Graduate Students & Postdocs

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Graduate Students & Postdocs

The Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach offers support to Graduate Students and Postdocs by providing resources, consultation services, courses and seminars.

Examples include:

Fall TA Training for all new graduate students. (Find the TA Handbook here.)
Resources and opportunities for educational outreach with PreK-12 schools and students.
Workshops and short-courses for graduate students, post-docs and others at Caltech who are hoping to be the instructor of record for a course or interested in course design.
The Caltech Future Faculty and Mentors (CFAM) program, a graduate student-led group offering seminars and discussions on teaching several times each quarter.
Certificates in University Teaching, varying in level of commitment and scope from exploring interest to demonstrating teaching practices.
Credit-bearing, graduate course on University Teaching in STEM (open to postdoc auditors who commit to full participation).

Visit University Teaching for more information!

Our center also offers a number of opportunities to connect to the broader educational community in Pasadena and beyond. PreK-12 outreach support includes:

Coordination and support for teaching and lecturing opportunities in the local community.
Mentoring and tutoring opportunities with local middle and high school students.
Educational outreach office support for development and implementation of hands-on demonstrations and lessons designed for PreK-12 students.
Coordination and support for campus clubs that bring PreK-12 students and families to campus or that visit local PreK-12 schools.
Seminars and workshops for students interested in outreach.
Opportunities to host high school students in labs for summer research.
Consultation on development and implementation of broader impacts components of grant applications.

Visit Outreach for more information!