GTA Pedagogy Conference
Each Spring the Center for Instructional Innovation (CII) sponsors a conference for GTAs. The conference provides an opportunity not only to share pedagogical ideas, but also to gain conference experience while enhancing your vita. In years past, GTAs have shared best teaching practices and attended sessions on topics ranging from syllabus development, to best practices in the college classroom, to assessment. We anticipate having presentations from GTAs, Fellow of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and other faculty. The conference will be held on Friday, April 19, 2013. The conference will be held in on the campus of Georgia State University at the Student Center with a catered lunch and guest speaker. We will be running concurrent sessions throughout the day with a break for lunch. To Register CLICK HERE.
Get the Cover Letter and the Call for Proposal Submission information. Proposals should be submitted in MS Word format via email to cii@gsu.edu. We especially encourage sessions pertaining to professional development, lower-division teaching, and graduate pedagogical development.
Presentations can be either discipline specific or interdisciplinary. Proposals must be received by the Center for Instructional Innovation by TBA. Letters indicating acceptance or rejection of proposals will be e-mailed by January 2013.
This conference is open to past, current, and future GTAs. If you know of a GTA who did not receive this information, please share this with them and encourage them to register. The deadline to RSVP TBA. To Register CLICK HERE.
Join our Listserv
The center's primary means of communication with Graduate Teaching Assistants is the CII listserv: Support4GTAs_CII. GTAs who are not already subscribed to this listserv may join. You can also unsubscribe at any time if you do not wish to receive further communications.
Drop-In Services
Please note: all CII services are strictly confidential.
Graduate Teaching Assistants are encouraged to take advantage of drop-in services any Wednesday from 10 am to 12:30 pm. No appointment is necessary. Come to CII to share concerns you have about any aspect of your teaching.
Topics in College Teaching Series
The Topics in College Teaching Series is a forum for sharing pedagogical insights, experiences, concerns, and questions. It is also an opportunity to meet with and learn from graduate teaching assistants from across the University. These sessions are not workshops; there are no formal presentations. The intent is to promote an intellectually vibrant conversation in a relaxed and informal setting.
Topics in College Teaching— Fall 2012
All sessions will meet at the CII, 10 Park Place South, Suite 540 from 11:30am - 12:30pm
October 1—Ten common teaching mistakes and how to avoid them
· We all make teaching mistakes, often without knowing we have made a mistake. In this session we will focus on ten common mistakes that you may not have realized are mistakes. We will examine how these mistakes may interfere with student learning and discuss strategies for avoiding them.
October 29—Policies and procedures in the college classroom
· In this session we will look at policies for attendance, missing tests/quizzes, and missing deadlines for assignments. We will discuss the reasons instructors have for their particular policies and the extent to which these policies impact student learning. We will also discuss how to deal with situations for which there are no stated policies. If you are currently teaching, please bring your syllabus.
November 12—Grading and returning tests—a learning opportunity for instructor and students
· In this session we will focus on what the instructor and the students learn based on how tests are graded and returned. In addition, we will discuss strategies for grading and returning tests that increase the probability that testing is a learning experience and not just an opportunity to put a grade in the grade book.
November 26—Philosophy of teaching—what is yours and how does it affect your teaching?
· In this session we will focus on helping teaching assistants formulate and articulate their philosophies of teaching. In addition, we will discuss the importance of designing a course that reflects what we say or think our philosophy is. That is, what does your teaching tell students about your philosophy of teaching and is that what you want it to tell them? If you have written a philosophy of teaching, please bring it along with a copy of your syllabus.
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Teaching Consultations
We provide assistance with:
Contact William Nichols at (404) 413-6390 or wnichols@gsu.edu.
Group Instructional Feedback Technique (G.I.F.T)
About Mid-semester, we feel its a good time to take the pulse of a class. We offer you Group Instructional Feedback Technique (GIFT) session. A representative from CII visits you classroom and, in your absence, facilitates a 20-30 minute discussion with your students about the class. The highlights of that discussion are then reported to you. To schedule a G.I.F.T. session, email cii@gsu.edu.
Recognition of Excellence for Graduate Teaching Assistants
Graduate students may earn recognition of excellence in teaching in higher education and have this recognition noted on their transcripts.
The following people earned the Certificate for 2011-2012:
Steve Stuglin Department of Communication Sept 2011
Darby Proctor Department of Psychology April 2012
Kaitlyn Ranney Department of Communication May 2012
Tonia East Department of Communication June 2012
T. Randahl Cantua Morris Department of Communication June 2012 
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