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GradSTEP: Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development

GradSTEP

GradSTEP is co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Council

 

Held in January each year, GradSTEP provides several workshops and discussions on teaching, learning, and professional development issues across the disciplines. All Vanderbilt graduate and professional students, as well as post-doctoral fellows, are invited to attend.

The 2012 GradSTEP event was held in Wilson Hall on January 21, 2012. Resources from the sessions are available below on the “Resources 2012″ tab.

 

Listed here you will find resources for each workshop (including handouts and powerpoint slides) that are available to download.

GradSTEP 2012

Session One:

Download resources from Course & Syllabus Design, led by Dan Morrison
Powerpoint and Handout

Download resources from Tools & Tips for Grading, led by Leanna Fuller
Powerpoint and Handout

Download resources from Teaching Portfolios, led by Leanna Fuller
Handout

Download resources from Powerpoint Makeover, led by Rhett McDaniel
Powerpoint

Download resources from “Life GPA” Teaching Beyond the Grade, led by Megan McMurtry
Powerpoint and Handout

Download resources from Leading Effective Discussions, led by Bill Hardin
Powerpoint, Handout –  6 Essential Skills, Handout – Productive Discussions, and Handout – Discussion Planning

 

Session Two:

Download resources from Teaching Portfolios: From the Classroom to the Job Market, led by Leanna Fuller
Powerpoint and Handout

Download resources from Private Universes and Mental Models: The Science of Teaching Science, led by Alex Krejci
Book excerpt and Handout

Download resources from Interactive Lecturing, led by Megan McMurtry
Powerpoint and Handout

Download resources from College Writing: Teaching Students How to Write
Handout – Samples, Handout – Refining Thesis Statements, and Handout – Academic Voice

 

 

 


Resources

Listed here you will find resources for each workshop (including handouts and powerpoint slides) that are available to download.

GradSTEP 2011

Download resources from Teaching in a Laboratory Setting
Teaching in a Lab Setting

View Presentation from Show and Tell: Using Visual Thinking in the Classroom
Show and Tell: Using Visual Thinking in the Classroom on Prezi

Download resources from Creating Interdisciplinary & Collaborative Classrooms
Creating Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Classrooms

Download resources from Finding the Time to Teach
Effective & Efficient Teaching
Five Minutes to a Better Classroom
Further Resources
Managing Your Time and Finding Balance
Finding the Time to Teach
Comparative Essay
Math Problems
Rubrics

Download resources from Filling in the Gaps in Grad School: Creating a Teaching Persona
Creating A Teaching Persona
Educational Settings
Teaching Strategies

Download resources from Teaching Science to ‘Non-Science’ Students
Teach Science to non-science students
Planning to Motivate
Theory Motivating Students

Download resources from Course & Syllabus Design
Resource Packet
Syllabus Construction
CATs
Bloom’s Taxonomy

Download resources from Privilege & Power in the Classroom
Privilege and Power in the Classroom
Who am I
On the Invisibility of Privilege
Case Studies

Download resources from Alternative Assessment
Alternative Assessment

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