Membership to the Academy

Stanford Medicine's Teaching and Mentoring Academy is designed to be an inclusive, schoolwide entity that promotes excellence in education by developing, supporting, and recognizing dedicated educators in the school. Our Academy membership structure serves two purposes: 1) to encourage membership for any Stanford affiliate--faculty, trainee, staff--who wishes to be part of our community; 2) to use membership as a mechanism for recognizing individuals who contribute significately to the Academy's work and/or whose teaching and mentoring merit reward. Membership to the Teaching and Mentoring Academy (TMA) is offered in a two-tiered structure. Eligibility and requirements for each tier are described below.

Join the TMA Membership

Deadline: June 15th

TMA Membership Application

Those who are interested in becoming a Distinguished Member will need to submit an updated Educator's Portfolio. Use Part 2 of the Enhanced CV template from our website to create your Educators Portfolio. 

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Distinguished Member

Educator's Portfolio

Eligibility: Any Stanford Medicine faculty member who has been on faculty for at least one year, demonstrated service and commitment to the TMA, and demonstrated commitment to the medical and bioscience education community. Distinguished Members have a track record of teaching excellence. Contributions include serving on the TMA Steering Committee, grant application reviews, peer coaching, presenting at Medical and Bioscience Education Day, or hosting TMA Teaching or Mentoring workshops. Distinguished Members must submit an Enhanced CV (Educator Portfolio).

Requirements:

  • A faculty appointment that includes at least partial teaching responsibilities (e.g. Lecturer, Instructor, Associate/Assistant Professor, Professor).
  • Commitment to contribute 12 hours per academic year to the TMA (via committee participation, facilitation, coaching, etc).
  • Evidence of educational leadership as demonstrated by holding position(s) of leadership in education or through active engagement in educational scholarship related to medical and bioscience education. Leadership positions (e.g. program directors, associate program directors, clerkship directors, course directors, participation on CGAP/CCAP…etc)  may relate to medical or graduate student education, as well as postgraduate training of residents and fellows.
  • Commitment to participate (as a learner or instructor) in a minimum of 6 hours of educational development sessions each year. These sessions can count toward the 12 hours of service to the TMA.

Member

Eligibility: Open to all Stanford affiliates—faculty, trainees, and staff—who want to engage with TMA’s resources and community and are committed to teaching, mentoring, or education scholarship as evidenced by participation in teaching and/or mentoring at Stanford Medicine or teaching and mentoring skills development activities.

All members are required to commit to participation in 3 hours of service to the TMA and/or development of one’s own teaching and/or mentoring skills.

Faculty must have a faculty appointment that includes at least partial teaching responsibilities (e.g. Lecturer, Instructor, Associate/Assistant Professor, Professor) and show evidence of commitment to teaching, mentoring, or education scholarship.

Trainees and Staff must show evidence of commitment to teaching, mentoring, or education scholarship as evidenced by participation in teaching and/or mentoring at Stanford Medicine or teaching and mentoring skills development activities.

Participation Requirements

Members: are required to commit to participation in 3 hours of service to the TMA and/or development of one’s own teaching and/or mentoring skills.

Distinguished Member: Commitment to contribute 12 hours per academic year to the TMA through activities such as committee participation, facilitation, and coaching, with at least 6 of those hours dedicated to educational development sessions as a learner or instructor.

 

Opportunities for Development:

  • Workshops and Series offered by the TMA including but not limited to:
    • The Works in Progress Collaboratory
    • Feedback Series
    • Education Day
    • Mentoring Skills Workshop
    • TMA Office Hours
    • Workshops offered by the AAMC
    • Conferences related to education
  • Opportunities to provide service to the TMA may include:
    • Serve as an experienced scholar at a Works in Progress Collaboratory
    • Review Innovation Grant applications
    • Mentor SHaPES Scholars or Innovation Grant Emerging Scholars
    • Feature in a Community Profile for the TMA newsletter
    • Offer a lunchtime seminar
  • Members will be responsible for submitting a standardized form documenting their service to the TMA and development activities.
  • If participation hours for the year are incomplete on August 31st, membership will be terminated.        

Membership Term and Renewal

Membership begins September 1st of the year in which the member applied and ends on September 1st two years after the start date.

Three months prior to the end date, members will be prompted to complete an abridged application to renew their membership for an additional two years.