Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Service-Learning Program

April 7, 2015

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) in Service-Learning Program Community Service Programs piloted an undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA) for service-learning program in fall 1999. UTAs enroll in EDUC 388 Special Topics in Education and EDCI 498 Special Problems in Teaching for a total of four credits. The program meets three objectives: provide assistance to faculty who integrate service-learning into their teaching; help students explore the art of teaching, especially using service-learning pedagogy; and support students and faculty as partners in connecting service-learning theory and practice.

UTA-SL program web page:

For further information, contact Marie Troppe at mtroppe@accmail.umd.edu