Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop

The GTA Workshop is a one-day event offered three times per year, January, May, and August. The next workshop will be held on May 8, 2024.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Department Chair or designee must submit the names of all prospective GTAs by completing the google form. 

Graduate Education will contact the student and provide the link to the online application as well as information regarding the English Proficiency requirement. 

All students must attend the workshop in its entirety. 

The next GTA workshop will be in January 2025

The following is a draft agenda and will be updated when finalized.

8:30-8:55 Check-in with Student ID Card
8:55-9:00 Take a Seat and Introduce Yourself to Your Table
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Announcements
9:15-9:45 FERPA
9:45-10:00 S&T Connect
10:00-11:00 The Other Side of Canvas
11:00-11:30 Student Support & Community Standards and Academic Integrity
11:30-12:00 Mental Well-Being Services
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:15 GTA Panel Discussion
1:15-2:15 University Teaching 101
2:15-2:45 GTAs and the Law
2:45-2:55 Break
2:55-3:25 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3:25-3:30 Closing Remarks and Optional Survey

 

FERPA - presented by Deanne Jackson, Registrar's Office

S&T Connect - presented by Dr. Wes Lewis, Undergraduate Education

Academic and Non-Academic Conduct - presented by Nick Bodkins, Student Support and Community Standards

Getting Started with Canvas- presented by Malcolm Hays, Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence

GTAs and the Law - presented by Merilee Krueger, Psychological Science

University Teaching - presented by Dr. Michelle Schwartze, Education

Student Well-Being Services - presented by Amber Johnston, Student Well-Being

Cultural Orientation - presented by William Smith, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion