Jumpstart to Teaching Skills (J2TS) is designed to provide graduate students and postdocs – especially those with limited or no opportunities to be teaching assistants, teaching fellows, or postdocs with teaching responsibilities – with foundational knowledge and skills related to teaching and teaching-intensive faculty roles in the future. It is designed for those interested in a wide variety of future career paths, from faculty roles to roles in industry, government, and non-profit!

To be eligible, an applicant must be a current BU doctoral student (post passing their qualifying/comprehensive exam(s)) or a BU/BUMC/BMC postdoc at the time of the J2TS program. Additionally, to receive the digital badge participants must complete the J2TS requirements as listed below, and therefore applicants need to be able to attend/complete all required sessions, practice lessons, and other components.

Schedule at-a-glance:

June 1-5: Required in-person sessions (there is no session on June 4 due to the MassBioEd Life Science Conference held at BU)

June 7: due date for online, asynchronous required modules

June 8 and June 9: Practice teaching guided work sessions (participants choose one)

June 10-12: Practice teaching, small-group setting

June 14: due date for online, asynchronous elective modules.

Learn more and apply by clicking on the link below!