DBBS Graduate Student Mentored Teaching Orientation Workshops January 2026
Please select a workshop cohort to complete all three of your required workshops. You, along with other students who selected the same cohort, will complete all three workshops meeting on dates and times listed below. All workshops will take place via Zoom and the Zoom link will be provided to you.
Cohort A (Meets on Mondays at 3pm)
Monday 1/26@3pm-4:30pm
FiT Workshop: Who’s in Charge? Establishing Authority in the Classroom
Managing a classroom environment can be one of the more intimidating components of teaching, particularly when you are a first-time assistant in instruction (AIs). In this workshop, participants will learn about the factors that shape perceptions of a new instructor’s authority and how that authority can be used to create and maintain an academically rigorous, productive and engaging learning environment.
Monday 2/2@3pm-4:30pm
FiT Workshop: Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions
Participants in this workshop will learn how to anticipate and address the unique challenges that can arise when teaching in review sessions and office hours presents unique challenges. Topics include designing an effective structure for review sessions and office hours, helping students learn to think and to work independently, and responding appropriately to the variety of student questions that may arise.
Monday 2/9@3pm-4:30pm
FiT Workshop: Grading & Responding to Students’ Concerns about Grades
In this workshop, participants will learn how to grade effectively, efficiently and fairly, as well as how to communicate with students about grades.
Cohort B (Meets on Tuesday at 10am)
Tuesday 1/27@10am-11:30am
FiT Workshop: Grading & Responding to Students’ Concerns about Grades
In this workshop, participants will learn how to grade effectively, efficiently and fairly, as well as how to communicate with students about grades.
Tuesday 2/3@10am-11:30am
FiT Workshop: Who’s in Charge? Establishing Authority in the Classroom
Managing a classroom environment can be one of the more intimidating components of teaching, particularly when you are a first-time assistant in instruction (AIs). In this workshop, participants will learn about the factors that shape perceptions of a new instructor’s authority and how that authority can be used to create and maintain an academically rigorous, productive and engaging learning environment.
Tuesday 2/10@10am-11:30am
FiT Workshop: Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions
Participants in this workshop will learn how to anticipate and address the unique challenges that can arise when teaching in review sessions and office hours presents unique challenges. Topics include designing an effective structure for review sessions and office hours, helping students learn to think and to work independently, and responding appropriately to the variety of student questions that may arise.
Cohort C (Meets on Thursday at 9am)
Thursday 1/29@9am-10:30am
FiT Workshop: Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions
Participants in this workshop will learn how to anticipate and address the unique challenges that can arise when teaching in review sessions and office hours presents unique challenges. Topics include designing an effective structure for review sessions and office hours, helping students learn to think and to work independently, and responding appropriately to the variety of student questions that may arise.
Thursday 2/5@9am-10:30am
FiT Workshop: Grading & Responding to Students’ Concerns about Grades
In this workshop, participants will learn how to grade effectively, efficiently and fairly, as well as how to communicate with students about grades.
Thursday 2/12@9am-10:30am
FiT Workshop: Who’s in Charge? Establishing Authority in the Classroom
Managing a classroom environment can be one of the more intimidating components of teaching, particularly when you are a first-time assistant in instruction (AIs). In this workshop, participants will learn about the factors that shape perceptions of a new instructor’s authority and how that authority can be used to create and maintain an academically rigorous, productive and engaging learning environment.