Teaching an Undergraduate Engineering Class for the First Time

Many international graduate students in engineering departments are hired as teaching assistants to teach a course at the undergraduate level as their first college teaching assignment.Many new educators (international graduate students like me) are often unfamiliar with the specific engineering body of knowledge in an assigned course and the learning style of the students.The international student community usually comes from various engineering disciplines.Making a good first impression and establishing a rapport with the class is of utmost importance.Teaching assistants are faced with various options during their preparation for the course and the whole experience is very rewarding.Limited publications based on direct experiences