IRACDA at UCLA

摘要 我们的目标是继续在加州大学，洛杉矶（UCLA）的职业发展计划，称为 IRACDA在加州大学洛杉矶分校，用于将不同的博士后学者转变为大学水平的学术职位。这 跨学科项目将培养新的博士学位。通过加州大学洛杉矶分校的高质量，学科水平的学者在研究- 具体方案，并通过特定阶段的讲习班在职业发展。与此同时，学者们将 接受包容性，主动学习教学法的培训，并由加州大学洛杉矶分校的“教育创新和 科学学习”（CEILS），国家“研究，教学和学习一体化中心” （CIRTL）和加州大学洛杉矶分校的暑期学院（SI）。伴随的两阶段指导教学经验，称为 实习1和2，将发生在我们的合作伙伴机构，加州州立大学，洛杉矶（加州州立大学洛杉矶分校）， 其中包括超过70%的URM在STEM专业。我们的学者将教授入门和高级生物学， 生物化学课程与他们的导师，同时引入新的教学方法的基础上CIRTL的 教学即研究（TAR）的核心使命。学者们还将团队教授他们自己的课程BIOL 4540， 将训练加州州立大学洛杉矶分校的本科生阅读，提出和批评的主要文献。加州大学洛杉矶分校中心 教育评估（CEA）将每年对该计划进行评估。CEA沿着评估 在加州州立大学洛杉矶分校进行，将提高学者的教学技能和课程内容，使我们的合作伙伴受益 机构。九名IRACDA资助的学者的稳定状态是必要的，以形成一个有效的队列和学习 加州州立大学洛杉矶分校的课程。 加州大学洛杉矶分校的研究培训教师包括52名杰出的科学家选择他们的多样性， 他们的领导力、学术和指导记录。培训教师涵盖与NIGMS相关的广泛领域， 研究课题，并参与杰出的科学，这将使学者获得先进的研究 使用最先进的设施进行培训。最近的博士学位拥有优秀的研究资质， 教学将积极招聘。研究第一年的津贴支持将来自研究导师， 而接下来的三年将来自IRACDA。经过一年的紧张研究，教学将交织在 加入这个项目指导教学经验的一个关键方面将是在培训期间开发TAR项目。 一个有限的实习1，在那里学者的影子他们的教学导师和教四个讲座。TAR项目 将在加州大学洛杉矶分校的SI之间的学者的第一年和第二年的IRACDA资金，并实施 在实习2期间，学者们将教授导师们一半的课程。IRACDA资助的最后一年将 专注于研究，论文写作，工作准备，并完成CIRTL奖学金水平的要求 认证UCLA对IRACDA的广泛行政支持确保了UCLA的承诺 和加州州立大学洛杉矶分校的发展，在教育学培训， 提高URM保留的主要，并过渡到研究生院和劳动力。

ABSTRACT Our goal is to continue a career-development program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) termed IRACDA at UCLA, for transitioning diverse postdoctoral scholars into university-level academic positions. This interdisciplinary program will train new Ph.D. level scholars in research through UCLA's high-quality, discipline- specific programs, and in career development through stage-specific workshops. In parallel, scholars will be trained in inclusive, active learning pedagogy, and assessment by UCLA's “Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences” (CEILS), the national "Center for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning" (CIRTL), and UCLA's Summer Institute (SI). An accompanying two-stage mentored teaching experience, termed practicums 1 and 2, will occur at our partner institution, California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), which comprises >70% URMs in STEM majors. Our scholars will teach introductory and advanced biology, and biochemistry courses with their mentors, while introducing novel pedagogical approaches based on CIRTL's Teaching as Research (TAR) core mission. The scholars will also team-teach their own course, BIOL4540, which will train Cal State LA undergraduates to read, present and critique the primary literature. UCLA's Center for Educational Assessment (CEA) will formatively evaluate the program annually. CEA along with assessment performed at Cal State LA, will improve the scholars' teaching skills, and course content, benefiting our partner institution. A steady state of nine IRACDA-funded scholars are necessary to form an effective cohort and learning community to impact Cal State LA's courses. UCLA's research training faculty includes fifty-two outstanding scientists chosen for their diversity, and their records of leadership, scholarship, and mentoring. The training faculty cover a breadth of NIGMS-relevant research topics and participate in outstanding science that will allow scholars to obtain advanced research training using state of the art facilities. Recent Ph.Ds. with excellent research credentials and a commitment to teaching will be actively recruited. Stipend support in the first year of research will be from the research mentors, while the following three years will be from IRACDA. After a year of intense research, teaching will be interwoven into the program. A key aspect of the mentored teaching experience will be development of a TAR project during a limited practicum 1, where the scholars shadow their teaching mentor and teach four lectures. The TAR project will be refined in UCLA's SI between the scholars' first and second years of IRACDA funding, and implemented during Practicum 2, where the scholars will teach half of the mentors' classes. The last IRACDA-funded year will focus on research, paper-writing, job preparation, and completing requirements for CIRTL Scholar-level certification. The broad-based administrative support for IRACDA at UCLA assures a commitment at UCLA and Cal State LA to the development of a new generation of highly effective faculty trained in pedagogy that enhances URM retention in the major, and transition to both graduate schools and the workforce.