| If you are thinking about teaching, there are | | | | her, guiding and supervising the student in grading |
| some online teaching classes that can be helpful | | | | tests or papers, in conducting group discussions, |
| for you. If you are thinking about teaching, there | | | | and offering the student the opportunity to |
| are many different ways to consider this. This | | | | deliver lectures. This is a great opportunity for |
| means that teachers should the experiential | | | | everyone involved. |
| teaching component consists of gradual teaching | | | | Finally, when the graduate student is evaluated as |
| experiences and the updating of knowledge on | | | | ready to assume responsibility for a section of |
| learning and teaching issues. Keep in mind that | | | | the course in which she has assisted, the faculty |
| teaching Assistants are also expected to give | | | | member then takes the role of Faculty Resource |
| evidence of their growing professional | | | | Person. As a resource person, the faculty |
| competency by participating in activities that are | | | | member reviews and provides counseling on all |
| of service to the Department and to the | | | | teaching materials being used and provides |
| university. | | | | feedback on lectures or other class presentations. |
| It is interesting that they may be asked to serve | | | | It is also helpful to know that peer-tutoring is an |
| on departmental or university committees or to | | | | additional way of gaining teaching experience, |
| represent the department in recruitment activities. | | | | especially in content areas where no large-size |
| It is also helpful to know that graduate teaching | | | | classes are available, such as in statistics, research |
| assistants are also expected to give presentations | | | | methods, computer labs, and sociological theory. |
| on teaching issues at regional professional | | | | Keep in mind that peer tutors can be |
| meetings. Additionally, they are encouraged to | | | | undergraduate or beginning graduate students |
| submit articles on innovative teaching techniques | | | | who have been recommended by those who |
| or on teaching issues to appropriate professional | | | | teach courses in the specified areas. Peer tutors |
| journals. This teaching-focused work is in addition | | | | participate in a three-hour, peer-tutoring course |
| to the development of substantive areas of | | | | and are supervised. |
| research and teaching which all graduate students | | | | In addition to receiving credit for taking the |
| are expected to grow. | | | | peer-tutoring course, they are paid on an hourly |
| After completing graduate courses and having | | | | basis. The peer tutor is expected to tutor from a |
| taken the seminar, graduate students may apply | | | | minimum of four to a maximum of ten hours per |
| for a teaching assistantship in the department. | | | | week and to do so for a minimum of two long |
| Unless they have already had prior experience as | | | | semesters. Also, the peer-tutoring program has |
| a teacher of record at the college level, graduate | | | | also proved to be an unanticipated tool for |
| students are assigned to assist a faculty member | | | | recruiting undergraduate students. |
| who is teaching a large introductory or advanced | | | | For more resources about teacher resources or |
| sociology class. The faculty member becomes the | | | | even about teacher resource and especially about |
| mentor of the graduate student assisting him or | | | | continuing education please review these links. |