Graduate Academy for College Teaching

The Graduate Academy for College Teaching is a required, pre-semester orientation for new teaching assistants (TAs and ITAs) who have classroom responsibilities (teaching lecture, discussion, laboratory, or studio sections). It replaces the All-Campus TA Orientation and the ITA Orientation. Required sessions about language and culture have been incorporated into the Graduate Academy to meet the University’s policy requirements for training international teaching assistants.

The Graduate Academy for College Teaching includes:

• Large group presentations on teaching and grading concepts
• Small group sessions on questioning strategies and lesson planning
• Concurrent sessions which offer choice on diverse teaching topics
• Microteaching sessions where TAs practice teaching and receive feedback

The sessions are facilitated by faculty, instructors, experienced TAs, and CTE staff.

August 2008 Program Guide

January 2008 Program Guide