Teaching Outside Your Area of Expertise

It is common for graduate students to be asked to teach outside of our particular specialization. We might be asked to TA an introductory course that covers a much wider range of subjects than our dissertations, or teach a class that falls completely outside of our comfort zones. This workshop is designed to help new TAs meet this challenge, premised on the idea that a good teacher does not have to be an expert, but instead has many tools to help students learn. We will explore different tactics and strategies for instruction that take advantage of skills all graduate students possess.It is common for graduate students to be asked to teach outside of our particular specialization. We might be asked to TA an introductory course that covers a much wider range of subjects than our dissertations, or teach a class that falls completely outside of our comfort zones. This workshop is designed to help new TAs meet this challenge, premised on the idea that a good teacher does not have to be an expert, but instead has many tools to help students learn. We will explore different tactics and strategies for instruction that take advantage of skills all graduate students possess.

Counts toward the CTL Teaching Certificate. Also counts as a follow-up workshop for SAS participants in TA Training.