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GSI Teaching & Resource Center
  • Basics for GSIs
  • Advancing Your Skills
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    • Teaching Conference for First-Time GSIs
    • GSI Ethics Online Course
    • Workshops, Seminars, & Institutes
    • Certificate in Teaching & Learning
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    • The How Students Learn Project
    • Language Proficiency Program
    • Consultations with GSI Center Staff
    • Award Programs
  • Teaching Guide for GSIs
    • Pre-Semester Preparation
    • Teaching Discussion Sections
    • Facilitating Laboratory Sections
    • Teaching Reading & Composition
    • Evaluating & Improving Your Teaching
    • Working with Student Writing
    • Teaching Critical Reading
    • Grading Student Work
    • Academic Misconduct: Cheating, Plagiarism, & Other Forms
    • Teaching with Technology
    • Learning: Theory & Research
    • Fostering Your Professional Development
    • Campus Resources for Teaching & Learning
  • GSI Online Library
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    • Language & Teaching Resources for International GSIs
    • How Students Learn
    • Workshop Handouts & Videos
    • GSI Teaching Gallery
    • Faculty Talks on Teaching for GSIs
  • Faculty Resources
    • Teaching with GSIs
    • Support for Pedagogy Courses for First-Time GSIs
    • Faculty Advisers for GSI Affairs & Professional Developers of GSIs
    • Core Policies Related to GSIs
  • FAQs
  • About Us

Fostering Your Professional Development

  • From GSI to Professor
    • Identifying Needed Instructional Competencies (pdf)
    • Resources for Professionalization as a Teacher (pdf)
    • Steps You Can Take as a Graduate Student (pdf)
    • Make Your Plan (pdf)
  • Developing a Teaching Portfolio
  • Writing Letters of Recommendation
    • Sample Letter of Recommendation (pdf)
Download a PDF of Fostering Your Professional Development
  • Teaching Guide for GSIs
    • Pre-Semester Preparation
    • Inclusive Teaching
    • Teaching Discussion Sections
    • Facilitating Laboratory Sections
    • Teaching Reading and Composition
    • Evaluating and Improving Your Teaching
    • Working with Student Writing
    • Teaching Critical Reading
    • Grading Student Work
    • Academic Misconduct: Cheating, Plagiarism, and Other Forms
    • Teaching with Technology
    • Learning: Theory and Research
    • Fostering Your Professional Development
      • From GSI to Professor
      • Developing a Teaching Portfolio
      • Writing Letters of Recommendation
    • Campus Resources for Teaching and Learning

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