The Faculty-In-Training (FIT) Program, created in 1999, is a yearlong professional development program for current and prospective part-time faculty at Guilford Technical Community College. The program brings together talented, energetic, and optimistic teachers from a broad range of subject areas to work and grow together in a fun environment while promoting an inclusive, culturally responsive approach to teaching.
About the program
- Program participants teach courses in their subject area in both the fall and spring semesters.
- FIT provides full immersion in full-time faculty activities, including divisional and departmental meetings, college-wide functions, etc.
- FIT participants take part in bi-weekly workshops throughout the fall and spring semesters with each program participant leading at least one meeting.
- Program participants are paired with full-time faculty mentors in their area.
- Participants observe full-time faculty and reflect upon these observations in writing.
- FIT participants are in turn observed each semester by both their mentor and the program coordinator.
- During the spring semester, FIT participants take part in a capstone hiring simulation featuring a mini-teach and formal interview with immediate feedback.
- FIT participants are compensated for the courses they teach with additional stipends awarded for FIT-related duties.
For information about participating in FIT, email program coordinator Steve Taylor at FIT@gtcc.edu.
If you already teach part time at GTCC, please speak with your department chair or program director about FIT. If you do not teach at GTCC, please include a resume and relevant unofficial academic transcripts with your email.