Developing Your Core Competency in:
Teaching and Mentoring
Teaching and mentoring are important skills to acquire and hone as they are essential to success both within academia and beyond. GradPathways partners with the Center for Educational Effectiveness to provide teacher training.
GradPathways offers engaging mentoring workshops for both mentees who would like to get the most out of mentorship and those who wish to learn how to mentor.
Identify resources to support your professional development. Click on categories below to expand.
- Quick Quarterly Guide - F24
For an overview of activities and events use this quick quarterly guide:
- Online and Asynchronous Training Content
- Communicating Effectively With Your Advisor (audio-only recording of a live workshop)
Visit our YouTube Channel for more. - Scheduled Virtual and Live Workshops and Events
- List of workshops and events here.
Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation - Courses and Programs
Seminar on College Teaching
The Seminar on College Teaching is an interactive course designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars develop essential skills for effective instruction in college-level courses. If you plan to teach undergraduates in your career, this course provides you with core skills based on foundational and emerging research-based practices on how students learn. Students engage with classmates in thought-provoking discussions and activities about the implementation of pedagogical techniques in a university classroom setting. For more information, visit: https://cee.ucdavis.edu/courses. For a CRN or to ask questions, e-mail Patricia Turner at [email protected].
- Individualized Advising
One-on-One mentoring or specialized programming to meet your individual needs is available.
Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE) Consultations
The CEE offers a variety of consultation types to provide you with feedback on your teaching, strategies to achieve your teaching goals, and instructional resources to inform your teaching practice. All consultations are free, confidential, and available to all instructors, including full- and part-time faculty, graduate students, and Postdoctoral Scholars.
- Classroom Observations: Gain a better understanding of your teaching skills, your time management skills, your students' involvement in your course.
- Mid-Quarter Classroom Interview (MQI): The mid-quarter interview (MQI) is a method of getting anonymous feedback from your students midway through the quarter.
- Video Recording with Playback Consultation: A video recording consultation can help you analyze your teaching and reflect on your students’ learning experience.
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy Consultation: Writing your statement of teaching philosophy is a crucial step toward preparing to go on the academic job market.
- Community Building and Activities
Building community is essential to success. Consider participating in the following activities:
Graduate Teaching Community
Join the Graduate Teaching Community for Winter 2023!
- Are you interested in learning more about evidence-based research on teaching and learning?
- Do you want to improve your teaching and develop strategies that lead to better learning outcomes?
- Do you want to build a competitive CV? Do you want to collaborate with an interdisciplinary graduate student group?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, join the Graduate Teaching Community today!
Weekly Meeting Time: Thursdays, 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
First Meeting: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Location: Participants can attend via Zoom or in-person (Grove 1353)
Registration: Sign up by completing this registration form.
Facilitators: Meredith Carlson ([email protected])
Devin Romines ([email protected])
Teaching Assistant Consultant Program
TA Consultants (TACs) work as coaches and consultants to their fellow Teaching Assistants on campus by participating in training and professional development regarding teaching and learning in the college classroom, planning and delivering workshops and special programs on teaching and learning topics, and providing individualized consultations on teaching and teaching improvement. TAC Fellows receive a quarterly fellowship and gain valuable experience for a career in college teaching or educational development.
- Additional Resources
- TA's Guide to Effective Teaching at UC Davis