This certificate training course will provide additional training for graduate students who want to be strong instructors and excellent teaching assistants. Students will have the academic year (Fall, Winter, and Spring) quarters to attend a workshop and complete a corresponding assignment in the following five categories:

• Discipline-focused workshops: These workshops, which are held in weeks 3, 5, and 7, focus on key teaching strategies for STEM or CHASS courses.

• Strong Communication with Students: This category focuses on helping graduate students hone their written and verbal communication skills to increase effective communication with their students.

• Student Engagement Techniques: This category provides graduate students with different engagement strategies they can use in their classrooms to increase student participation and learning

• Preparing to Lead a Lab or Discussion: This category concentrates on the planning aspect of teaching and how to plan strong lab or discussion sections that increase student learning and help the course go smoothly.

• Reflective Teaching: This category focuses on documenting the effectiveness of our teaching by having instructors reflect on their teaching and document evidence of their teaching strengths.

Throughout weeks 2-8 of the Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters, we will facilitate both virtual and in-person workshops for each category. You can find our workshop list linked here!

You can self-enroll in the certificate course using this link: https://elearn.ucr.edu/enroll/PKBY3H