You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The teaching demo is a common step in the hiring process at many colleges. Giving a successful demo ...

This is my second post in this series. Check out the first one here. Two years ago I was a member of a hiring committee at my school. Along with two administrators, one other teacher, and a parent, I ...

I ’ve noticed a definite trend whenever I serve on faculty search committees lately: More and more job candidates seem to be relying heavily on PowerPoint during their teaching demonstrations. Such ...

I have always found the teaching demo portion of a faculty job candidate’s visit to be the least useful component of assessing that individual’s fit for the position. Think about it—for ...

Teaching skills are assessed as a whole, including documents submitted by the applicant, a teaching demonstration and an interview with the teaching skills committee. The assessment criteria are based ...

When necessary, the Teaching Skills Committee will issue written statements on the teaching skills of applicants for the position of professor or other teaching and research positions (university ...

For years, officials in the Fort Worth Independent School District used the same strategy to try to boost student achievement: Offer coaching and guidance to teachers and hope that, as they got better ...