Senior Lead Teaching Fellowship
Senior Lead Teaching Fellows (SLTFs) are returning LTFs who serve as mentors to assigned cohorts of incoming Lead Teaching Fellows, complete advanced teaching-related projects, and coordinate communication and outreach efforts. In 2018-19 academic year, five SLTFs mentored an LTF cohort of 29. See the 2018-19 LTF directory for details.
Eligibility and Support
SLTFs earn stipends of $3000 over the academic year ($1500 per semester). To be eligible for the position of Senior Lead Teaching Fellows (SLTF), applicants must satisfy the following criteria:
- Successful and timely completion of all work in the Lead Teaching Fellow program
- General availability for on-campus meetings during the 2019-20 academic year
- Seventh or earlier year during 2019-20 and in good academic standing in a Columbia University doctoral program
Apply to be a 2020-21 SLTF
2020-21 SLTF applications will be accepted in May, and will be due May 22, 2019. If you have questions about the application process, please send them to CTLgrads@columbia.edu.
SLTF Activities
SLTFs serve as mentors to LTFs during the year, oversee LTF deliverables, co-lead CTL-designed workshops, and co-facilitate learning communities. SLTFs are expected to devote approximately 80 hours over the academic year to the program. Specific 2019-20 STLF activities and deliverables consist of the following:
Lead Teaching Fellows mentorship and supervision (both semesters, 25 hours each semester)
- Planning meetings with CTL Assistant Directors.
- LTF meeting facilitation.
- Mentoring LTFs during semester.
- Overseeing LTF deliverables.
- Coordinating LTF workshop visits.
Co-facilitation of a Learning Community (one semester, 20 hours)
- Collaboration with another SLTF on the design and preparation for a CTLgrads learning community. Learning communities are organized around special topics in education and involve informal discussion of research or other related materials.
- Facilitation of learning community meetings (2-3 meetings in either the fall or spring term).
- Documenting and co-authoring report about the learning community.
Supporting CTL programs for graduate students (5 hours across the academic year)
- Facilitation of TA orientation sessions, CTL events or workshops, Teaching Development Program activities, and/or other graduate student workshops during the academic year. Assignments will be coordinated with individual SLTF schedules.
End of year reflective report (5 hours)
- Summative reflection on STLF activities, written at the end of the academic year and posted onto the LTF program website.
The CTL is here for graduate students.
The Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning provides an array of support for graduate students in both their current and future teaching responsibilities.