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Teaching Fellowships
The GSAS guarantees teaching fellowships for two years of graduate study equal to the current living stipend. Students must teach two sections, or fifths (fraction of the University rate for a full-time non-tenure-track teaching position: calculated at no more than 20 hours per week [1/5th equals approximately 8 to 10 hours), per semester to satisfy this guarantee. Each 1/5th generally corresponds to teaching one section of a lecture course. The scope of responsibilities required of TFs and Head TFs are described in the provisional letter of appointment issued before the start date of the semester of teaching. All teaching appointments are provisional based on allocations made by the Office of Undergraduate Education.
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As a preliminary to teaching, all G-3 graduate students are required to attend the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning’s Fall Conference Week, usually held in the five days of the last week of August (https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/fall-teaching-conference-winter-teaching-week). The Derek Bok Center also welcomes students who have already had experience in the classroom for this end of summer orientation (repeated in Winter session) or for seminars and thematic workshops on various aspects of teaching, including teaching difficult topics, equitable and inclusive teaching, academic integrity, and understanding Title IX and professional conduct as a teaching fellow. There are also seminars designed specifically for international TFs. In addition to these opportunities, the Derek Bok Center offers a number of online resources (https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/ online - resources ) addressing the full spectrum of pedagogy from course design to classroom teaching, techniques of advising and mentoring, and how to process feedback constructively.
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Sections/Tutorials and Room Scheduling
Classrooms for sections and tutorials are reserved via Roombook (https://roombook.fas.harvard.edu/) and overseen by the Graduate Coordinator. Phantom sectioning cannot be done; rooms for sections can only be reserved for TFs that have been appointed at that time. The staff member designated for room scheduling will be in touch will all appointed TFs and Head TFs, in particular.
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