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We offer a variety of opportunities for alumni to continue to apply what they’ve learned at the FTI in a supportive community of physics educators.
Action Teams
During the workshop, we will facilitate the organization of Action Teams, peer groups of instructors who will work and meet together on their own terms. These groups will help you build connections and a sense of belonging with other teaching faculty as well as offer continued opportunities for help and feedback from workshop facilitators. During the workshop, you will set goals for improving your teaching in the coming year. By the end of the workshop, you will know who is in your Action Team, what you will be doing together, and when you will meet on your own.
Developing your pedagogy is a continuous process of assessment, reflection, and improvement. By working as a team, you will get feedback and support from your peers. You will also have opportunities to share what you’ve worked on and draw lessons from each other’s work. We will provide you with prompts for continuous reflection so you can see your own progress.
Stories from the Community
The Stories from the Community shared from the FTI are in our YouTube channel. Revisit your favorites, and find more tips from other great teachers. FTI YouTube: http://bit.ly/3Eosnlg
Collected Resources
In addition to the resources you received at the workshop, FTI facilitators have collected excellent additional resources on topics addressed at the workshop and beyond! Access them at: https://bit.ly/4319lyg
Participant Quote
"I attended the FTI back at the start of November and during the workshop I was asking everyone for advice in the job search process. This week I just accepted a job as full time faculty teaching astronomy...and I think FTI really helped me land it.
In past years when doing a teaching demo while interviewing I did fairly standard lectures with some think-pair-share or group work. This round for my teaching demo I had a far more active lecture using your ABC cards for questions that scaffolded up to one of the lecture tutorials on the H-R diagram. I had the interview committee laughing and smiling through the whole lesson.
I think I learned more applicable tools and techniques in the 3 days of FTI than I had in week or semester long classes and workshops I had done previously. Thank you all for the work you put into it!"
-November 2023 FTI participant
