For Graduate Students

Are you a PhD student who wants to learn about teaching,
build your communication skills, or think about your future as a teacher-scholar?
The Bok Center is here to help you succeed. Start Here

Are you a PhD student preparing to teach this year? Do you want to get ready for your role as a Teaching Fellow? At the Bok Center, we believe that teaching is central to your professional development, and are excited to help you prepare for this important chapter of your career.

Fall Teaching Conference

We hold a Fall Teaching Conference in August and a Winter Teaching Week in January to help all Teaching Fellows get ready for the term ahead. Our pre-semester conferences are a great way to get new ideas and learn about opportunities to engage with us in more depth.

Bok Seminars

Bok Seminars offer GSAS PhD students the opportunity to explore an area of interest in teaching and learning over multiple sessions. Seminars vary in length and intensity based on their focus areas and goals.

GSAS PhD students who are passionate about teaching and want to take a full menu of Bok Seminars over time, seek feedback on their teaching, and develop a teaching portfolio may consider one of the Bok Center's Teaching Certificates.

Professional Communication Program for International Teachers and Scholars

We offer international graduate students, TFs and scholars the opportunity to develop their speaking, teaching and cultural skills for the Harvard environment.

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Class/Video Observations

The Bok Center offers both classroom observation and video consultation services for graduate students who want to learn more about teaching and to become more reflective about their own classroom practice.

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Feedback

The Bok Center encourages all instructors to solicit feedback from their students early and often. With the Bok Center's help, you can find out how your students are faring while there's still time to make adjustments.

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Individual Consultations

Bok staff are happy to meet to talk through specific issues of interest to individual teachers, including topics related to classroom practice, communication skills and how teaching factors into the job market.

We offer workshops on topics in teaching, learning, communication, and professional development. We host workshops at the Bok Center, and you may request tailored workshops for your department or course.

Teaching Matters

What can you learn from teaching? Why should you engage with the Bok Center? Explore our Teaching Matters gallery to hear insights from PhD students about what they’ve learned from teaching and their work with the Bok Center.

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Join Our Team

With over two dozen staff and more than one hundred undergraduate and graduate student fellows, the Bok Center is building a community of people dedicated to enhancing teaching and learning at Harvard. Don't miss your opportunity to find out how you can contribute to our mission!

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Graduate Student News

Teaching Matters

Hear reflections on the value of the Bok Center, and of teaching, in our Teaching Matters gallery.

We are here for PhD students!

MEET WITH US about the best ways to use our programs and resources, depending on your teaching and professional development goals.

Hit the Ground Running

Explore our Hit the Ground Running resource site, which includes self-study modules on the fundamentals of teaching, engaged communication, equitable and inclusive teaching, and more.