New Faculty & Staff

Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University. We are pleased you have joined our community and look forward to working with you.

The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University recognizes the importance to integrate new faculty to its community. It is equally important to ensure that new faculty are equipped with the necessary resources to help them navigate successfully through their first year and subsequent years so that they can build a strong foundation for a rewarding career.

Orientation provided by individual Departments and Schools will be complemented by one-on-one orientation sessions offered by the Office of the Dean upon the commencement of a new faculty members appointment. The Dean's office will contact you directly to arrange an appointment for an orientation session.

Undergraduate Course Management Policy

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Preparing Your McMaster Teaching Portfolio

McMaster’s SPS B2, which outlines how Portfolios are to be structured for formal teaching evaluation processes at the University
The MacPherson Institute’s Preparing and Teaching Portfolio guidebook
The MacPherson Institute’s Learning Catalogue, which has two self-directed online workshops that might be useful to you in this context: Crafting a Teaching Philosophy statement and Teaching Portfolios at McMaster. Note that the Learning Catalogue also hosts self-directed workshops on other teaching and learning topics.
The Schonwetter et al 2002 article proposes a rubric for evaluating teaching philosophies. This may be useful for your own self-assessment/revision purposes.
To learn about McMaster’s teaching and learning context, check out the Partnered in Teaching and Learning Strategy
Sign up for the MacPherson Memo here. The Memo is a weekly newsletter which advertises services we offer (such as Teaching Refinements, which we discussed in the session), grant opportunities, events, and other teaching and learning news/supports.