Individual Consulting

An individual teaching consultation has many benefits. Though many teaching principles and practices can be learned in workshops and lectures, there is no substitution for individual attention to your teaching, your goals, and your students. In addition, when your consultation includes a classroom visitation (with or without a video camera), you can learn things about your teaching you may not even be aware of.

Though all consultations with the GTC are strictly confidential between you and the Center, you may want to inform your department, or a potential employer, of your teaching improvement efforts. Increasingly, academic hiring committees are looking for evidence of effective teaching. Video records, results of consultations, and your ability to speak knowingly about your own teaching are fast becoming standard forms of evidence.

Teaching Visitation & Consultation

You may contact the GTC for a consultation at any time for any reason. Our most common requests for consultation are:

~ Assistance with section and course design

~ Mid-semester classroom observations with feedback

~ Making sense of student evaluations

~ Solving classroom problems

~ Preparing teaching statements and portfolios for applications and interviews

We hope you will avail yourself of our services. To reach us, send email to:
Graduate Teaching Center or call the McDougal Center at: 432-BLUE (2583)