Welcome

to the 1998 workshop for graduate students

about to teach for the first time at Princeton. Teaching

undergraduates is a serious responsibility, but it is also

a unique opportunity to learn more about your own field

and to enjoy a new aspect of campus life. Teaching well

will require your time; it will also offer you wonderful and

rewarding experiences. We hope to help you maximize

the positive by providing some direction, suggestions, and a

few caveats to get you off to a good start.


The ideas and materials

used in this program have been

developed over the last seven years by faculty members,

administrators, and graduate students at Princeton. The AI

Handbook which will be distributed at the first

session is full of important information that you will

need throughout your teaching. The included case studies have

all been written by AIs who were in your teaching situation

not too long ago. Their experiences beginning to teach

at Princeton give you the benefit of what they learned

the hard way. We know this won't make teaching a "piece

of cake," but we hope it will make the endeavor more

productive for you and or your students.


You will notice

on the schedule that we have

"New Registration" each morning. That applies to

those participants who are attending the program for

the first time. You register only once throughout the

course of the program. But you will need to pick up

a name tag each morning.


So - welcome again.

We're pleased you've joined us and

we look forward to working with you this week and all

year long. We hope you find the program worthwhile, and

that you have a good time as well!

Good luck!