Graduate Employee Teaching Support
Graduate employees are vital to UO’s teaching culture. TEP supports graduate students in their various teaching roles through consultations, department discussions, workshops, and unique GE programs.
Ongoing GE Support
These programs occur regularly throughout the year to support GEs in their teaching duties and develop their teaching skills. GEs also can always reach out to us for a consultation about specific challenges they are facing, new teaching ideas, or general questions about pedagogy. Our consultations are confidential and can happen over phone, email, in-person, or via Zoom.
Onboarding
Workshops
Graduate Teaching Certificate
The GE Success Newsletter
Need support outside of your teaching? The Grad OneStop page has a host of resources for GEs.
Key Resources
These resources on our website may be of particular interest to GEs.
This page provides guidance for successfully collaborating with other GEs and your faculty supervisor across linked lectures, discussions, and labs.
This resource outlines the components and principles that go into running effective discussions that invites all students in.
This guide identifies six principles that can help you lead your course in times of heightened complexity in the world outside your classroom.
Curious about how to create a Canvas announcement, how to setup a quiz, or to manage grades in Canvas? This page provides links to several how-to documents to help you navigate Canvas at the UO.
This resources has tips for efficiently grading grammar and math, managing your grading time, and giving feedback effectively.
GE Specific Events during Spring 2025
For all events, click on their title for more information and to register to attend.
Submission Deadline for Kimble First-Year Teaching Award - June 30
The award recognizes outstanding teaching by graduate student instructors who have demonstrated a commitment to inclusive, engaged, and research-led practice. The annual prizes typically are awarded to one first-time lab or discussion section leader and to one first-time sole instructor.
Special Offering: GRST 610: Teaching Foundations - Fall 2025
A 2-credit, pass/no pass course taught by TEP Faculty Consultants.
This course provides an overview of foundational pedagogies and practical teaching strategies for graduate students at the University of Oregon. Over ten weeks, you will gain familiarity with professional, inclusive, research-informed, and engaged teaching, as defined by the Teaching Engagement Program at the University of Oregon. You will have opportunities to apply what you learn, practice teaching techniques, and reflect on your development in the context of your labs, sections, and courses. These skills will also prepare you for academic and professional roles requiring facilitation and instructional expertise. By the end of the course, you will leave with a teaching portfolio you can use to apply for jobs and as a resource for ongoing teaching and facilitation work in diverse educational and professional settings.
These aren't our only events. Check out the full calendar of events on our event page!
GE Teaching Awards
Meet our 2024 Kimble First-Year Teaching Awardees!
Olivia Matsuoka
Department of English
Olivia Matsuoka (she/her) holds Bachelor's degrees in English and Media Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master's in Humanities from the University of Chicago. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the English department at the University of Oregon, where she is also pursuing a graduate certificate in New Media and Culture. Her professional backgrounds in advertising and digital marketing inform her current research interests in digital humanities, speculative fiction, and Asian American literary and cultural production.
Luda Gogolushko
Communication and Media Studies
Luda Gogolushko is a disabled PhD candidate in the Communication and Media Studies program. As a qualitative, constructivist scholar, her disability-centered research focuses on media, communication, and technology within media effects, media psychology, and children’s media. She currently serves as a student representative for the Society for Disability Studies Board of Directors and is a 2024-2025 AEJMC-MCSD Diversity and Inclusion Career fellow. Prior to joining UO, she studied Communication and Recreation at California State University of Northridge.
Support for International GEs
International GE Success Series
At the University of Oregon, international GEs make up 26% of GE population, bringing diverse perspectives, expertise, and multilingual skills that enrich classroom learning. They play a vital role in shaping students' educational experiences and contributing to UO’s teaching excellent which is professional, inclusive, engaged and research informed.
Our international GEs bring invaluable strengths, including:
- Cultural insights
- Diverse perspectives
- Multilingual communication skills
- Innovative pedagogical approaches
We also recognize the unique challenges international GEs may face, such as:
- Financial constraints
- Language barriers and confidence issues
- Navigating cultural differences in U.S. classrooms
- Balancing teaching, research, and coursework
- Understanding feedback and grading practices
TEP has launched the International GE Success Series—a workshop series for international GEs to build community and improve their teaching skills.Our first event, held on January 13, focused on challenges and strengths of international GEs, U.S. classroom norms, and inclusive teaching strategies. See the resources here.
On April 2nd, 2025, we held the second event in our International GE Success series, titled Designing Effective Lesson Plans. You can find the related resources here.
Working with the Division of Graduate Studies and the GTFF, we will continue to roll out support structures for international GEs. Check TEP Calendar for future events.
Need More Information?
Please contact us with any questions about TEP services or programs that support Graduate Employees. We are here to help!