Graduate Teaching Consultant Program

Program Overview

The Graduate Teaching Consultant Program supports the professional development in teaching of graduate students, and includes opportunities that support enhanced teaching experiences, as outlined in the Model of Graduate Student Professional Development in Teaching. GTCs are graduate students exhibiting pedagogical skills and knowledge within their disciplines. GTCs, under the supervision of the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), serve as instructional coaches and peer mentors to TAs across campus. GTCs are available to conduct classroom observations upon request. 

Learning Outcomes – Instructional Practice

Participants will…

• Demonstrate a variety of evidence-based teaching strategies
• Recognize the influence of situational factors (e.g., specific course context; learner and instructor characteristics) on course and lesson design decisions
• Discuss personal teaching philosophies (e.g., beliefs, formative experiences, and assumptions) and how philosophies influence
• Describe and recognize the value of learning communities, and how they impact student learning

 

Essential and Transferable Skills Development

Leadership; Teamwork; Critical and Creative thinking; Written and Oral Communication; Interpersonal and Intercultural Knowledge and Competence; Mentorship; and Management 

Nomination Process

The 2025 Call for GTC Nominations is open. To nominate an outstanding current or former teaching assistant in your department/college for the Graduate Teaching Consultant (GTC) program, please email the following to cte@tamu.edu.

• Student name (first and last)
• Student email address
• College, Department
• Brief statement specifying why you believe the nominee is qualified to be a GTC (100 words or less)

Up to 3 students from a department can be nominated! Following our receipt of your nomination email, the Center will email the nominees and provide them with a formal application for the GTC Program. (Note: Nominations should be submitted by departments or faculty; students may not nominate themselves or their peers).

For more details, please click here: Overview and Eligibility.

Graduate Teaching Consultants