The Graduate Student of Arts and Science administers the Graduate Student Educational Development Program (GSEDP) in partnership with the College of Arts and Science and the Steinhardt School of Education, and in cooperation with the Center for Teaching Excellence. GSEDP is the teaching preparation program for all graduate student teachers in the Faculty of Arts and Science and the School of Education.

The program offers a one-day training event, planned and realized by experienced Graduate Teaching fellows, at the beginning of the fall semester each year for newly appointed graduate students who teach.

The plenary session includes panels and working groups that focus on effective classroom presentation, University regulations on grading and harassment, links between teaching and research, and practical issues related to workload and personal relationships in teaching.  Individual departments will generally organize the departmental meetings for their graduate students and address issues and concerns relevant to
teaching in specific disciplines usually for the day following the GSEDP orientation or within that same week for their graduate students and address issues and concerns relevant to teaching in specific disciplines.

GSEDP addresses the needs of newly appointed international graduate students who teach through special sessions coordinated by the American Language Institute. Click here to read more about it.

Throughout the academic year, and in conjunction with the NYU Center for Teaching Excellence as well as individual graduate programs, the program offers a complete range of resources for graduate student teachers. Classroom observations, videotaping, and individual consultations are available. Seminars and workshops cover such topics as grading, time management, technology and teaching, plagiarism, and the development of teaching portfolios.

For further information, contact (212) 998-8192 or gsas.teaching@nyu.edu.

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