The Graduate Teacher Program is a division of the Graduate School at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Created in 1984, its mission is to help graduate students and postdocs perform effectively as graduate teaching assistants (TAs) and graduate part-time instructors (GPTIs) in classes, recitations, and labs and to assist them in their professional development as the professoriate of the future and to provide support and guidance for careers in the business, government, and nonprofit sectors.
The University of Colorado at Boulder is one of the few universities in the nation at which graduate students can earn a Certificate in College Teaching. Although this certificate is not officially recognized at the state or national level, graduate students report that it is an asset when pursuing employment in postsecondary institutions.
