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Below are resources for Teaching Assistants (TA), Research Assistants (RA), Graduate Assistants (GA), and Postdocs here at UC. No matter what title you hold, you can visit the Bearcat Promise Career Studio for more guidance and information on professionalism and support to help you succeed in your role. 

For more information regarding how to find an assistantship and the requirements, please visit the Graduate College Graduate Assistantships webpage. Graduate Assistantship openings are often posted in Handshake, the UC student job portal, and shared in GradCurrents, the Graduate College’s weekly newsletter for UC graduate students. 

Bearcats Landing is UC’s employee intranet. It offers online access to critical university information, documents, tools, HR information, and resources. Find quick and convenient access to all the links and tools you need to get your job done.

Graduate students who are also employed by UC (as GAs, student workers, etc.) have access to this intranet. 

Have you ever found content in your course that was difficult to read or you wish came in a different format? Now, you can download alternative formats of instructor content directly from your course: Ally in Canvas for Alternative Fonts.

  • CET&L supports all members of UC’s teaching community including graduate students who are Instructors of Record, Teaching Assistants (TAs), and those who are interested in teaching and may pursue a career in academia. All graduate students are welcome to register and attend any CET&L workshop. The Graduate Student Teaching Resources Canvas site is also available to all graduate students and includes resources relevant to graduate students such as getting started as a TA, infusing Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion into your teaching, and using Canvas. Graduate student TAs and instructors of record also have access to the CET&L’s Bearcats Landing site which includes resources on a variety of teaching related topics.
  • Canvas is UC’s Learning Management System (LMS). Canvas provides an online place to share learning materials, provide assessments such as assignments and quizzes and communicate with students. Whether teaching a fully online, hybrid, or face-to-face course, Canvas is the central location where students access important information and resources for their courses. 

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The FEC provides support and advocacy to develop and retain a diverse faculty who feel professionally and personally enriched and satisfied, and who contribute innovatively to the mission of the university throughout their careers.

Services are available for Teaching Assistants with workshops, technology and space offerings, and more! Check out the Faculty Enrichment Center Bearcats Landing intranet site (UC login required).

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The UC PFF program provides instruction in modern teaching and learning and offers rich mentoring experiences that strengthen these career skills through workshops, reading groups, courses, and more!

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Teaching Effectiveness covers the theory and practice of effective, learning-focused teaching at the college level, including how to establish student learning goals, develop a syllabus, use diverse approaches to teaching and assess student learning. All participants will develop an electronic teaching portfolio.

The University of Cincinnati is pleased to partner with the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) as an Institutional Member to provide professional development resources and support for faculty and graduate students. Please take advantage of the enriching programs NCFDD has to offer.

For more information, create a free NCFDD account.

Access academic assistance for research questions, citation needs and data services. Find resources and expertise for scholarly research. Discover instructional support services for faculty and students.

For more information about these resources and workshops, visit the UC Libraries website.

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) aims to improve the postdoctoral experience by supporting a culture of inclusive connection. At the individual, organizational, and national levels, they facilitate enhanced professional growth, raise awareness, and collaborate with stakeholders in the postdoctoral community.

The UC Department of Internal Medicine has collected resources relevant to postdocs both within the Internal Medicine department and more broadly. Some of the broader resources include the Postdoctoral Association SharePoint, Researcher Tools, and continuing education opportunities. 

This article by a graduate student from Inside Higher Ed discusses the challenges graduate students face in the classroom and walks through incorporating an interdisciplinary approach. 

This article provides guidance for TAs on establishing boundaries and is by Ed Himelblau who wrote The Teaching Assistant’s Guide: Essential Strategies for College Lectures and Labs (2024).

Himelblau also has a website The TA’s Guide which contains quick tips and templates to support TAs’ efforts.

This article for graduate student instructors presents seven pieces of advice intended to better prepare the predoctoral graduate student to assume the role of the professor before assuming the title. By understanding the attitudes of undergraduate students toward graduate instructors, preparing in advance to handle the mistakes that novice teachers often make, and recognizing the correlation between outward confidence and student perceptions of instructor quality, graduate students can derive the most benefit from a stressful and time-consuming assignment. 

This section of the Graduate Assistants Handbook includes best practices for areas such as Time Management, Work/Life Balance, and Managing Conflict.

Every student undertaking research with a faculty mentor wants to be a successful research assistant, but not everyone is aware of how to accomplish this. This PDF contains tips on how to be a successful research assistant based on former students’ research experiences.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee created a Graduate Assistant Handbook which includes recommendations on Managing Conflict and Guidelines for Classroom Conflict Transformation.