Teaching Assistant Orientation Agenda
19 August 2008, 8am-4pm
Location: COB 105 and various others
Sponsored by the Center for Research in Teaching Excellence
Location: COB 105 and various others
Sponsored by the Center for Research in Teaching Excellence
Agenda
| 8:00–8:15am | Reception (coffee and pastry) |
| 8:15-8:30am | Provost Keith Alley - Welcome |
| 8:30-8:45am | Introductions with overview of the day’s agenda |
| 8:45-9:30am | Teaching diverse students |
| 9:30-10:15am | Preparing for the First Day of Classes. Breakout sessions by discipline: humanities, social sciences, sciences to prepare lesson plan for first day of classes [CRTE staff should participate to ensure goals/outcomes design] |
| 10:15-10:45am | Review within each breakout session at least one lesson plan with subsequent group discussion/analysis |
| 10:45-11:00am | BREAK |
| 11:00-11:15am | Library Presentations - Sara Davidson |
| 11:15-11:45am | Union representatives - Meaghan Chadwick and Lucia Vazquez |
| 11:45am -12:00 | Contracts and preview of concurrent sessions in afternoon |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:30pm | Interactive panel discussion of academic dishonesty |
| 1:30-2:00pm |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS A1. Dealing with disruptive students and ensuring community/ COB 113 A2. Conducting discussion sections (for TAs in NS and SofE)/COB 116 |
| 2:05-2:45pm | B1. Using grading rubrics to guide student learning/COB 113 B2. Conducting discussion sections (for TAs in SSHA)/COB 116 B3. Organizing group-work sessions (for TAs in NS and SofE) COB 105 |
| 2:50-3:20pm | C1. Dealing with disruptive students and ensuring community/COB 113 C2. Using e-portfolios for course, professional, and evaluation purposes/COB 116 C3. Referring students to the right academic-support services (tutoring, mentoring, counseling, learning disabilities, public safety, etc.)/COB 105 |
| 3:25-4:00pm |
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