My major interests is to continue developing and maintain an effective Teaching Assistant training program for the graduate and undergraduate TA’s within our department. I am also working in conjunction with the Center for Teaching and Learning to expand support for new TAs and improve professional development opportunities for our advanced TAs through creation of the Mentors in Teaching (MinT) Program. MinT currently provides training and resources to Teaching Mentors from over 15 departments on campus. Both programs encourage TAs to learn useful ways to gain feedback from their students, reflect on the effectiveness of their teaching, and discuss successful teaching methods that more actively engage students in the classroom.