Next offering: Fall 2025 (see full schedule below)

Interested in registering? Sign up for the CET Newsletter for updates. Registration will open in July 2025.

The Future Faculty Teaching Institute is a training program for USC graduate students and postdoctoral fellows intended to prepare future faculty to pursue excellence in their teaching, beginning with exposure to an essential background in course design and teaching. Participants should have an interest in a teaching career.

The Institute is comprised of 12 modules, each with pre-work and a one-hour Zoom session. An alternative assignment is available for participants who are unable to attend the Zoom sessions.

The workshops are designed to provide future faculty:

• A foundation in course design and teaching practices in higher education.
• Strategies for developing an inclusive learning environment.
• Practical techniques to enhance student learning.
• Opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary discussion.

Note: The CET Future Faculty Teaching Institute is not a TA training service. CET does not train TAs, but offers a comprehensive TA training curriculum for schools to implement for their TAs. If you are interested in becoming a Mentored Teaching Fellow, which is an intensive program that includes training from CET and mentoring from program faculty, contact your chair, dean’s office, or faculty mentor.

Participants who complete the 12 modules will receive a digital badge and certificate of completion. Module completion includes either attendance at the Tuesday Zoom session or submission of the alternative assignment. 

Dates for Live Zoom Sessions: Fall 2025

Zoom sessions will be held on Wednesdays from noon to 1:30pm Pacific Time

• August 27
• September 3
• September 10
• September 17
• September 24
• October 1
• October 8
• October 15
• October 22
• October 29
• November 5
• November 12

For questions about the CET Future Faculty Teaching Institute, please contact usccet@usc.edu.