GATA Portfolio Development

Nominees for the Graduate Assistant Teaching Award are invited to attend GATA informational meetings presented by The Ohio State Graduate School and the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning (Drake Institute).

10:30 a.m to noon, Wednesday, Nov. 29  

This event has passed. To access the recording, please contact the Graduate School at grad-schoolfellowship@osu.edu. 

 

Making a Synchronous Consultation Appointment

Drake Institute Consultants are available to assist as you compile your nomination portfolio. 

Sign up here for online consultations 

Appointments will be available between Jan. 23 and Feb. 9, 2024.

Thirty-minute synchronous consultations with Drake staff members will be available via Microsoft Teams. You may sign up for one 30-minute meeting at a time.

If there are absolutely no times left on the schedule that fit your availability or if Teams does not work for you, please send an email to drakeinstitute@osu.edu indicating such. We will work with you to explore if there are other possible options.

Note: If you have specific questions about your nominations, the award selection process, or the portfolio structure (including questions about formatting and letters of recommendation), please contact the Graduate School at Grad-SchoolFellowships@osu.edu.

Due to the large number of nominees, we have worked with the Graduate School to provide a consistent structure for working with you on your portfolio.

 

Preparing For Your Consultation

Teaching Portfolios

Before requesting a consultation, we highly suggest visiting our website on Developing a Teaching Portfolio for guidance on writing specific components of a portfolio. You will find reflection tools, writing tips, and examples from previous GATA winners and other instructors on campus. General information for GATA nominees and teaching statement tips can be found on the Graduate School's webpage.

 

Email Your Drafts/Responses

Prior to consultations, you must email any drafts of portfolio materials 24 hours in advance of your scheduled appointment. In addition, please include your response to the following in the email body or as an attachment.

  1. What changes have you made on this draft?
  2. How well do you think those changes work?
  3. What specific concerns do you still have about these materials?
  4. How much more time and effort are you willing to put in to your materials at this point?

Your appointment confirmation will include a reminder to send in the answers to the above questions.

If you are revising materials from a previous nomination, please include answers to the 4 questions above, along with your previously submitted portfolio and any changes you may have made.

You will be prompted to send your materials to drakeinstitute@osu.edu once your appointment has been scheduled. Please use the subject line “GATA portfolio draft.”

Please note that materials that were not submitted ahead of time will not be read during the consultation. Please send an email with any material drafts and answers to the 4 questions above at least 24 hours before your appointment.

All synchronous consultations will be held via Microsoft Teams. Consult the appointment signup for details. Please be prompt for your appointment.

 

Follow-up Appointments

Once you’ve had an initial appointment with the Drake Institute, we are also able to review redrafts of your materials. You may facilitate this via another synchronous Teams consultation (same rules apply as above) and use the online sign-up system to make another appointment.

Please indicate in the booking notes and/or along with the email containing any drafts stating that this is a follow-up appointment and with whom you consulted previously. These consultations will be limited in length to 30 minutes. Please send in new answers to the 4 questions outlined above with your materials (subject line “GATA portfolio draft") to drakeinstitute@osu.edu