The Teaching Assistantship: Your Ticket to Graduate School
Any graduate student will tell you that grad school is expensive. Get funding and valuable experience as a teaching assistant, or T.A. How to Mentor Graduate Students
Mentoring tips for faculty
Take a Working Holiday in Singapore
Thinking about taking a break before grad school? Make it a useful one. Consider getting some teaching experience as a lecturer in Singapore. Teaching Online
Teaching in an online environment is very different from a traditional classroom. Make the transition to teaching online with these resources. Essential Thinking Skills to Master and Teach
Grad school entails developing critical thinking skills to become an independent scholar. This article describes the thinking skills that you hope to hone in grad school and teach to your students. Planning a College Course
Whether you're teaching for the first time or the 100th time, this article will help you plan your course goals and create an effective learning environment Promoting Undergraduate Research in Science
Faculty have a responsibility for fostering the next generation of scientists. Careers in Adult Education
Adult education offers many varied and challenging career opportunities. Is it for you? Handbook for Mathematics Teaching Assistants
Teaching mathematics for the first time? This handbook will make your first semester as a TA (or 15th!) go a lot smoother. Where does the TA Fit in?
What is the role of the TA and how is it changing? Learning to Teach
How to do it and why you want to, from Science's Next Wave. Richard Feynman on Teaching
Some grad programs look down on teaching. Teaching serves an important purpose and can even enhance your research. Wonderful article! Advice for Teaching the Survey Course
Excellent advice for graduate students teaching their first survey course The New Plagiarism
Seven tips prevent and detect plagiarism in the electronic age. Teaching Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
Stephen R. Marsh suggests five paths towards teaching dispute resolution and conflict mangagment. 101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class
Joyce Pavlacs Lunde offers advice on how to start your course right. Teaching Tips for TAs
Tufts Univeristy provides a comprehensive resource for TAs. TAs and Profs as a Teaching Team
Work with your prof, not against him or her. Here are tips on how to be an effective TA. Special Teaching Topics for TAs
Discusses topics that TAs may have difficulty with, including lecturing, working with nontraditional students, managing a discussion, and teaching writing. Learning to Teach; Teaching to Learn
Penn State provides resources for new faculty and TAs. Sections include planning a class session, using small groups, teaching large sections, commenting on student papers, and more. Center for Teaching - TA Handbook
The Center for Teaching at UMASS-Amherst provides a guide to teaching that includes helpful info like how to use a chalkboard effectively (it's harder than you think!). Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend
The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine present this excellent guide to being an advisor and mentor Writing Recommendation Letters
Here's everything you need to know about writing letters of recommendation for your students.
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