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Graduate Teaching Consultant Program Call For Applications

 

Call for applications for the 2013-2014 CRLT GRADUATE TEACHING CONSULTANT (GTC) PROGRAM

This year, we are recruiting graduate teaching consultants (GTCs) for Fall 2013, with the expectation of continuing through Winter 2014.

GTCs collaborate with CRLT on activities designed to promote excellence in graduate student teaching across the University.  By working with CRLT, you will have a unique opportunity to help advance teaching and learning across the university while continuing your own development as an instructor. During the academic year, GTCs conduct midterm student feedbacks and consultations with other GSIs and meet monthly at CRLT to discuss teaching, consulting and careers in instructional development.

A subset of GTCs are identified as Instructional Technology GTCs (IT-GTCs) due to their interest in using technology to support teaching. IT-GTCs have an additional meeting each month and receive training on instructional technology. In addition to regular GTC duties, IT-GTCs help plan and facilitate workshops on using technology for teaching and occasionally consult with GSIs about using technology in the classroom. Please note that you do not have to be a "power user" or have extensive technical know-how to join the IT-GTC group. Interest and a willingness to explore new technologies are all that's required.  Read more »

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Workshops for GSMs and Faculty who supervise GSIs

The following programs are designed to provide information and resources for those designing or running GSI training programs. For questions about these events, please contact Tershia Pinder-Grover (tpinder@umich.edu) or 734-615-9263). To register, please contact Melinda Thompson (guillory@umich.edu or 734-764-0505).

 

Workshops Scheduled for 2012-13

 

ANNUAL LUNCHEON ON GSI TRAINING & SUPERVISON

Strategies for Handling Difficult Situations with GSIs

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
12:30-2:00pm
CRLT Seminar Room, (1013 Palmer Commons)

Have you ever wondered how to best handle difficult issues when working with GSIs (e.g., supporting a GSI who needs to quit his/her position for medical reasons or meditating a strained faculty-GSI relationship).  If so, you will have a chance to explore these unexpected situations and other case studies at the upcoming annual meeting for faculty and staff GSI coordinators.  During the session, panelists from the offices of the Academic Human Resource, Ombuds, and other campus support services will share some of their best practices for managing difficult situations and answer participants’ questions. Lunch will be provided.

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GSI Training Resources

CRLT has resources available to assist schools, colleges and departments as they develop or improve training programs to meet the needs of their GSIs. CRLT staff are available to discuss general issues of GSI training with GSI Coordinators, Graduate Student Mentors, or other departmental representatives. Such discussion can include how best to incorporate CRLT resources into a GSI training program. Read more »

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Departmental GSI Development: A Handbook for Faculty and GSMs who Work with GSIs

Edited by Mary Wright and Matt Kaplan

Adapted from Gach, M., Black, B., Kaplan, M., Kardia, D., Saunders, S.,
& Williams, G. (1998). Handbook on Departmental GSI Development.
CRLT, University of Michigan.

The CRLT Handbook is a resource for working with GSIs at various stages. This book includes steps for planning and evaluating a GSI program, sample workshop and orientation agendas, detailed information about the evaluation of GSIs, and a bibliography of teaching resources.

All link to .pdf documents: Read more »

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Graduate Student Mentors (GSMs): What Are They?

Departments employing graduate student instructors (GSIs) may also employ one or more experienced GSIs to assist the department’s Faculty GSI Training Coordinator in GSI training and mentoring.  That added responsibility creates what is known as a “graduate student mentor” (GSM) position.  The Provost’s GSI Task Force recommended the allocation of one .10 GSI fraction for every 10 GSIs in a department, with each department that employs GSIs having at least one GSM. 

Who should be a GSM?  Good candidates for GSM positions are those who have been successful as GSIs and who will work well with the faculty GSI Coordinator(s), lead faculty members, and a diversity of GSIs.   While all GSM activities require close coordination with a faculty GSI Training Coordinator, responsibilities that involve direct mentoring require specific training to be effective, and those we have marked with an asterisk (*) below.

Graduate Student Mentor (GSM) Responsibilities

Below is a list of some of the ways that GSMs work with departmental GSI training programs.  Some of these responsibilities involve direct mentoring, others facilitate mentoring, still others support GSI training and development in other ways. 

Plan and Prepare Materials Before the Term Begins –
and Evaluate After the Term Read more »

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