RSVP now for our future Spring Quarter TA Training Workshops. Workshops meet in Powell 285.. Enter only through the main library entrance to access the room.
How Students Learn—Wednesday, April 18, 12:30–2:00 p.m. in Powell 285
This workshop gives an overview of how students learn and teaching
techniques that will help your students achieve their goals. Examine why
material you’ve learned has stuck with you and the best ways to help
your students hold onto the content you teach. We will discuss the
merits of student-centered instruction and when to use it in your
classrooms. Our focus will be on practical application.
Improved Communication for the Multicultural Classroom—Thursday, April 19, 4:00–5:30 p.m. in Powell 285
Want to effectively communicate with the students in your class? Want
to be more inclusive of students from diverse cultural backgrounds when
you teach? Come to this workshop to learn intercultural communication
skills and pedagogical tools for teaching in a multicultural classroom.
Through this workshop you will learn how to identify your own
communication style, develop an understanding of how dimensions of
culture can impact interactions between you and your students, and build
skills for approaching intercultural interactions in an academic
setting effectively and appropriately. As a participant in this
workshop, you will consider real life examples to help you become a more
effective teaching assistant.
Teaching Humanities & Social Sciences Writing—Tuesday, April 24, 4:00–5:30 p.m. in Powell 285
TAs are often expected to assign and evaluate student writing. This
session will prepare TAs to help students navigate the writing process.
Participants will learn methods to help clarify writing assignments and
teach students how to articulate their ideas most effectively. Topics
will include how to build to a long writing project with shorter
assignments, maintaining student-centered writing instructions, and
dealing with plagiarism.
Active Learning Strategies for STEM Discussion Sections—Wednesday, April 25, 12:30–2:00 p.m. in Powell 285
Discussion sections are often the most rewarding part of a class. Yet,
as moderators of these discussions, TAs are often terrified that they
will be staring at blank faces for an hour. Participants will take home
strategies for eliciting participation from reluctant students,
developing procedures for stimulating thoughtful discussion, and keeping
discussions going beyond the classroom.
Stress & Anxiety Toolkit—Tuesday, May 15, 12:30–1:45 p.m. in Powell 285
Need a break from the pressures of Week 8? Join mindfulness expert Dr.
Allyson Pimentel and arts-facilitator Elisabeth Nails (MoveWell) for a
workshop to gain a “kit” of simple strategies to ease stress and
anxiety. Use these tools for self-care and to incorporate them into your
sections as a TA. Learn somatic, mindful and arts-based methodologies,
as well as how to stay grounded, better tolerate discomfort, and
cultivate focus. Healthy snacks will be provided.
Assessment & Grading: Measuring Student Achievement in the Classroom—Wednesday, May 16, 12:30–2:00 p.m. in Powell 285
How much are your students actually learning in your classroom? In this
workshop, we will discuss various assessment techniques to help you
evaluate student growth. You will learn to identify appropriate ways to
evaluate student knowledge and develop a system for gauging your own
effectiveness in the classroom. Additionally, we will identify and
generate solutions to potential problems that can arise when
grade-norming with other instructors.
Creating Inclusive Classrooms—Tuesday, May 22, 4:00–5:30 p.m. in Powell 285
This workshop will cover relevant research from psychology and education
that addresses strategies to proactively set norms supportive of an
inclusive classroom, and to respond to moments of friction in class. The
focus of this training is intentionally broad: it will touch on
inclusive pedagogical practices with respect to race/ethnicity,
language, gender, religion, ideology, ability, nationality, etc.
Instructors will be explicitly encouraged to reflect on how these
inclusive practices can be applied inside and outside of their classes.
All of our workshops are held in small-group settings, with hands-on activities and lots of time for questions and discussion.
Please join us for Starting the Teaching Portfolio on Tuesday, 4/10 at 4:30 p.m. and for the rest of our Spring Quarter Workshops. We look forward to working with you!
Sincerely,
Jennifer MacGregor
tatp@oid.ucla.edu
TA Conference Coordinator
TA Training Program, UCLA Office of Instructional Development
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