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Princeton graduate students have a variety of opportunities to become involved in teaching, reaching beyond the traditional role of a teaching assistant to become creatively and constructively involved in local educational programs.

Princeton Prisons Project
The Princeton Prisons Project organizes volunteers to teach classes to inmates in two prisons: Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, in Yardville, N.J., and Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, in Clinton, N.J. People with master's degrees or PhDs can act as lead instructors, and people with bachelor's degrees, or in exceptional cases upper-level undergraduates, can act as teaching assistants. Individual volunteers generally commit about one evening of work per week, which can be in the form of lecturing, grading, leading a discussion section, or something else. A course is generally taught by 4-6 volunteers, who share the workload.

Petey Greene Prisoner Assistance Program
The Petey Greene Prisoner Assistance Program sends Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students to serve as tutors and teachers at the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Bordentown., N.J.

McGraw Center
The McGraw Center promotes teaching as a process of critical inquiry and serves as a resource for teaching skills and opportunities.

Program in Teacher Preparation
The Program in Teacher Preparation at Princeton is an interdepartmental course of study that prepares students to become certified teachers at the elementary or secondary level.