The McGraw Center offers extensive programs and services for faculty related to their work as teachers. All of our programs are based in current research and discussions on effective teaching and student learning and are led either by Princeton faculty or by our professional staff.

We offer Instructional Consultations, one-on-one meetings with our professional staff to discuss specific challenges you face or new techniques you would like to try while you are teaching. These consultations may include visits to your class to provide feedback and help solve pedagogical issues.

For new junior faculty, we run the University-wide New Faculty Orientation. During this half-day session new faculty have an opportunity to meet other new faculty, hear suggestions from faculty colleagues on enjoying and excelling at Princeton, including advice on writing grants and getting published, and talk about teaching at Princeton.

The McGraw Center provides the Mentoring Lunch Fund to help defray the costs of a meal for those faculty of large courses who plan to schedule weekly pedagogical meetings with their AIs. To be eligible for funding, the course must be a large lecture class (enrollment of 50 or more students) with two AIs or more or a lab course with enrollment of 40 or more with two or more lab assistants.

The Virtual Library part of our website has a section for faculty with tip-sheets relevant for various aspects of your teaching as well as resources, such as a mid-semester course evaluation form for your use. Our blog, The Scholar as Teacher, also includes tips and discussions about teaching.

Appointments may be made with McGraw staff members by e-mailing mcgraw@princeton.edu or calling 8-2575.

Faculty Newsletter-Spring 2013

The Scholar as Teacher