GTA Programs

The Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning promotes excellence in all levels of teaching at the University of Central Florida. To that end, we offer several programs for the professional development of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) at UCF. General information about becoming a GTA should be directed to Graduate Studies.

GTA Training

Graduate Studies and the University accrediting body require training before graduate students are permitted to work as Associates (instructors of record), Assistants, or Graders. All three levels of employment require online training, and Associates are further required to attend a single-day training session face to face (held just prior to the start of the first day of class in every semester). Click here to read more information about Associate Training and how to self-register for the online training. You must separately register at the Grad Studies website for the in-person Associate Training. (NID passwords can be learned at the CS&T Web site.) Questions should be addressed to gradgta@mail.ucf.edu.

12-Week GTA Certificate Course

Every semester we offer a voluntary course leading to a GTA Teaching Certificate. Click here for more information about the 12-Week GTA Certificate Course, or to fill out the online registration form.

Faculty Center Workbook

Click Here to view the FCTL workbook CD.

GTA Performance Assessment

UCF requires that the teaching-related performances of all Graduate Teaching Associates (Position Code 9183), Graduate Teaching Assistants (Position Code 9184), and Graduate Teaching Assistant-Graders (Position Code 9187) be assessed at the end of each term that the student serves as a GTA.

Departments and colleges may use any assessment tool available and gather information from any source that they determine to be relevant in order to conduct assessments of GTAs and to supplement the UCF GTA Performance Assessment Form. For example, departments may rely upon classroom visits, other informational observations, student ratings of instruction, other input from students, interviews and discussions with the GTA and other evidences of performance that are available to the department.

The Assessment Form can be accessed on the Graduate Studies website.