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Home » Events » GradSTEP: Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development
GradSTEP: Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development
GradSTEP
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.
GradSTEP 2013 focused on the theme Beyond Four Walls: Transcending the Classroom and was held Saturday, January 26, in Buttrick Hall. The event began with a plenary session in which a panel of faculty members discussed how they transcend the four walls of the classroom in their teaching practices, and featured Nancy Chick (English), Sharon Shields (Human & Organizational Development), and Barb Stengal (Teaching & Learning). Participants then selected workshops in three sequential sessions.
Resources from past GradSTEP Events
GradSTEP 2013
Adding Spatial Dimensions to Teaching
View the Prezi
Beyond the Ivory Tower – Alternative and Non-Academic Career Choices
PowerPoint
Bibliography
Beyond Templates: Effective PowerPoint Design
PowerPoint
Finding Teaching Moments in the Field: Learner-centered Field Research Programs
View the Prezi
Flipping the Classroom
Powerpoint
Grading Efficiently: Finding the Time to Grade Fairly
Powerpoint
Making Discussions Safe
Handout – Scenarios
Handout - Putting the Participation Puzzle Together
Social Pedagogies: Motivating Students through Social Media and Authentic Audiences
View the Prezi
Teaching with Case Studies
PowerPoint
Handout
Transitioning to Professorship: Teaching Statements and Portfolios
Handout – Teaching Statements
Handout - Possible Components
View the Prezi
Writing in the STEM Classroom
Handouts from Lori Rafter and Michelle Sulikowski
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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