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Build into the Weekly Meetings Specific Pedagogical Goals

For example, in weeks 1-4 you may wish to introduce the GSIs to specific approaches to teaching, e.g., group work, participatory discussion, role plays, debates, and lecture. In weeks 5-8 you may wish to work with them on ways to assess teaching and learning, e.g., journals, Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), midterm evaluations, peer observation, and video taping. In weeks 9-12, you may wish to work with GSIs on how to grade tests and written assignments and how to help students improve their writing. In weeks 13-15 you could work with the GSIs to begin to develop a statement of teaching philosophy and other aspects of a teaching portfolio based on the reflection they have done on their teaching over the semester. Alternatively, you might wish to have the GSIs collaboratively construct a course portfolio for the entire semester that provides reflection on and assessment of all aspects of the course.

  1. Plan a pre-semester course orientation.
  2. Know your GSIs.
  3. Meet weekly with GSIs to talk about teaching.
  4. Build into the weekly meetings specific pedagogical goals.
  5. Encourage your students to keep a teaching journal.
  6. Observe your GSIs in the classroom.
  7. Encourage GSIs to be videotaped in the classroom.
  8. Set up a peer observation program.
  9. Encourage your GSIs to get ongoing feedback on teaching and learning from their students.
  10. Recommend participation in teaching-related events.
  11. Help GSIs construct a teaching portfolio.
  12. Encourage your GSIs to read pedagogical literature.
  13. View your course as one step in helping GSIs to prepare for their own future roles as professors.
  14. Take part in the programs for faculty of the GSI Teaching and Resource Center.

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