Graduate College Training Topics
What topics are Reviewed by the Graduate College in Graduate Assistant (GA) Training?
Reviewing Graduate College resources that will be helpful to GAs
- An overview of the Graduate College, services, and communication channels
- Graduate education at WMU
Providing an introduction to their role as a GA at WMU
- The three types of GAs and their related duties: Teaching Assistant (TA), Research Discovery (RD), Research Application/Service (RA)
- Dual role as both a student and an employee
- Overview of the additional required supplemental training including: Graduate Student Online Orientation, GA Training booklets, Sexual Assault Prevention-Graduate Online Module. Please note additional training is offered for TAs by the Office of Faculty Development and for RDs by the Office of Research and Innovation.
- GA pay information, forms and deadlines
Helping to familiarize GAs with the policies and procedures they may encounter and sharing some of our best practices
- WMU values of diversity and inclusion, notice of non-discrimination
- Campus safety and security, WMU alert system, emergency management and procedures
- Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Securing information and data with the IT data security recommendations
Introducing GAs to additional training resources and campus services
- Graduate Opportunities for Learning and Development (G.O.L.D.), Individual Development Plan
- Brief overview of services across that campus that are there to support GAs not only in their role but also as they work with others on campus
- Graduate Student Association and the more than 50 grad student-oriented Registered Student Organizations
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