Assistant Professor, Teaching and Educational Leadership
This area of excellence is appropriate for candidates who spend a high proportion of their time on educational activities and who view education as their primary academic focus. Evaluations will be for teaching contributions at Harvard and its affiliates or, for initial faculty appointments at HMS/HSDM, at the institution where a candidate for appointment previously held a faculty position. Teaching of HMS/HSDM medical, dental, and graduate students will be particularly noted.
Educational activities are broadly defined as including: didactic teaching of students, residents, clinical fellows, research fellows and peers; research training and mentorship; clinical teaching and mentorship; and, administrative teaching leadership roles. The candidate will be evaluated on both the quantity and quality of their teaching activities, recognition for their roles as educators, and on their scholarship. The candidate must demonstrate scholarship, which may include: publication of original research, reviews, and chapters; educational material in print or other media such as syllabi, curricula, web-based training modules and courses; and/or, educational methods, policy statements, and assessment tools developed.
Teaching and Educational Leadership Metrics
Summary
Evidence of a strong local reputation as an active and highly effective teacher; must demonstrate scholarship related to education and/or an area of clinical expertise.
| Teaching may take the form of: | Examples of Metrics |
|---|---|
| Didactic teaching of students, trainees and peers (e.g., lectures, continuing medical education courses, grand rounds, professional development programs, seminars, tutorials) | Participation in courses and lectures
at Harvard and its affiliates, especially HMS/HSDM courses Learner and/or peer evaluations of teaching Increasing involvement and responsibility over time |
| Research training and mentorship (e.g., mentor for medical student, graduate student, resident, clinical or postdoctoral research fellow or junior faculty projects; service as graduate student thesis advisor or committee member) | Number of individuals trained Publications with trainees Feedback from trainees, if available |
| Clinical teaching and mentorship (e.g., teaching in the clinic or hospital including bedside teaching, teaching in the operating room, preceptor in clinic) | Quantified level of activity Evaluations by students, residents, fellows |
| Administrative
teaching leadership role (e.g., residency or fellowship co-director
or director, course or seminar co-director or director) |
Evaluations and success of course(s)
and or program(s) for which candidate was a leader Participant enrollment in non-required courses for which the candidate was a leader |
| Recognition | Examples of Metrics |
|
Invitations to speak and teach locally about education, including outside
the candidate's department Contributions to local professional educational organizations Funding to conduct educational research, to develop educational materials, methods, assessment tools or programs Service as a peer reviewer for educational journals Selection for participation in limited enrollment training programs for educators Local awards for teaching or mentoring |
| Scholarship | Examples of Metrics | Publication of first author original
research, reviews, and/or chapters* Development and local adoption of educational material in print or other media; may include syllabi, curricula, web-based training modules or courses, and/or technologies (e.g., simulation); may also include development of educational methods, policy statements, and/or assessment tools |
* Since faculty being promoted to Assistant
Professor in this area of excellence may not have yet demonstrated peer-reviewed
scholarship related to education, some of the publications supporting
this promotion may be related to the candidate's area of clinical
expertise or investigation. Please note that promotion in this area
of excellence to all other ranks requires scholarship related to education.
