At MSU, I was an Undergraduate Learning Assistant (ULA) for three semesters. I was a ULA in two of the introductory astronomy courses for astrophysics majors, the first of which was also open to non-majors as an elective. The first course covered the conceptual principles of astronomy. The second course covered the mathematics behind telescopes and exoplanets, and included a laboratory portion where students worked with real astronomical data in Jupyter notebooks.
At Georgia Tech, I've been a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for six semesters. For five semesters, I was a GTA teaching algebra-based mechanics to non-majors. For three of those semesters, I was the Head TA, responsible for managing the other GTAs and UTAs and the course's online discussion forum. I was a Head TA for over 2,500 students, and I was recognized as one of two Online Head TAs of the Year during Georgia Tech's 2023-2024 academic year (first photo below). During the sixth semester, I was a GTA for an introductory astronomy course covering the solar system.
I recently completed the Tech to Teaching program, a certification program aimed at perparing graduate students for future instructional roles in higher education. This program includes foundational coursework on a variety of topics such as learning theory, student motivation and engagement, learner-centered teaching, active learning, course design, and universal design for learning (UDL). The Tech to Teaching program culminated in a teaching capstone where participants serve as a co-instructor or instructor of record for a course and are responsible for teaching at least two lectures. I completed the Tech to Teaching capstone while serving as the GTA for the introductory astronomy course. The photos above highlight my certifcate from the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) for completing the foundational coursework (second photo) and my Tech to Teaching Certificate for completing the capstone (third photo).