Tuesdays, 11am – 12pm starting January 26

As a TA, it can be challenging to balance the immediate needs of teaching with your own development as an effective instructor, especially when teaching in a remote course. This interdisciplinary learning community of TAs will help you develop an effective, inclusive remote classroom as well as navigate teaching challenges as they emerge throughout the semester.

So if you are teaching this semester, please consider joining! If not, please share this opportunity with your TA colleagues.

MORE COURSES

Applying Active Learning: Using Writing to Teach in Any Discipline
Tuesdays, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, starting January 26
Learn how to use writing to promote students’ active learning, while maximizing your own time, in any disciplinary or course context. Only a few spots remaining until the waitlist! ΔΔ

Teaching in Science and Engineering: The College Classroom
Wednesdays, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, starting January 27
Develop foundational knowledge of evidence-based pedagogical practices, explore how excellence and diversity are intertwined, and practice new teaching approaches in a supportive environment. ΔΔ

Basics of Online Learning and Teaching
Occasionally meets Mondays, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, starting January 25
Build your own online course in this blended 10-week course that walks students through online course development in a mix of synchronous sessions and asynchronous activities. ΔΔ

Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Asynchronous 10-week course, starting January 25
An 8-week open, online, asynchronous short course (MOOC) designed to provide future STEM faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with an introduction to effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them. Δ

Book Club: Black, Brown, Bruised, talking about race and STEM education
Every other Wednesday, 12:00pm – 1:00pm, starting January 27
We invite anyone and everyone to join us for a book club and community conversation around Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation by Dr. Ebony Omotola McGee. Δ

Research Mentor Training
Tuesdays, 2:10PM – 3:00PM, starting January 26
Wednesdays, 9:30AM – 10:30AM, starting January 27
Thursdays, 4:00PM – 5:00PM, starting January 28
Explore strategies to become a more effective, culturally responsive mentor, and discuss mentoring challenges as they arise. Δ

WORKSHOPS

Holding Remote Office Hours That Students Use
Wednesday, January 13, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Learn tips and tricks to address technical challenges, and leave with a plan for how you'll run remote office hours to support student success.

Designing and Facilitating Remote Discussions
Thursday, January 14, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Develop a toolbox to facilitate and structure remote discussions that equitably engage students.

Teaching Inclusively & Equitably from the First Day of Class
Friday, January 15, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Research demonstrates that building a student’s sense of belongingness is key to their academic success. Set expectations — and make a great impression — starting on day one.

See all upcoming Spring 2021 workshops by visiting our events page here.

How to Teach a Good First Day of Class
In this advice guide from The Chronicle, Professor James M. Lang discusses how to get your students excited and ready for your course.

Advising in the Time of COVID
Listen, respect, and care: those are the key tenants of effective advising according to Colleen Flaherty in this piece from Inside Higher Ed.

2021 Winter Professional Development Challenge
From the Graduate School Office of Professional Development
Start the new year with a commitment to professional development! Activities will cover a wide range of topics from career development to wellness. Simply complete at least five activities over the course of the month of January to earn a limited-edition long sleeve shirt from the Graduate School!

Effective Use of the Canvas Gradebook
Offered twice:
Monday, January 11, 2:30pm – 3:00pm 
Wednesday, January 13, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Explore the Canvas Gradebook: sorting and filtering, setting default grades, accessing SpeedGrader, and managing an assignment’s grade posting policy.

Assessing Student Learning in Canvas
Offered twice:
Monday, January 11, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Wednesday, January 13, 10:00am – 11:00am
Going beyond the basics, this course provides a deeper examination of Canvas’s three grading objects: Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions.

Creating Videos for Remote Instruction
Tuesday, January 12, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Learn effective practices for using various software to create an online video.

Check out the many great workshops on remote teaching on the Instructional Continuity website.

Tenure-Track Positions in Aerospace Engineering — University of Arizona
Seeking applicants with experience teaching and mentoring students.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics / Data Science — Columbus State University
Seeking candidates with a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research with the potential to make significant contributions to undergraduate research.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Biology (Conservation Genetics) — University of Tampa
Seeking candidates with personal commitment to quality undergraduate teaching and advising.