the largest clinical laboratory companies in the United … [Read more...] about World’s Finest Education? – Professor Is /Out/ Guest Post

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

#Dispatches: Help, My Campus Visit has Gone Online! 2/2

By Karen Kelsky | March 23, 2020

In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Continuing from last week, the question is: “Help, my campus visit has switched suddenly online. Advice needed: either from … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: Help, My Campus Visit has Gone Online! 2/2

Filed Under: Dispatches, How to Interview, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit

#Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”

By Karen Kelsky | January 27, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we put out the question: "Search committee members--what mistakes do you see candidates make? What do you wish they … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”

Filed Under: Dispatches, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How I Transitioned From the Ph.D. To Secondary Education – by Dr. Rebecca Simon

By Karen Kelsky | April 24, 2018

Dr. Rebecca Simon got in touch to share her story of transitioning from the Ph.D. and academic job search to secondary education teaching.  I'm delighted to share a long excerpt from her own blog post here, and encourage you to click through and read … [Read more...] about How I Transitioned From the Ph.D. To Secondary Education – by Dr. Rebecca Simon

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Writing

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