Overview
The Teaching Center supports graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at the University of Rochester across their roles as teaching assistants, instructors, and future faculty. The center offers programs, services, and resources tailored to graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) and graduate student instructors (GSIs).
Our programs include:
- Introduction to College Teaching, a workshop series which prepares graduate students to be instructors, with an emphasis on compressed summer course formats
- Graduate Teaching Assistant Coaches Program, which uses a train-the-trainer model in which Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) hires and the Teaching Center trains experienced GTAs as orientation leaders and coaches for first-time GTAs (offered jointly with GEPA)
- Teaching Workshops for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars
- Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Club
- Higher Education Teaching Citation, a program for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars that provides a structured self-study opportunity to pursue professional development about teaching, and earn documentation of completion and/or a transcript citation
The Office of the Provost also offers the Future Faculty program.
For information about other programs supporting graduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS) and the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (Hajim), visit the SAS/Hajim Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs website.
For information about programs supporting graduate students and postdoctoral scholars university-wide, visit the University Office of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs website.
Educational Development Employment Opportunities
The Teaching Center provides employment opportunities for graduate students interested in gaining experience in the field of educational development. Hiring is done both directly through the Student Employment Office and indirectly through the Gwen M. Greene Career Center Intern PhD program.