Fundamentals of Teaching
Fundamentals of Teaching is a learning community for graduate student TAs and instructors who want to enhance their teaching.
Join the community
Want some extra support while teaching, TAing, or preparing to teach as a graduate student?
Register for the Fundamentals of Teaching Learning Community to hone your teaching practice, build community with other graduate teachers, and get access to CETL resources and expertise for the entire term. We’ll meet regularly to talk about setting the tone for your course or section, planning effective lessons, grading and assessment, and student feedback. We’ll also connect with one another online to reflect, troubleshoot, share resources, and provide real-time teaching support.
The Fundamentals of Teaching community convenes in the fall semester, generally for four in-person meetings, and continues the conversation online through the term. Full participation in this learning community will partially fulfill the requirements for CETL's Fundamentals of Teaching Credential.
Registration for the Fall 2024 Fundamentals of Teaching Learning Community is now closed. Check back next August for more details about the 2025 community.
Fall 2024
The Fall 2024 learning community will meet at Student Union 326 on the following Wednesdays from 2:00-3:00 p.m.:
- August 28
- September 25
- October 23
- November 20
Coffee and cookies will be provided.
What students say
Teaching community
The learning community provided a collaborative and supportive space to explore teaching methodologies, share experiences, and learn from peers."
Real-time support
The learning community was a solution center for me . . . it was like a help desk for teaching."
Questions about Fundamentals?
For further information about the learning community or other graduate programs, contact Emily.
Emily Donahoe
Associate Director of Instructional Support in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric