Graduate Students
The Teaching Center helps graduate students develop their teaching expertise--in their current work as Teaching Assistants (TAs) and as they prepare for future positions in academics or elsewhere. Teaching Center programs and services for graduate students are open to students across the disciplines and are often designed to complement the pedagogical training offered within specific departments.
A major Teaching Center program for graduate students is the Teaching Citation, which the Center administers in coordination with the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences. This program integrates departmental teaching requirements with Teaching Center workshops, individualized teaching consultations and evaluations, and the development of a teaching philosophy statement.
Beth Fisher, the associate director of The Teaching Center, coordinates the university-wide TA Orientation. In addition, Beth works with assistant director Pat Brown to provide workshops, individual teaching consultations, and guidance on preparing job-search documents such as the teaching philosophy statement. Other Teaching Center resources for graduate students include a Teaching Manual for Graduate Students (available at The Teaching Center and at TA Orientation) and online Teaching Tips handouts.