Please note: Positions involving only grading, proctoring, and/or office hours do not fulfill this requirement. Teaching experience must include the range of responsibilities associated with college-level instruction. These typically include planning for instruction; consistent and direct contact with students in a classroom, studio, or lab on a weekly basis; and responsibility for assigning a final grade to students in a course or section. Teaching experience may be in-person or remote, provided that it still includes this range of responsibilities.

Graduate students who cannot complete a second term of teaching as a GSI, for whatever reason, may petition the U-M Graduate Teacher Certificate Working Group ([email protected]) to complete BOTH requirements B1 AND B2 in lieu of a second term of teaching, or to complete a second mentorship (requirement D) in lieu of a second term of teaching.

If you were a GSI for the same course in two different semesters, you must submit separate documentation for each GSI appointment. You may submit documentation for GSI appointments completed before participating in this program.

Please note: Participation in the U-M Graduate Teacher Certificate Program does NOT guarantee participants a GSI appointment. To locate and apply for a GSI position, contact the GSI Coordinator for the department(s) in which you would like to teach or visit the University of Michigan Academic Human Resources web site to review GSI job postings. Please note that individual departments coordinate hiring for GSI positions. CRLT does not oversee or coordinate GSI appointments.

1. Submit documentation describing the teaching responsibilities for your GSI appointment on the My Dashboard page. Include the correct uniqname for the appropriate course/GSI supervisor.
2. An automatically generated email is then sent to the course supervisor, requesting verification.
3. Via a secure website link, the course supervisor verifies your documentation. Course supervisors do NOT evaluate your teaching. Nor will their responses be shared with individual departments for use in GSI hiring decisions or departmental teaching evaluations.
4. Participants are responsible for securing verification from faculty. Please expect a time lag of at least two weeks for receipt of faculty verification and an additional time lag for CRLT staff to update the status of your submission after receiving faculty verification. If you have questions about or problems requesting faculty verification, please send an email to [email protected].

To qualify for the C2 requirement, consultations must involve reflection on student feedback or your interactions with students. As a result, it should include discussion of one of the following: discussion of results of Midterm Student Feedback (MSF) or end-of-term student evaluations, or debriefing of a classroom observation that includes a focus on student engagement (i.e., going beyond a focus on course content and considering instructional practice and interactions with or among students; see this list of discussion prompts to consider when debriefing an observation). MSFs and observations require classroom visits by a consultant. However, if you are not currently teaching and are not expecting a GSI appointment in the future, you may request a consultation regarding your student evaluations from a previous GSI appointment (see instructions below for obtaining reports on student evaluations). To select the consultation type that is best for you, refer to the resources and support section below.

1. If you completed your consultation with a CRLT consultant, the consultant will confirm the consultation, and you do not need to submit any further documentation. CRLT consultants will not share their responses for use in GSI hiring decisions or departmental teaching evaluations.
2. For consultations with someone in your department (e.g., a GSM, course supervisor, or other faculty member), submit form C2 on the My Dashboard page describing the consultation. Include the correct uniqname for the consultant with whom you worked.
3. An automatically generated email is then sent to the consultant requesting verification.
4. Via a secure website link, the departmental consultant verifies your documentation. Consultants are not asked to evaluate your teaching for the GTC or to divulge confidential consultation contents.
5. Participants are responsible for securing verification from departmental consultants. Please expect a time lag of at least two weeks for receipt of departmental consultant verification and an additional time lag for CRLT staff to update the status of your submission after receiving verification. If you have questions about or problems requesting faculty or consultant verification, please send an email to [email protected].