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GSI Teaching & Resource Center
  • Basics for GSIs
  • Advancing Your Skills
  • Programs & Services
    • Teaching Conference for First-Time GSIs
    • GSI Ethics Online Course
    • Workshops, Seminars, & Institutes
    • Certificate in Teaching & Learning
    • Grant Programs
    • 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
    • Award-Winning GSI Teaching Ideas
    • 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

Core Policies Related to GSIs

Graduate Council Policy on Appointment and Mentoring of GSIs (Academic Senate)

Appointments Handbook (Graduate Division)

Guide to Graduate Policy, Section H, Appointments (Graduate Division)

Employment Contract for Academic Student Employees (includes GSIs — UCOP)

Sample Appointment Letter for GSIs (People and Culture)

Departmental Reviews:  Assessing Departmental Efforts to Mentor GSIs (Academic Senate)

  • Faculty Resources
    • Teaching with GSIs
    • Support for Pedagogy Courses for First-Time GSIs
    • Faculty Advisors for GSI Affairs
    • Core Policies Related to GSIs
      • Graduate Council Policy on Appointments and Mentoring of GSIs

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