“Early Teaching Experience”; say Hi to Danielle

Hi!

Thank you for this opportunity to introduce my project and myself. My name is Danielle Rietdijk and I have been working in different positions and roles within the organisation of TU Delft. From the 1st of October 2021, I started working as a project lead Early Teaching Experience within the Teaching Academy Facilitation Team as part of the Recognition & Rewards programme.

The goal of the Early Teaching Experience project is to give new lecturers and scientific staff a kick-start in their teaching role at TU Delft. The main challenge is to offer aspiring lecturers the right skills, knowledge, and support early in the process based on their needs. So far, I have discovered that there are already many initiatives within different faculties and inspiring ideas from different stakeholders.

In the coming year, I will bundle the best practices, streamline already existing initiatives, and create a central ‘Early Teaching Experience’ programme to empower lecturers in their new role. Besides training and information on teaching itself and the educational organisation, the programme will include activities to facilitate a support network and a community of lecturers.

If you have ideas or initiatives that could enrich this project or if you want to know more about my project and have a (virtual) coffee, feel free contact me by emailing to teachingacademy@tudelft.nl.

Hope to meet you!

Danielle