Welcome to the Registration Site for the Graduate Student Mentored Teaching Orientation 2026

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This will help us share information about completion of the various components of MTE Training with your department/program.

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Year in Graduate Program*

If you will be an AI for a different department or program, please provide details below:

We will use this information to try to group you with other graduate students teaching in similar courses.

Experience and Concerns

First-time Assistants in Instruction at WashU often have questions and concerns about their new role. We would like to know your specific concern or question you have regarding your first teaching experience at WashU.

What is a specific concern you have about your first teaching experience here at WashU?*

Please elaborate on any of your choices above and/or a new topic.

Please share a bit about any previous teaching experience by checking all of the responsibilities you have had:*

Led discussion/small group sections
Helped with grading
Held office hours
Guest-lectured
Taught a whole course
No previous teaching experience
Other (please specify below)

If you select other, you will be able to share your experience below.

Other teaching experience*

Please share your other role/responsibility in a previous teaching experience

Teaching Orientation Requirements

There are three components to your CTL training--1) Familiarizing yourself with common concerns and policies (Canvas Course); 2) Completing 3 Foundations in Teaching Workshops; and 3) Learning from experienced graduate student AIs. This event will take place in Late Spring and more information will be shared in the coming months.

1) Canvas Course Completion Requirement

Information about the Orientation Canvas Course*

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In early January you will receive access to the Graduate Student Mentored Teaching Orientation Canvas course. You are expected to complete all sections of the course by the first day of classes. The course features modules where you will reflect on classroom instruction after viewing and reading resources and guidance that will help you with some of the most common challenges involved in teaching and supporting students. Please check the box above to acknowledge this information about completing the Canvas course.

2) Workshop Requirement

Please select a workshop cohort to complete all three of your required workshops. You can view the schedule here: https://ctl.wustl.edu/graduate-student-teaching-orientation-workshops-2026 or see the schedule below. You, along with other students who selected the same cohort, will complete all three workshops on dates and times listed in the schedule. All workshops will take place via Zoom and the Zoom link will be provided to you.

Please select at cohort Foundations in Teaching workshop you will attend (All workshops will take place via Zoom on the day and time indicated):*

Cohort A (Meets on Mondays at 3pm)
Cohort B (Meets on Tuesday at 10am)
Cohort C (Meets on Thursday at 9am)

Workshop Schedule

Cohort A Workshops Meets on Mondays at 3pm: 1. FiT Workshop: Who’s in Charge? Establishing Authority in the Classroom at Monday 1/26@3pm-4:30pm 2. FiT Workshop: Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions at Monday 2/2@3pm-4:30pm 3. FiT Workshop: Grading & Responding to Students’ Concerns about Grades at Monday 2/9@3pm-4:30pm ||Cohort B Workshops Meets on Tuesday at 10am: 1. FiT Workshop: Grading & Responding to Students’ Concerns about Grades at Tuesday 1/27@10am-11:30am 2. FiT Workshop: Who’s in Charge? Establishing Authority in the Classroom at Tuesday 2/3@10am-11:30am 3. FiT Workshop: Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions at Tuesday 2/10@10am-11:30am ||Cohort C Workshops Meets on Thursday at 9am: 1. FiT Workshop: Teaching in Office Hours and Review Sessions at Thursday 1/29@9am-10:30am 2. FiT Workshop: Grading & Responding to Students’ Concerns about Grades at Thursday 2/5@9am-10:30am 3. FiT Workshop: Who’s in Charge? Establishing Authority in the Classroom at Thursday 2/12@9am-10:30am

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DBBS Graduate Student Mentored Teaching Orientation January 2026

Experience and Concerns

Teaching Orientation Requirements

1) Canvas Course Completion Requirement

2) Workshop Requirement

Workshop Schedule