Volunteer instructors are integral to the success of both programs. Volunteer instructors are subject-matter experts who donate their time leading courses, workshops and training sessions during fall, spring, and summer semesters.
Becoming a volunteer instructor is a great way build your resume, network, and support staff members’ goals of improving their knowledge and/or career skills. Instructors are expected to plan, organize, and teach in a manner that fosters healthy living, working, and learning environments that promote UC Merced’s mission and Principles of Community.
We assist instructors in maintaining these practices through syllabus consultation and semester-long support. The Talent Development team will help you to:
- Construct your syllabus and/or course plan
- Review and provide guidance on the creation of session outcomes
- Reserve classrooms
- Enter class in the UC Learning Center and provide access to instructor
- Provide/collaborate training materials
- Send out announcements
- Provide attendance roster
- Provide evaluation forms
Qualifications
- Master's degree from an accredited institution in the subject matter area OR
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution AND a certification in the specific subject matter area.
- Minimum one year teaching experience in the subject matter area is preferred; However, new instructors are welcomed.
- Passion for working with staff members to improve their knowledge or career skills.
- Instructors must have sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of the UC Merced community.
- Develop an instructional plan (known as a course outline or syllabus) for the course(s) they teach and ensure that it meets UC Merced’s mission, Principles of Community, and fosters healthy living, working, and learning environments.
If you are interested in enhancing your teaching abilities and would like to be part of the Learn at Work or LIfe at Work Program, please contact Talent Development at hrtraining@ucmerced.edu to request additional information.
