Working closely with Sheridan Staff, HTCs:

• Design and facilitate portions of TC Sessions
• Facilitate pre-workshop meetings with smaller groups of TCs
• Serve as peer mentors and points-of-contact for
• Facilitate Sheridan Teaching Seminar make-up workshops, including as an on-call facilitator in case of emergencies
• Lead a spring program for graduate students. In the past, these have included microteaching, teaching statement peer-review workshops, or reading groups
• Serve as a peer leader and source of information about the Sheridan Center
• Perform other tasks as needed in consultation with Sheridan Center staff

In the fall semester, we anticipate that Head TCs will spend about 40 hours total spread throughout the semester, particularly around the facilitation of the Teaching Consultants Program and Sheridan Teaching Seminar – see specific dates and times on the application. In the spring semester, we anticipate that Head TCs will spend about 25 hours total spread throughout the semester on their duties.

For the 2026-2027 academic year, HTCs will receive an $850 award per semester, for a total of $1700.

Applicants must be enrolled at Brown as graduate students or postdocs and in-residence (i.e. on campus) for the full 2026-2027school year. They must have completed the Sheridan Teaching Seminar (Certificate I), the Teaching Consultant Certificate, and be available for the important dates listed on the application.

To apply, please fill out this electronic application in full and submit it by the end of the day on May 27th, 2026.  Finalists will be invited to interview in early June.

Questions regarding the position or application may be directed to Dr. Sara Misgen, Assistant Director for Interdisciplinary Teaching Communities (sara_misgen@brown.edu).