Advancing Your Skills
As GSIs gain experience they often begin looking for more ways to increase their competencies in teaching or to prepare to represent their teaching experience on the academic job market. The following resources, from several different parts of the GSI Center website, are chosen to meet these interests.
Evaluate and Improve Your Teaching
Teaching Guide: Conducting a Midterm Evaluation
Developing a Teaching Portfolio
Make a Professional Development Plan
Identifying Needed Instructional Competencies (pdf)
Resources for Professionalization as a Teacher (pdf)
Steps You Can Take as a Graduate Student (pdf)
Take Advantage of Available Resources and Opportunities
Workshops, Seminars, and Institutes
Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Teaching Effectiveness Award Essays
Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty
Get Familiar with Research and Best Practices in Teaching and Learning
Teaching Guide: Theory and Research on Student Learning
Return the Favor: Acknowledge a Faculty Mentor
Nominate a Faculty Member for the Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs