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