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August 2022
Course Development Institute for Graduate Students (online)
Are you teaching a course for the first time as an instructor of record? Have you taught before and want to revise or refresh the content? This workshop will use Backward Course Design to assist instructors on developing a syllabus, model lesson planning, creating learning objectives, ideas for student-centered engagement, and how to evaluate students' learning outcomes. Bring your own course materials for discussion, revising, and sharing. Individual students or small groups of students working on the same course are…
Find out more »Survive and Thrive! A New TA Institute (in-person)
Survive and Thrive! As a graduate student, being assigned a Teaching Assistant role for the first time--or with an expanded set of TA responsibilities--can feel daunting. This 4-hour institute provides graduate students with functional skills central to their success in their TA roles. Sessions and workshops during this institute are designed to increase TAs' confidence interacting with students, anticipatingĀ challenges and planning potential solutions, and effectively supporting studentsĀ in their TA roles. Sessions include: Building Rapport, Building Confidence, Knowing Your Students: Supporting…
Find out more »Ethics in the Classroom (online)
The intent of this workshop is to provide graduate student TA's guidance and practical approaches to maintain integrity in their teaching practices, identify and address their own implicit biases, and key aspects of FERPA. The workshop will be interactive and use case studies as opportunities to discuss real world situations that instructors and TA's face in the classroom. Facilitated by Dean Barbour, The Graduate School. REGISTER
Find out more »Preparing for the Academic Job Market – Workshop Series (online)
This workshop series will provide participants with strategies for effective academic job searches and generating effective application materials. The sessions will include opportunities for self-reflection, analysis of example application materials, and opportunities to create/improve one's own applications. Participation will include short pre-assignments and interactive synchronous sessions. August 24, 4-5pm Introduction to Academic Job Searching August 31, 4-5pm CVs and Cover Letters September 7, 4-5pm Teaching Statements September 14, 4-5pm Research Statements and Diversity Statements September 21, 3-5pm Panel Discussion with…
Find out more »Preparing for the Academic Job Market – Workshop Series (online)
This workshop series will provide participants with strategies for effective academic job searches and generating effective application materials. The sessions will include opportunities for self-reflection, analysis of example application materials, and opportunities to create/improve one's own applications. Participation will include short pre-assignments and interactive synchronous sessions. August 24, 4-5pm Introduction to Academic Job Searching August 31, 4-5pm CVs and Cover Letters September 7, 4-5pm Teaching Statements September 14, 4-5pm Research Statements and Diversity Statements September 21, 3-5pm Panel Discussion with…
Find out more »September 2022
Preparing for the Academic Job Market – Workshop Series (online)
This workshop series will provide participants with strategies for effective academic job searches and generating effective application materials. The sessions will include opportunities for self-reflection, analysis of example application materials, and opportunities to create/improve one's own applications. Participation will include short pre-assignments and interactive synchronous sessions. August 24, 4-5pm Introduction to Academic Job Searching August 31, 4-5pm CVs and Cover Letters September 7, 4-5pm Teaching Statements September 14, 4-5pm Research Statements and Diversity Statements September 21, 3-5pm Panel Discussion with…
Find out more »Preparing for the Academic Job Market – Workshop Series (online)
This workshop series will provide participants with strategies for effective academic job searches and generating effective application materials. The sessions will include opportunities for self-reflection, analysis of example application materials, and opportunities to create/improve one's own applications. Participation will include short pre-assignments and interactive synchronous sessions. August 24, 4-5pm Introduction to Academic Job Searching August 31, 4-5pm CVs and Cover Letters September 7, 4-5pm Teaching Statements September 14, 4-5pm Research Statements and Diversity Statements September 21, 3-5pm Panel Discussion with…
Find out more »Preparing for the Academic Job Market – Workshop Series (online)
This workshop series will provide participants with strategies for effective academic job searches and generating effective application materials. The sessions will include opportunities for self-reflection, analysis of example application materials, and opportunities to create/improve one's own applications. Participation will include short pre-assignments and interactive synchronous sessions. August 24, 4-5pm Introduction to Academic Job Searching August 31, 4-5pm CVs and Cover Letters September 7, 4-5pm Teaching Statements September 14, 4-5pm Research Statements and Diversity Statements September 21, 3-5pm Panel Discussion with…
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