teaching fellow
Grad student educator
A teaching fellow is a graduate student or recent graduate who teaches undergraduate courses while pursuing advanced study, typically receiving a stipend and tuition support.
The position combines professional development with institutional labor: She worked as a teaching fellow while finishing her dissertation.
The term is more common at British universities, where American institutions often use teaching assistant or graduate instructor.
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- red penWriting tool for edits
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- school staffprincipal, professor, librarian, counselor, instructor
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, study guides
- academic positionsassistant professor, associate professor, full professor, tenure track, postdoc
- academic ranksprofessor, lecturer, full professor, assistant professor, associate professor
teaching fellowfull professor
Highest academic rank
tenured professor · distinguished professor · endowed chair · professor emeritus · department chair
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