Have you heard about the Faculty Diversity Internship? If not, check out what this great program offers on campus and how you can get involved to help future faculty members. To learn more, I interviewed Valicia Dantzler from Human Resources.
It is a training and mentoring program for individuals interested in teaching at a community college. This type of training and preparation is often lacking for instructors who are new to teaching. The goals of the program are to: increase diversity of full-faculty at GCC and other community colleges, prepare individuals interested in teaching for full-time faculty positions, and provide interns with professional opportunities to learn about community colleges and their diverse students’ needs.
The program is actually now in its third year, and anyone interested in being an intern in the program would need to apply online by March 30.
The internship goes from June to December, and includes:
We’re always looking for more faculty involvement; there are a number of different ways that current GCC faculty can participate, and the level of participation is up to the individual. Ways to get involved include being on the selection committee, being a mentor or trainer, or participating in the mock interviews.
The mentors are a very important part of the program. We are looking for mentors from all divisions and subjects. Mentors are selected, primarily, based on matching the intern’s area of interest with the faculty member’s discipline and the faculty member’s teaching experience. Having more mentors provides more opportunities for the interns. The mentor and trainer opportunities receive compensation.
Some of the divisions that have participated in the past as mentors include Math, English, Social Sciences, Noncredit ESL, and Visual and Performing Arts.
For general information about the program, visit the faculty diversity internship page on the GCC employment website:
https://www.glendale.edu/about-gcc/employment/faculty-diversity-internship-program
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