Teaching
Teaching
Most students will teach at some point during your graduate school experience. Teaching is a skill that can be developed. Cornell has a number of programs that can help develop and support your teaching skills.
Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)
http://www.cte.cornell.edu/tap/index.html
The Center for Teaching Excellence offers workshops, forums, and resources for teaching assistants. Workshops are generally between 90 minutes and a half day and provide an excellent opportunity for interdisciplinary discussions on teaching. CTE also has materials available on course design and syllabus development.
International Teaching Assistant Program (ITAP)
http://cte.cornell.edu/itap/index.html
Cornell requires that all international graduate students whose first language is not English, and who will serve at the university in a teaching capacity, pass a language screening interview and, if required, also successfully complete language classes, before a Teaching Assistant position can be held. This mandate applies to all students, new and continuing, who perform a teaching function, as well as to those whose duties include any direct contact with students in an instructional context.
- ITAP Summer Program http://cte.cornell.edu/itap/summer.html
- ITAP Summer Institute http://cte.cornell.edu/itap/institute.html
Graduate Student Outreach Project (Cornell Public Service Center)
Graduate Student Outreach Project is a graduate student initiative that links the university to local schools, where graduate students prepare and present mini-courses. Graduate students can practice their teaching skills while making a difference in the lives of local students.