Join the FYS Teaching Academy

Please Note:

First-Year Seminar instructors are required to be active adjunct or full-time faculty or staff in another department or office at Columbia College Chicago. The First-Year Seminar is not currently seeking adjunct faculty whose role at Columbia would be limited to teaching First-Year Seminar.

Eligible Columbia College faculty and staff who are interested in joining the FYS Teaching Academy are welcome to nominate themselves via the forms below and at right.

About the Teaching Academy

The Academy is the forum through which FYS instructors are provided with the support necessary to ensure success in teaching the seminar. Participation in the Teaching Academy is a prerequisite for teaching First-Year Seminar the new course seeks to create a community of faculty members as well as one of students.

New Teaching Academy Fellows generally join the Academy during the spring semester and teach First-Year Seminar the following fall or spring (or both). Much of the Academy's work is undertaken in small colloquia that meet four times over the course of the spring semester; two full Academy meetings also occur each semester, and there is a two-day, late-summer Teaching Academy retreat.

The 2012 Teaching Academy Retreat will be held on Thursday-Friday, August 16-17, 2012 (all day).

In recognition of the commitment and dedication required of the Teaching Academy, Fellows are provided with a modest stipend.

Prospective FYS Instructors

A Call for Nominations and full description of the Teaching Academy, which includes duties, responsibilities, and qualifications, can be downloaded here.

A Self-Nomination Form for interested faculty is available here.