University Teaching Foundations: This workshop counts towards the University Teaching Foundations program under the category of Grading and Feedback (GRFD).
This workshop will teach you how to implement effective grading strategies that improve student learning and increase efficiency. You will learn to develop and use a rubric to assess and give feedback on your students' work.
Whether you are a new teaching assistant (TA) or have been TAing for many semesters, you've probably experienced some challenges along the way. Join us for an opportunity to share your classroom obstacles and challenges with your fellow teaching assistants. As a group, we will come up with solutions ("Band-Aids") to your TA challenges ("Scrapes"). If you are not currently TAing, please still feel free to attend and share your expertise and experiences with the group.
Join us for our online Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) journal clubs, where we discuss a recent teaching publication. If you missed previous meetings, do not worry! We will send an email with the paper in advance and it will also be posted on the Eventbrite page once available. Please read the paper and bring any questions, comments or critiques with you.
This workshop will explore topics such as how to effectively engage learners in discussion, encourage equal participation, deal with conflict and disagreement, and establish criteria for assessing participation in class discussions.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop successful participants should be able to: