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GTA Programs

The Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning offers several programs for the professional development of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) at UCF. For questions about becoming a GTA, please contact Graduate Studies.

Graduate Teaching Training

  1. GTA Training Webcourse@UCF—Required. Modality: W (Web)
    Modules for Graders (job code 1109), Assistants (job code 1107), and Associates (job code 1106).
  2. GTA Associates (only) In-person Training—Required.  Modality: P (In Person)
  3. GTA Performance Assessment—Required. Modality: Contact Department
  4. Optional—Preparing Tomorrow’s Faculty Program—Modality: P (In Person)

GTA Training in Webcourses@UCF—Required

Modality: W (Web-based)

Graduate Studies and the University’s accrediting body require all Graduate Teachers to complete the GTA Training in Webcourses@UCF before the start of the semester. 

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant-Graders (1109): Complete the FERPA quiz & Grader Module 
  • Graduate Teaching Assistants (1107): Complete the FERPA Quiz, Grader & Assistant Modules
  • Graduate Teaching Associates (1106):  Complete the FERPA Quiz, Grader, Assistant, & Associate Modules

Graduate Studies will contact you about enrolling in training after they receive information from your department that you have been hired as a GTA or grader. 

If you have any questions regarding completion of the GTA Training Webcourse@UCF, please email Grad Assistantship.

GTA Associates (only) Meeting—Required

Modality: P (In Person)

If you are going to be a Graduate Teaching Associate (i.e., Instructor of Record, job code 1106), you need to attend the one-day in-person training.

The only reasons you would NOT need to take the training are if you:

  • Will NOT be a GTA Associate / Instructor of Record for the next semester OR
  • Have already successfully completed the face-to-face training in a previous semester.

There are no exceptions to this training.

Registration for the Graduate Teaching Associates (only) in-person training:  https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dg4s14TdiF3PzTM

Spring 2026 In-Person GTA Training for Graduate Teaching Associates (only): 

  • Date: Friday, January 9
  • Time: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Location: CB1, Room 205 (main campus)

If you have any questions regarding the need to attend the in-person training, please email Grad Assistantship.

GTA Performance Assessment—Required

Modality: Contact Department

UCF requires that the teaching-related performances of all Graduate Teaching Associates (Position Code 9183), Graduate Teaching Assistants (Position Code 9184), and Graduate Teaching Assistant-Graders (Position Code 9187) be assessed at the end of each term that the student serves as a GTA.

Departments and colleges may use any assessment tool available and gather information from any source that they determine to be relevant in order to conduct assessments of GTAs and to supplement the UCF GTA Performance Assessment Form. For example, departments may rely upon classroom visits, other informational observations, student ratings of instruction, other input from students, interviews and discussions with the GTA, and other evidences of performance that are available to the department.

The Assessment Form can be accessed on the Graduate Studies website.

Preparing Tomorrow's Faculty Program (Optional)

Modality: P (In Person)

Each semester we offer a face-to-face, 12-week course that provides a deep dive into learning theory and pedagogical considerations to support student engagement and success. 

Open to all UCF Graduate and postdocs students, this course can replace the GTA Associate Training if completed the semester prior to your appointment.

The Preparing Tomorrow’s Faculty (PTF) course meet weekly as a community of practice.  Participants will work collaboratively to prepare for Graduate Teaching as Instructors of Record. By the end of the semester you will have assembled a first draft of your teaching portfolio and have strategies that will help prepare you for a career in higher education. 

Upon successful completion of the course, the Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning will confer a certificate of completion to be used as part of your professional materials. 

Course modules:

  • Student learning and motivation
  • Integrated course design
  • Teaching pedagogies
  • Assessment and feedback
  • Course climate
  • Career development

PTF Registration Information

The Fall 2025 program is 12 weeks long and will be held on Wednesdays from 1:00-4:00 PM on the main campus (CB1-Room 205).  Registration: https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0vtxQ16nEj7o170

Contact fctl@ucf.edu with any questions.