{"id":31,"date":"2015-09-29T21:06:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T01:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T18:09:51","slug":"pff-certificate-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/pff-certificate\/pff-certificate-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"PFF Certificate Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PFF Certificate Requirements<\/strong> (updated Summer 2017)<\/p>\n<p>To earn the PFF Certificate a student must<\/p>\n<p>1) complete one semester-long, mentored teaching-related experience, and<\/p>\n<p>2) attend at least five academic career related events, three of which must be PFF sponsored events.<\/p>\n<p>** Please note that general lectures or talks hosted by the University do not fulfill the second requirement.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>mentored\u00a0<\/strong><strong>teaching-related experience<\/strong> must be a mentored experience lasting a minimum of one semester during which the student works with a faculty member to focus on teaching issues and processes.<\/p>\n<p>The requirement may be met in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serving as a Teaching Assistant or Course Instructor (teaching a course or serving as a TA for a lecture, discussion group, or lab class).<br \/>\nA written description of the teaching activities completed and signed by the mentor should be provided to document this experience.<\/li>\n<li>Working under a teaching mentor for one semester (giving guest lectures, visiting classrooms at ODU and other institutions, and reading teaching-related literature).<br \/>\nA written description of the activities completed and signed by the mentor should be provided to document this experience.<\/li>\n<li>Completing a course on teaching in your discipline. The course should be related specifically to the process of teaching and not to specific content in the discipline. Pre-approval to count a course towards the PFF certificate should be obtained from the PFF Steering Committee Chair. A copy of your transcript indicating successful completion of the course should be provided to document this experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The PFF Steering Committee is aware that not all graduate students serve as GTAs involved in teaching. Students who want to complete the PFF certificate should identify a teaching mentor in their department who would be willing to work with them to complete the PFF certificate requirement. The PFF Steering Committee Chair may assist students in arranging a mentored teaching experience.<\/p>\n<p>The required <strong>attendance at five academic career-related events<\/strong> can be fulfilled by the following:<\/p>\n<p>Required: Attend at least three PFF-sponsored events. Two PFF-sponsored events are offered each semester. You may use more than three PFF events to fulfill the requirement of five events.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining two events may be any of the following non-PFF workshops or activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attend the ODU Graduate Teaching Assistant Institute (open primarily to funded GTAs).<\/li>\n<li>Complete the Certificate on College Teaching offered by the Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education.<\/li>\n<li>Attend two of the &#8220;Provost&#8217;s Conversations on Teaching and Learning&#8221; or \u201cConnect with Colleagues\u201d events. Attendance at two of these events will count as one non-PFF related event for the PFF Certificate.<\/li>\n<li>Attend workshops offered by the Office of Research (such as Grant Proposal Development, PIVOT, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Attend Faculty Development workshops offered by the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT). Acceptable CLT workshops include: Turning Point Clickers in the Classroom; IPad series; Using Prezi For Your Courses; Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Your Courses; Designing and Implementing Assessment in Your Course; Foundational Strategies for Effective On-line Teaching; Project-Based Learning.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a professional workshop related to teaching in your discipline offered at professional conference or at ODU. Pre-approval to count an event towards the PFF certificate should be obtained from the PFF Steering Committee Chair.<\/li>\n<li>Serve as a student representative on a departmental, college, or University committee. Pre-approval to count an event towards the PFF certificate should be obtained from the PFF Steering Committee Chair.<\/li>\n<li>Complete GRAD700: Professional Development or equivalent faculty development course offered by ODU\u2019s PFF program (or an equivalent course offered by an accredited doctoral institution). Pre-approval to count a non-ODU faculty development course should be obtained from the PFF Steering Committee Chair. Completion of GRAD700 will count as two non-PFF events for the PFF certificate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>**Note:\u00a0Completion of these events must be documented by obtaining the signature of the speaker or director of the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW! Completing the PFF Certificate via an Alternative, Asynchronous Format<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PFF events are offered as &#8216;live&#8217; events on campus, synchronously on the web, and as recordings that can be viewed asynchronously. You may complete the PFF Certificate&#8217;s academic career-related events requirements asynchronously by viewing recorded events and completing the on-line reflection form.<\/p>\n<p>Those who complete the PFF Certificate using ONLY the asynchronous option must attend at least one asynchronous community-building event hosted by the PFF program. This in-person event does NOT count towards the 5 academic career-related events required for the Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Some non-PFF events are available as asynchronous options. In some cases, two of these events will count as one event toward the PFF Certificate requirement. Contact Dr. Yusuf for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PFF Certificate Requirements (updated Summer 2017) To earn the PFF Certificate a student must 1) complete one semester-long, mentored teaching-related experience, and 2) attend at least five academic career related events, three of which must be PFF sponsored events. **&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/pff-certificate\/pff-certificate-requirements\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-nosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/375"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PreparingFutureFaculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}