Teaching Fellows

The department in which the course is being taught must complete the steps below before a postdoc will be approved as a Teaching Fellow and before the teaching assignment may be entered into the Teaching Fellow System (TFS):

1. Obtain written approval from the Postdoc’s faculty mentor. 
2. Obtain written approval from the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) if the postdoc is on a visa.
3. Obtain approval from the funding agency if the postdoc is a postdoctoral fellow.

All approvals should be forwarded to postdoc.affairs@yale.edu prior to the start of the semester. Once all approvals have been received, Postdoctoral Affairs will initiate the following steps:

1. We will instruct the registrar of the department hosting the course to enter the assignment into TFS.  
2. We will ask the Teaching Fellow office for the COA and compensation level for the teaching assignment. By submitting this information, the teaching department is signaling to the Graduate School that the department has exhausted all avenues for finding a graduate student to serve as a TF.  The department is also agreeing to provide a COA to cover fringe costs for hiring a postdoc to serve as a TF.
3. We will calculate the change in the postdoc’s compensation and send instructions to the postdoc’s home department to enter the change into Workday.

Lecturers

The following steps are necessary before the postdoc will be approved to teach:

1. Obtain written approval from the Postdoc’s faculty mentor. 
2. Obtain written approval from the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) if the postdoc is on a visa.
3. Obtain approval from the funding agency if the postdoc is a postdoctoral fellow.

All approvals should be forwarded to postdoc.affairs@yale.edu prior to the start of the semester. Once all approvals have been received, Postdoctoral Affairs will initiate the following steps:

1. We will notify the Office of Faculty Administrative Services (OFAS) that the lecturer position is approved. 
2. We will request the COA from the teaching department.
3. We will calculate the change in the postdoc’s compensation and send instructions to the postdoc’s home department to enter the change into Workday.

Note: Postdocs whose duties include lecturing as part of their training program, as outlined in the initial hire letter, are not required to complete the approval processes noted above.  

Yale Summer Session

Departments considering postdocs for teaching positions in the Yale Summer Session (YSS) should coordinate directly with YSS to determine whether the position can be held concurrently with the postdoctoral appointment or if a reduction in postdoc effort is required and acceptable. The YSS program generally prefers to hire postdocs whose academic appointments will conclude prior to the start of the summer session, ensuring no conflict with ongoing academic responsibilities or effort reporting.

Note: Postdocs funded by sources outside of Yale are typically not eligible for YSS teaching positions.