Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

Want a quick overview of effective public speaking? This one-page PDF from the Oral Communication Program summarizes effective public speaking techniques. Get started by identifying your A.G.E. (Audience, Goal and Environment) and learn the anatomy of a good speech. Also listed are different ways to enhance your speaking style. A quick, useful reference for various public speaking scenarios.

Use this worksheet from VPGE to structure a yearly progress discussion with your faculty advisor. It is meant to help you review your past year's accomplishments, discuss long and short term plans, and develop a strategy for making your goals a reality. 

Feedback is an important tool for all instructors as they continually improve the effectiveness of their teaching. The Center for Teaching and Learning provides several services to instructors to gather meaningful feedback on courses. Both during the term and afterwards, the CTL will help you gather, interpret, and respond to various forms of feedback and evaluation. 

The OAE selects over 150 student service providers each quarter as exam scribes, visual descriptionists, lab assistants, volunteer notetakers, and more. Create a Student Service Provider Profile, sign up for positions of interest, and wait to get to matched to jobs organized through the OAE! Help fellow students with labs, notetaking, exam scribing, etc. and get paid!

The Graduate Teaching Consultants program is an opportunity for experienced TAs to use their expertise to support other graduate students and promote excellence in teaching. Consultants provide direct support to their peers in the form of consultations, workshops, and course observation. See the CTL website to apply to be a consultant.