The institute for Scientist and Engineer Educators (ISEE), an innovative initiative at UC Santa Cruz, will prepare science and engineering (S&E) graduate students for their educational role as future faculty members, and a wide range of other science and engineering careers requiring teaching skills.
Graduate students will complete courses and gain practical teaching experience while completing their S&E graduate studies through a flexible program that includes a certificate pathway.
ISEE graduate students will be at the forefront of transforming undergraduate S&E education by leading curricular innovations In ISEE’s unique “Teaching Labs,” courses and co-curricular activities aimed at recruitment, retention, and advancement of students fro diverse backgrounds. ISEE Teaching Labs will also provide sites for research on teaching, learning and professional development.
ISEE Components
- New certificate in teaching S&E in higher education
- Courses for graduate students (certificate and non-certificate options)
- Professional Development Program which includes workshops for
UCSC graduate students in addition to others at UCSC and from
off-campus
- Teaching Labs and model courses
- Seminars, workshops, visiting scholars, and annual conference
- Research on teaching, learning and professional development
