Graduate Student Teaching Enhancement Program (GSTEP) Purposes " to promote the effectiveness of graduate students as teachers at Miami University, thus enhancing their overall productivity and satisfaction " to provide foundational skills for graduate students who may seek an academic career " to create interdisciplinary connections and community among graduate students at MU " to support the undergraduate teaching mission of Miami by enhancing the effectiveness of the instruction they receive from graduate students

“ I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed my experience in GSTEP. Now that I serve as an instructor at the Miami Hamilton campus, I am very grateful for participating in this wonderful and extremely helpful program. I feel prepared and equipped to begin my teaching career because of the seminars and workshops I attended and the resources I was given while I participated in GSTEP during spring semester. Once again, I wanted to thank you for providing the great opportunity of GSTEP.” Grad student from FSW

UPCOMING EVENTS
There are two different levels of membership in the grad student program: Core members need to attend 8 sessions, Affiliates need only to do 4. What counts as one of the sessions? You have a great deal of flexibility, and not all the options are known at this time. You can mix and match from the sources listed in the Word version of the schedule. Please be aware that you are expected to keep a "journal" of responses to sessions that you attend. Details about the project and program reflections notebook are in the GSTEP syllabus, downloadable from the link below.

A list will be posted below of sessions on topics that are particularly of interest to this group, at times when it appears that many of you will be able to come. You are particularly encouraged to attend these, because this is an opportunity to network with other new faculty/grad students. Members of the program last semester said this was one of the most valuable aspects of the program.

Please RSVP 3 days in advance to Alicia at mille226@muohio.edu so we will know how much food to order.

All meetings in Shriver Center are 1 hour.

Date	Topic	Assignments Due
8-25 5 pm Culler 116 8-26 noon SHC MPR-C	Getting an academic job	Core GSTEP course add slips will be filled out during this session
ASAP , spaces are limited. When you register online, put in your muohio.edu email address and note that you belong to a Miami FLC. The program will automatically zero the amount you owe.		Register for the Lilly conference http://www.units.muohio.edu/lillycon/reg_info.shtml
9-1 4 to 6:50pm Western Lodge	New Faculty Teaching Retreat
9-8 5 pm SHC BH OR 9-9 noon SHC By-Reid	Teaching portfolios and MU P&T dossiers
9-29 5 pm SHC By-Reid OR 9-30 noon SHC By-Reid	Small group and Discussion techniques
10-13 5 pm 415 McGuffey OR 10-14 noon SHC BH	Classroom Assessment Techniques	Project proposal due (for Core GSTEP and NTEP)
10-20 5 pm 212 MacMillan OR 10-21 noon SHC By-Reid	Inclusive classrooms
11-3 5 pm 415 mc Guffey OR 11-4 noon SHC By-Reid	Setting classroom policies you can live with
Nov 19-22 Marcum Center	Attend as much or as little of the Lilly conference as your schedule allows.  You can get credit for NFTEP or GSTEP for Lilly sessions (up to half your required sessions).
12-1 5 pm 212 MacMillan OR 12-2 noon SHC By-Reid	Share projects	Project due (for Core GSTEP and NFTEP) Program reflections notebook due (for everyone)

What is GSTEP?	Reflections by GSTEP participants	Links on teaching & professional development
Course syllabus	Application form	Handouts on teaching portfolios #1, #2
Important info on professional development funds after completing the program	Planning ahead for an academic career, session powerpoint	Handout on ethics & class policies

Who are we?

Above are photos of recent GSTEP (and NFTEP) participants. For the 2008-09 academic year, Cecilia Shore (Psychology) will facilitate GSTEP. Alicia Miller (CELT staff) administers the logistics of the program.

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