Faculty Development
Featured Awards
- Regional Faculty Advisor Awards: Presented annually to one Psi Chi faculty advisor from each region who best achieves Psi Chi's purpose.
- Disadvantaged Faculty Loan Repayment Program: Provides repayment of loans for individuals who agree to serve as faculty members at accredited schools.
Career Development
- Giving Each Other a Lift: Early-career and established psychologists are developing mutually satisfying mentoring relationships. Here's why — and how.
- Manage the Masses: Tips and tricks to keep expanding classes engaged and under control without sacrificing your time and sanity.
Groups and Events
Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC): Brings together professional psychology teachers at two year colleges to cultivate a professional identity within the discipline of psychology.
APA Education Leadership Conference: The ELC provides a unique and important opportunity for psychologists from different fields to inform Congress about the breath of what psychology has to offer to our national policies and programs and its contributions to meeting the mental and behavioral health needs of the underserved.
Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP): Represents the interests of psychologists in academic institutions from the secondary through the graduate level. It promotes teaching excellence, research on teaching, and professional identity and development.
Faculty Development Publications
- Handbook for Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Psychology
- How to Recruit and Hire Ethnic Minority Faculty
- Psychology Teacher Network
- Valuing Diversity in Faculty: A Guide
Membership Benefits
Psychology teachers at community colleges are invited to join APA as Community College Teacher Affiliates. As a Community College Teacher Affiliate, you will join your colleagues participating in Psychology Teachers in Community Colleges (PT@CC).
PT@CC is a group of members and affiliates of the American Psychological Association established in 2001. Its elected Executive Committee represents the interests of community college psychology teachers.
Learn more about membership with APA
PsycCareers
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