Career and Professional Development

CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Mock Interviews

  • Overview

    Join us for Mock Interviews in Fall 2024 via Zoom (Dates TBD).

    The academic track will prepare you for an advanced degree, teaching appointment, or research position. The professional track will prepare you for an agency, organization, or industry career. Whether you plan to advance your education or enter your career field, having excellent interview skills will benefit your process. Interview spots are first-come, first-served, so we highly encourage you to register as soon as possible. All SHSU graduate students, regardless of program or completion track, are invited to participate.

    Please contact us at thegraduateschool@shsu.edu for more information.

  • Interview Tracks

    Academic Track:

    The academic track will prepare you for an advanced degree, teaching appointment, or research position.

    Professional / Industry Track:

    The professional track will prepare you for an internship, agency/organization, or industry career.

  • Interview Schedule

    Dates TBD (To be determined) for Fall 2024.

Teaching Assistant Certification Series (TACS)

  • Overview

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    Your graduate program will be giving you excellent training in your discipline. If you plan to include teaching at some point in your career, it will also be helpful to take some training in pedagogy (the study of teaching methods and student learning). The basic premise of pedagogy training is that teaching should be understood like any other academic enterprise: evidence-based. Ideally, training will allow you to take a step back, evaluate your own preconceptions of teaching, and shape your approach in the classroom based on the best available empirical data on how students actually learn. Workshop topics will vary, but will generally show you how to: manage “challenging” students in the classroom and incorporate pedagogical research into the classroom, and develop a statement of teaching philosophy.

    The Graduate School hosts Teaching Assistant Certification Series (TACS) for any graduate student interested in a future career involving teaching, especially those considering becoming future faculty. This program does not involve additional formal coursework or tuition.

  • Requirements

    The Graduate School hosts Teaching Assistant Certification Series (TACS) for any graduate student interested in a future career involving teaching, especially those considering becoming future faculty. This program does not involve additional formal coursework or tuition.

    To earn the certificate, students must complete the following within one academic year:

    1. Participate in at least 6 of the TACS-approved workshops; the following 4 are mandatory FERPA, Title IX, SHSU Online, and Classroom Management,
    2. Submit a copy of their statement of teaching philosophy by TBD, they will then receive feedback on it and must submit a revised copy electronically to thegraduateschool@shsu.edu 
    3. Have an observation of their teaching and receive formative feedback. To schedule please contact thegraduateschool@shsu.edu 

    *Note that workshops are open to all students as professional development, even if not enrolled in the TACS program.

  • Graduate/Undergraduate Instructor Academy (GUIA)

    More information here: shsu.edu/centers/academic-success-center/GUIA/