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Description
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Developing Future Faculty as Teacher-Scholars: The GTA Mentoring
Program at The University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee's Developing Future Faculty as
Teacher-Scholars Program was started in 1994 as a campus-wide program
designed to (1) support GTAs in their instructional role, (2) promote
high quality undergraduate education at UT as a research institution,
and (3) provide professional development opportunities for graduate
students as future faculty.
Graduate students participate in interdisciplinary mentoring teams
of 6-8 students and a Faculty Mentor. Mentors are outstanding UT
faculty who have been recognized for both their teaching and research
scholarships. Program activities include small team meetings, large
group workshops, and teaching observations. Faculty Mentors and
graduate students engage in discussion of topics that include preparing
to teach, motivating student learning, integrating teaching and
research, facilitating critical and creative thinking, testing and
grading, technology, publishing, writing proposals for funding, ethical
and legal issues in teaching and research, the academic and
non-academic job search, and making the transition from graduate
student to faculty. Program activities are designed to mentor graduate
students in the teacher-scholar model in their development as future
faculty. Since its inception over 500 graduate students and faculty
have participated in the program.
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