CSU: Pre-Professor Program (UCI-PREPP)

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UCI PREPP – aPPLICATION pROCESS

Program Description

The Pre-Professor Program (PREPP) is designed to support the University of California, Irvine (UCI) doctoral students’ and postdoctoral scholars’ transition to a faculty position by engaging them in a semester-long program at a California State University (CSU) campus. The program is held virtually through Zoom. In addition, PREPP is a blueprint to support CSU’s efforts to foster a pipeline for prospective new faculty. The goal of PREPP is to immerse participants in the life of a faculty member at a comprehensive master’s granting institution. PREPP fellows will have individual mentorship from an experienced Faculty Mentor in three broad categories:
Instruction, Understanding the Campus Culture, and Service.

They accept applications from candidates with expertise in any discipline/department represented at CSU.

Visit the CSU website to determine if your area of study is represented at a CSU (Click here). Applicants from underrepresented groups and those who are champions of diversity are encouraged to apply.

Application Instructions

Please prepare the following documents:

  1. Curriculum Vitae
  2. Personal Statement (500 words or less) which focuses on the following prompts:
    • Tell us about yourself.
    • Why are you applying for this program? What do you hope to gain from the
      experience?
    • Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
  3. Teaching Interest / Experience Statement. Your Statement might include responses to the following prompts (500 words or less)
    • What teaching experience have you had? Describe your strengths and
      weaknesses as an instructor.
    • What do you want to learn about teaching and instructionally related activities?
    • What do you think teaching diverse undergraduate students might look like?
    • What do you think would be the most effective approach to teaching diverse
      undergraduate students?
    • Describe a particularly memorable teaching/learning episode.
  4. You must have your dissertation/research mentor or advisor complete a support form. You can download the form from the UCI website under the UCI Mentor Support Form UCI CSU PREPP Program Website or from the InfoReady application site from the CSU under supporting documents. In the application, you can submit their email so that they can upload the form directly to InfoReady.
    Once you have completed the documents, you must apply via the California State University InfoReady website by going to the CSU PREPP Application Website. Please double-check that you are submitting your application to the appropriate competition (i.e., the semester and year you are applying to be part of PREPP – for example, Fall 2024).