Everyone training our faculty group this fall was helpful and relentlessly encouraging! I plan to further incorporate more of the great ideas the next time I teach this course, and my new skills are proving to be useful for my other grad-level course this term.  

I am truly grateful for the training I received through the GTI. The program gave me so many different ways to think about pedagogy, and to become not only an effective teacher but a compassionate, courageous and mindful one. Fundamental workshops in Basic Teaching, Digital Learning, and the Summer intensive provided me with necessary skills. However, workshops in Difficult Conversations, Structural Racism, and LGBTQ+ Allyship helped me to understand how to better support my students as people. The program deepened my appreciation for students' developmental experience in higher education, a time that can be truly transformative. The program strengthened my commitment and my ability to be an empowering presence in the classroom. Additionally, the GTI gave me great tools to craft syllabi, my teaching statement, and other documents necessary for job applications. Without the GTI, I would have been scrambling to create these documents. These assignments helped shape my personal portfolio, find jobs, and launch my teaching career. Finally, everyone at the TEP/GTI has been terrific, encouraging role models who supported my growth as a teacher with kindness and good humor. Thank you all!

 

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