Overview
The Teaching Center supports graduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences across their teaching roles as instructors, future faculty, and teaching assistants.
Our programming for instructors is open to graduate students from any ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é school who are teaching courses enrolling AS&E students, although some instructor services align better than others with short-term instructor roles. In addition, the Introduction to College Teaching Workshop series specifically prepares first-time graduate student instructors with an emphasis on compressed summer course formats.
For graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), the Teaching Center provides written guidance and also partners with AS&E Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (AS&E GEPA) to train all first-time GTAs. The GTA Coaches Program uses a train-the-trainer model in which AS&E GEPA hires and the Teaching Center trains experienced GTAs as coaches, mentors and trainers for first-time GTAs.
Graduate students interested in developing and honing their teaching for future roles can benefit from Teaching Center and partner programming. The center offers an Introduction to College Teaching program, as well as website guidance. Partner offices offer the following programs:
- Future Faculty (Office of the Provost)
- Teaching Recognition Program (University Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Office)
Finally, the Teaching Center hires graduate students interested in learning about the teaching support profession, both directly through the Student Employment Office and indirectly through the .