Teaching Conference for First-Time GSIs

Fall Teaching Conference for First-Time GSIs

Fall 2026: Thursday, August 20 (International GSIs) & Friday, August 21 (all GSIs)

The Fall Teaching Conference is held the Thursday and Friday before classes begin. Its purpose is to orient graduate students to their GSI role and equip them to begin teaching. All international first-time GSIs must attend on Thursday; all first-time GSIs, international and domestic, must attend on Friday. The Fall 2026 Teaching Conference runs August 20 and 21, 2026.

To be credited with completion, attendees must participate in the entire conference day. Online pre-registration is required using this Fall 2026 Conference Registration form. (Please note: upon completion of this form, you will be registered for all three Conference requirements)

Conference Schedule

List of Discipline-Cluster Workshops

Please note that in addition to the Teaching Conference, general first-time GSI requirements include:

Conference Schedule

Teaching Conference for International First-Time GSIs

Thursday, August 20, 2026, 9:30–12:00 (held remotely over Zoom)

Thursday Conference Schedule

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Round One Panel

10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. Round Two Panel

All international first-time GSIs must also attend the conference on Friday, August 21 (see below).

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Teaching Conference for All First-Time GSIs

Friday, August 21, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Friday Conference Schedule

Group 1 Schedule

(Group 1 Discipline Clusters: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Foreign Languages, Humanities, Physical Sciences, Quantitative Social Sciences, and Reading & Composition)

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Discipline-Cluster Workshops (in person, on campus)

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break

2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Interactive Theater (in person, 155 Dwinelle Hall)

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Academic Student Employee (ASE) Presentation* (in person, 155 Dwinelle Hall)

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Group 2 Schedule

(Group 2 Discipline Clusters: Engineering, Computer Sciences, Quantitatives, Social Sciences (Non-Quant), and Studio Art & Environmental Design)

9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Interactive Theater (in person, 155 Dwinelle Hall)

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Academic Student Employee Presentation* (in person, 155 Dwinelle Hall)

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break

1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Discipline-Cluster Workshops (in person, on campus)


*The Academic Student Employee (ASE) union orientation is offered in conjunction with the Teaching Conference. All first-time GSIs are required to attend this session if you have not previously attended an ASE orientation. Please note that the GSI Teaching & Resource Center does not manage the ASE orientation. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Please contact the GSI Teaching & Resource Center ([email protected] or 510-642-4456) if you have any questions.

Discipline-Cluster Workshops

Biological Sciences

Bioengineering (biology-related courses)
Environmental Science, Policy, & Management (biology-related courses)
Integrative Biology
Molecular & Cell Biology
Neuroscience

Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
Plant & Microbial Biology
Public Health (biology-related courses)
Vision Science

Chemistry

Chemistry (all)

Computer Sciences

Computer Science
Data Science

Engineering

Bioengineering (engineering-related courses)
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering

Foreign Languages

(language courses only)
African Languages
Classics
East Asian Languages & Cultures
French
German
Italian
Near Eastern Studies
Scandinavian
Slavic Languages & Literatures
South & Southeast Asian Studies
Spanish & Portuguese

Humanities

(Non-Reading & Composition, non-foreign language courses only)
American Studies
Art Practice
Asian Studies
Buddhist Studies
Classics
English
Film & Media Studies
History
History of Art
Information School
Media Studies
Music
Near Eastern Studies
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Rhetoric
South & Southeast Asian Studies
Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies

Physical Sciences

Astronomy
Earth & Planetary Science
Physics

Quantitatives

Mathematics
Statistics

Reading & Composition

(Courses that satisfy the university’s Reading & Composition requirement only)
African American Studies
Celtic Studies
College Writing Programs
Comparative Literature
English
Ethnic Studies
Film Studies
Gender & Women’s Studies
German
Italian
Letters & Science (writing-intensive courses)
Near Eastern Studies
Rhetoric
Scandinavian
Slavic Languages & Literatures
South & Southeast Asian Studies
Spanish & Portuguese
Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies

Social Sciences, Quantitative

Agriculture & Resource Economics
Business
Economics
Demography
Psychology (quantitative courses)
Public Health (biostatistics)

Social Sciences, Non-quantitative

African American Studies
American Studies
Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Asian Studies
City & Regional Planning
Cognitive Science
Development Studies
Education
Energy & Resources Group (social science courses)
Environmental Science, Policy, & Management (non-biological courses)
Ethnic Studies
Gender & Women’s Studies
Geography
Information School
Interdisciplinary Field Studies
International & Area Studies
Jurisprudence & Social Policy
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Media Studies
Near Eastern Studies (non-language, non-Reading & Composition courses)
Peace & Conflict Studies
Political Economy of Industrialized Societies
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health (non-quantitative)
Public Policy
Religious Studies
Social Welfare
Sociology
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies

Studios, Art, and Environmental Design:

(Studio courses only)
Architecture
Art Practice
City & Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Music
Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies

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