The Teaching Assistant Certificate (TAC)
The Teaching Assistant Certificate (TAC) is a joint effort of the Office of Graduate Studies and the student's academic department. To earn a certificate, the teaching assistant must do the following:
- Find a faculty member as a teaching mentor
- Work closely under that person’s guidance (as an associate) including shadowing the professor and sharing their mentor’s experiences as they run their courses
- Have their teaching observed and formally critiqued by the teaching mentor
- Participate in departmental or university teaching workshops
- Request a comprehensive teaching assessment by the faculty mentor
- Develop a teaching portfolio