PPFB Instructor

Department Overview

The Undergraduate Program in the Wisconsin School of Business is home to a thriving learning community where students gain lifelong friends, develop skills for their dream careers, and position themselves to excel in an ever-evolving business world. The Undergraduate Program embraces the University's statement regarding its commitment to diversity. Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community.

We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

Anticipated Start Date: August 17, 2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable): December 31, 2026

Remote Work Eligibility Detail: Not Remote

Anticipated Hours Per Week: 20

Schedule: Varies:
Each section is 75 minutes long, meets once a week; offered Monday-Thursday at various times between 9:30am and 5:15pm. Possibility of online asynchronous sections as well.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum: $15,307 ($3,401.50/month)

Number of Positions: 10 – 15

• Must be currently enrolled in a Masters or PhD program at UW-Madison.
• Previous teaching, facilitating, and/or presenting experience preferred.
• Knowledge of college student development and previous experience working with business undergraduates preferred.
• Expertise in academic and career exploration, career development, leadership development, and diversity/inclusion a plus.

A cover letter, resume, and references are required. In your cover letter, please address your understanding of diversity and inclusion, and previous experiences and/or skills that you believe are relevant to this role.

• Willingness and ability to provide both positive and constructive, honest feedback to course facilitators and students enrolled in the course.
• Strong listening skills and ability to ask open-ended coaching/probing questions to stimulate classroom discussion and to encourage student facilitators’ growth and development.
• Facilitation, teaching, and public speaking skills.
• Ability to assess students’ work and provide fair judgements and constructive feedback when grading; willingness to grade according to provided rubrics to ensure grading consistency.
• Ability to enforce policies fairly and consistently and provide effective classroom management.
• Ability to navigate sensitive and confidential conversations and information.
• Commitment to PPFB and WSB Undergraduate Program goals and learning outcomes.

General Business 110:
Personal and Professional Foundations in Business (PPFB) is a one-credit introductory personal and professional development course for newly admitted BBA students. The course provides an introduction to Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) and undergraduate program resources and covers self-assessment and awareness, academic/career exploration and development, leadership skills development, and diversity and inclusion. PPFB Instructors serve as a resource, mentor and guide to student facilitators who are concurrently leading the one-credit PPFB course sections.

They also facilitate course curriculum, oversee course grading and meet weekly with teaching clusters.

• Facilitate PPFB course curriculum in an engaging way, consistent with course learning outcomes and the provided lesson plans.
• Lead a teaching cohort of two student facilitators (undergraduate business majors) who will assist the instructor with instruction, grading, and communication with students.
• Provide regular updates to Leadership & Engagement staff regarding facilitator performance and feedback that has been provided.
• Meet with facilitators outside of class throughout the semester to provide feedback, debrief execution of course lesson plans, and plan for upcoming course meetings.
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