TA Project
Event Description
In this workshop, we will discuss how to manage your time as a Teaching Assistant, as well as how to find a balance your roles as a TA, student, and researcher. We will discuss strategies and tools for both short-term and long-term time management.
This workshop is part of the Improving Your Classroom Skills Certificate Program-- attend and participate in 4 workshops to earn your certificate!
The First Time TA
Event Description
Have you begun teaching a lab, a class, or a recitation section this semester and want to discuss some questions that have come up? This session is designed to explore common teaching moments you might encounter and resources you may need as a first-time TA.
This workshop is part of the Improving Your Classroom Skills Certificate Program-- attend and participate in 4 workshops to earn your certificate!
Hosting Effective Office Hours
Event Description
In this workshop, we will discuss common objectives of office hours and strategies for offering effective office hours that support undergraduate student learning and wellness.
This workshop is part of the Improving Your Classroom Skills Certificate Program-- attend and participate in 4 workshops to earn your certificate!
Managing Your Time as a TA
Event Description
Balancing a teaching load, course work, and research can present many difficulties for grad students. In this workshop, we will discuss strategies for managing your time as a Teaching Assistant among your other responsibilities as a student. The session will identify both short-term and long-term tools for time management.
Preparing Your Diversity Statement for Academic Employment
Event Description
This workshop explores the purposes of a diversity statement for academic employment, reviews pedagogical practices for teaching diverse students, and examines how scholars can talk about diversity in their teaching and research. Armed with this information, participants review and critique sample diversity statements before work-shopping their own ideas and drafts of the diversity statement. Participants should bring any materials related to the diversity statement that they have already prepared.
Preparing Your Teaching Statement
Event Description
This interactive session will help you consider and design your Teaching Philosophy Statement which is an integral component of the job application for faculty positions.
Teaching a Summer Course
Event Description
Summer classes present TAs with different challenges and opportunities, both in person and online. Because these courses have both a compressed time period and longer classes, instructors need to find different ways of presenting their material. This workshop will present ways to teach effectively during the summer, in a traditional classroom and in an online classroom
Dealing with Difficult Topics
Event Description
Difficult Conversations can be challenging to have in classrooms. This presentation will model how to prepare your students for productive discussions. By enacting three strategies - norm setting, historical context, and sense-making, any topic can be discussed in a respectful and productive manner.
Understanding Student Motivation for Learning
Event Description
The goals of this workshop are to introduce models of student motivation for learning and discuss ways to build motivation in the classroom. Taking evidence from research in the field of self-regulation, we will consider how instructors can both help and harm student motivation.
Intermediate Prezi Next
Event Description
This webinar will give an introduction and overview of Prezi’s newest applications: Prezi Video - “lets you interact with your content live as you stream or record (instead of adding it later), for more natural, seamless, and compelling videos.” Prezi Videos can be produced from scratch, or you can, with one-click of your mouse, transport your Prezi Present file into a Prezi Video file. Prezi Design – an editor that “lets anyone make professional-looking charts, reports, maps, Infographics, and more, then share them anywhere in any size.”