The course “Coaching Students” enhances Student Teaching Assistants and other participants in their roles as coaches, acquiring basic knowledge about coaching methodology and the mindset of a coach. The course focuses on participants who are coaching teams or individuals, where nondirective support plays an important role.

This advanced, practice-based course prepares experienced student coaches to take on the role of coaching trainers. Participants lead existing workshops, offer 1:1 coaching to students, and design a training for an ETH internal client. The course includes intensive mentoring, peer feedback, and a final reflection report.

The course “Didactic Basics for Student Teaching Assistants” enhance Student Teaching Assistants (Student TAs) to develop knowledge, capability and confidence to effectively plan and teach courses and exercises. Participants get trained to think critically about students’ learning and create learning situations in which students are actively engaged.

Do you want to design and lead workshops that keep participants curious, active, and motivated? This course gives you the practical tools and confidence to plan, facilitate, and debrief engaging learning experiences in any context. You will learn how to structure sessions, guide group processes, and create an atmosphere where learning comes alive.

This course imparts a variety of teaching skills which will help Teaching Assistants with their teaching tasks.

This is an online course that participants can work through at their own pace. The course is in English and takes about 6 hours to complete. Participants who successfully complete the quiz in the course will receive a verification of completion.