The GTA Workshop, required by Missouri state law {see Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 170-170.012}, is designed to provide prospective graduate teaching/instructor assistants with a cultural orientation to help them become a more effective classroom communicator. The workshop will also provide resources to help manage their classroom and to better serve their students. 

All GTAs/GIAs must attend the workshop before teaching at Missouri S&T. The workshop is held three times per year; January, May, and August. The workshop is in person only.  

In special cases, departments may request an exception to the requirements by submitting a waiver form (GTA Workshop Waiver; Graduate Student Teaching Residency Waiver).

*A student must be admitted as a graduate student, earned at least a bachelor’s degree, and have documented competence in the area where they are applying as a Teaching Assistant. Any graduate student who did not receive both his primary and secondary education in a nation or territory in which English is the primary language may not serve in a teaching appointment during their first semester of enrollment. In addition, the student must demonstrate English proficiency, as defined in RSMo § 170.012.