Tulane School of Social Work is thrilled to offer a variety of employment opportunities to our graduate students. Student employees are expected to act as representatives of the School.
The Doctor of Social Work (DSW) program offers a Teaching Fellowship Program to doctoral students for classes offered at Tulane School of Social Work. The goal of the fellowship program is to improve mentoring of doctoral students in teaching. Teaching Fellows will be assigned to a TSSW faculty member for a semester and to one of their graduate-level classes. DSW students are eligible to apply to become a Teaching Fellow once they have completed or are currently in the SOWK 9205: Social Work Pedagogy and Curriculum Development course. Interested students will fill out an application form that is sent out by the Program Director and Assistant Director. Compensation and a certificate will be provided to Teaching Fellows upon successful completion of the semester. Teaching Fellow Requirements may include:
- Full engagement as a teaching fellow for the appointed semester.
- Attend a minimum of 10 class sessions, and guest lecture for at least 2 sessions.
- Holding office hours, post discussions, and minimal grading.
- Meet weekly/biweekly with instructor of record throughout the course.
- Attend virtual Teaching Fellow training prior to the start of the semester.
- Attend or view pre-recorded Tulane CELT (Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching) sessions (minimum of 3 and at least 1 must be on culturally responsive or anti-racist teaching).
- Upkeep of an electronic weekly teaching journal—journal will be used to guide meetings with the instructor.
- Submission of a teaching note or reflection paper to instructor of record at the end of the semester. Reflections should be a maximum of 5 double-spaced pages (~1000 words) including references (at least 3 peer-reviewed and refereed citations within the past 5 years).
The DSW Peer Mentoring Program aims to improve the connection of differing cohorts and support of students in the first semester of the program. The goals of the mentoring program are to decrease feelings of isolation, increase guidance on adjusting to doctoral studies, and provide mentoring experience and training to recent or soon-to-be DSW graduates.
- Mentors will apply through an application process (typically a Qualtrics link sent out by the Program Director and Assistant Director).
- DSW students and alumni will have a minimum of a master’s degree in Social Work and will be paid per semester. Effort is approximately 35 hours per semester for a one-time payment of $1,050.
- Mentors will attend mentor training and the DSW orientation prior to the start of the semester.
- The mentor will be matched with 5-10 incoming DSW students. Mentors will set up a Zoom meeting with each student once per semester (additional meetings can be requested by the student). Mentors will also set up 2 group meetings via Zoom. Attendance is not mandatory, thus groups will follow an open group format.
- Meetings will be held via Zoom to foster inclusion for both online and on campus learners.
- At the end of each semester, mentors will assess effectiveness and prepare a brief report (not to exceed 1,000 words) submitted to DSW administration, which will include meeting dates, topics covered, attendance and lessons learned from the mentoring program.
