Mentoring the mentors: a scalable professional development model for graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate learning assistants in large-enrollment CUREs.

ABSTRACT: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) incorporate authentic research into undergraduate curricula, offering significant benefits in student retention, graduation rates, and pursuit of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. However, graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) and undergraduate learning assistants (ULAs) rarely receive the specific pedagogical training required for CURE instruction. We share an integrated professional development (PD) model for GTAs and ULAs in a large-enrollment CURE that addresses this need. Our model integrates training for both GTAs and ULAs simultaneously into mandatory instructional meetings, providing just-in-time training for upcoming topics and addressing unique CURE facilitation needs. This PD model has been eff

SUBMITTER: Garcia KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12369363 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature