{"276801":{"#nid":"276801","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Instructors Wanted for Fall GT1000 Sections","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELynda Byrne volunteers to teach GT1000 because it provides her with an opportunity to interact with students \u2014 something she generally doesn\u2019t get to do as the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering national education program manager.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI have been an instructor for my entire professional career, until recently,\u201d she said. \u201cIn my new position, I work with K-12 educators, university faculty, and corporate sponsors; however, I found more and more that I missed the interaction with students that can only come from being in the classroom. So, last year, I read about GT1000 in The Whistle and applied to be one of the volunteer instructors for fall 2013.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re interested in teaching a section of the GT1000 Freshman Seminar in fall 2014, now is your chance. The Center for Academic Enrichment is currently seeking faculty and staff members to teach.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe one-credit seminar helps new first-year students adjust to college life, learn about their majors and related careers, and introduces them to campus resources. Each section has between 20 and 25 students, and instructors are assisted by students known as \u201cteam leaders,\u201d adds Nirmal Trivedi, director, Academic Transition Programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe welcome people from any department at Georgia Tech, provided they have a minimum of a master\u2019s degree in any field, have been employed at Tech for a year as of this summer, and have the support of their department,\u201d he said. \u201cIf a staff member has a bachelor\u2019s degree, he or she may serve as a co-instructor in a section, provided we can find a primary instructor who has a master\u2019s degree.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStephanie Johnston, executive assistant to the Institute\u2019s president, also taught her first GT1000 class this past fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI volunteered because I wanted to connect with the student community, learn more about Georgia Tech, and feel involved with campus,\u201d she said. \u201cI think watching the students evolve from nervous freshmen to confident college students was the most satisfying part of my experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Academic Enrichment provides the course curriculum, resources, and training, and the time commitment is usually a minimum of two to three hours per week \u2014 an hour of class and one to two hours of administrative work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the summer, the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and the Center for Academic Enrichment hosts a training program for all new and returning instructors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor me, I found being back in the classroom personally satisfying,\u201d Byrne said. \u201cWorking with Dr. Trivedi and others associated with GT1000 was a pleasure. They work hard to make the instructor\u2019s transition into the program as seamless as possible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline to apply is April 18, but applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. For more information, email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gt1000@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETrivedi\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELynda Byrne volunteers to teach GT1000 because it provides her with an opportunity to interact with students \u2014 something she generally doesn\u2019t get to do as the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering national education program manager.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lynda Byrne volunteers to teach GT1000 because it provides her with an opportunity to interact with students \u2014 something she generally doesn\u2019t get to do as the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering national education program manager."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2014-02-17 14:53:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:51","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65623":{"id":"65623","type":"image","title":"GT 1000 Buzz","body":null,"created":"1449176863","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:43","changed":"1475894579","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:59","alt":"GT 1000 Buzz","file":{"fid":"193242","name":"GT1000-Buzz.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT1000-Buzz.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT1000-Buzz.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1762501,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GT1000-Buzz.jpg?itok=MnCkhlud"}}},"media_ids":["65623"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gt1000.gatech.edu\/","title":"GT 1000"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"61661","name":"Center for Academic Enrichment"},{"id":"4366","name":"GT1000"},{"id":"86781","name":"Nirmal Trivedi"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gt1000@%20gatech.edu\u0022\u003ENirmal Trivedi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAcademic Transition Programs\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}