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Orientation and Training
University
The Graduate College provides an orientation prior to the Fall semester for all new graduate teaching assistants. The orientation sessions are designed to provide students with information relevant to their academic role as well as graduate assistantship responsibilities including legal issues related to teaching and effective teaching strategies. Students having assistantship responsibilities that include direct or indirect teaching must participate in this pre-semester orientation. The Graduate College also provides a number of workshops throughout the academic year that are optional for students to attend. These include training on instructional strategies, grant-writing, abstract writing, and a variety of topics that help develop skills and enhance readiness for career pathways.For more information about the workshops, please click HERE.
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Departments
In most cases where Graduate Assistants have instructional responsibilities, the academic department provides formal orientation and training sessions for the specific teaching assignments.