Aeronautics and Astronautics
All new TAs must attend the TA conference; current TAs are encouraged to attend as well. TAs should plan to attend the plenary sessions as well as the Teaching and Learning Resource Fair on Sept. 17th. All TA's are encouraged to attend the Special Topics Workshops, as well as the following sessions, but should select those you feel will be of most value to you:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Starting Your Teaching Portfolio
- Teaching Math, Science, and Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Online Tools for Teaching and Learning: Creating a Course Website
New International TAs are required to attend the two Monday afternoon workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Anthropology
Anthropology department Teaching Assistants are expected to attend both opening plenary sessions "Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To," "Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism" and at least five (5) additional sessions of their choosing. Individuals are encouraged to attend additional sessions as they relate to their teaching goals or personal growth.
Some recommended session workshops include:
- Teaching Social Science and Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Creating a Course Website (SimpleSite)
Teaching Assistants are encouraged to attend the Teaching and Learning Resource Fair, and consider whether any of the Special Topics Workshops would be of interest.
Attendees should register for one credit of GRDSCH 615: Teaching Assistant Preparation (section A: SLN 13844) to receive course credit.
New International TAs must attend the required workshops during the Monday afternoon sessions (Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs, and Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs) and should be aware that an Overview of the SPEAK test will take place on Wednesday. SPEAK tests will be offered on Thursday (you must register), please see Requirements for International Graduate Students for more details.
Applied Mathematics
The department encourages you to participate in any sessions that are of interest to you. In the past, new TAs have found that the following sessions complement our departmental TA training:
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
International students are required to attend:
- Introduction to the International TA Program and Teaching at UW (1:15)
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs (2:45)
Aquatic and Fishery Science
The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences expects that students who intend to
teach or might teach during the 2007-2008 academic year to attend the CIDR TA training. The College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences has additional TA training focusing on grading, writing questions, and leading discussions on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, so please do not plan to attend CIDR sessions at this time. We recommend the workshops listed below, but students are encouraged to attend any or all workshops of interest to them.
Please attend:
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
Please attend one of the following sessions, whichever is most relevant:
- Teaching In Lab Settings: First Day And Beyond
- Teaching in Computer Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching in Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
We recommend that you attend at least two of the following sessions:
****Creating a Course Website (SimpleSite)**** highly recommended if you don’t already have these skills.
- Online Discussions and Homework Drop Box (GoPost and Collect It)
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Including all Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Teaching One on One in Office Hours and Study Centers
You are encouraged to attend the Plenary Sessions, the Teaching and Learning Resource Fair, and consider whether any of the Special Topics Workshops are of interest to you.
New International TAs must attend the required workshops during the Monday afternoon sessions (Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs, and Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs).
Attendees should register for one credit of GRDSCH 615: Teaching Assistant Preparation (section A: SLN 13844) to receive course credit.
Art
The School of Art would like to require/recommend the following workshops for its incoming Master of Fine Arts candidates**:
Required:
- Assessing Student Work in the Fine Arts
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Presenting Information Effectively
Recommended:
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Starting Your Teaching Portfolio
- Teaching Your Own Class: First Day and Beyond
** please note that workshop recommendations for Art History MAs and PhDs are listed separately
Art History
Recommended:
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Teaching Social Science & Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Surviving Successfully, One Quarter at a Time
Useful:
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered: The Undergraduate & the Research Assignment
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Working Effectively with Non-Native Speakers (ESL students) in Your
Classroom
- Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor Relationships
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Creating a Course Web site (SimpleSite)
- Starting Your Teaching Portfolio (for those who plan to teach)
Astronomy
Recommended:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours & Study Centers
Atmospheric Sciences
Here are some recommended TA Conference Sessions for Atmospheric Sciences
students:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Starting Your Teaching Portfolio
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours & Study Centers
New International TAs are required to register for and attend:
- Getting To Know UW Students: Overview For International Tas
- Panel Discussions With Experienced International TAs
Bioengineering
The Department of Bioengineering would like TAs to attend the following:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
TAs may choose to attend other sessions of interest to them.
Biology
Biology encourages all new, and any interested continuing graduate students, to attend the TA Conference. We recommend that new students attend the plenary sessions and at least 3 of the following workshops, although attending additional workshops of interest is encouraged.
Recommended:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching Math, Science, And Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: The Undergraduate and the Research Assignment
- Working Effectively with Non-Native Speakers (ESL students) in Your Classroom
- The Teaching and Learning Resources Fair
All new International TAs must also attend:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Center for Quantitative Science
CQS TAs might find the following workshops particularly helpful:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
- Creating a Course Web site
New International TAs are required to register for and attend:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Chemical Engineering
All TAs must attend the following:
- The plenary sessions on Monday and Tuesday morning
- At least five of the optional (concurrent) sessions.
All international TAs must also attend the following sessions on Monday afternoon:
- Introduction to the International TA Program and Teaching at UW (1:15)
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs (2:45)
The following optional sessions are most likely to be helpful:
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Responding to Student Writing
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Balancing Grad School Demands
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- UW Computing Survival Skills
The above are not mandatory, however. Each TA may choose a set of at least five based on previous experience, perceived needs, and special interests.
Chemistry
Chemistry TAs will be involved in a departmental orientation on the
morning of September 17th. You will have the opportunity to
participate in the other core workshops of the conference on Monday
afternoon and throughout the day on Tuesday. Departmental
orientation activities are scheduled for Wednesday morning. More
information about this will be coming to you from the department.
The following topics/workshop sessions are REQUIRED for Chemistry TAs:
- Plenary II: "Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism" --Tuesday, 9:00am
- Presenting Information Effectively --Monday 1:15 • Tuesday 10:45
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours & Study Centers -- Monday 2:45 • Tuesday 1:15
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching -- Monday 1:15 • Tuesday 10:45
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond -- Tuesday 1:15
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond -- Monday 1:15 Tuesday 2:45
All new International TAs must register for and attend the
following workshops on Monday afternoon:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Civil and Environmental Engineering
All Civil and Environmental Engineering Teaching Assistants (new or first-time) are expected to attend the Teaching and Learning Resource Fair and both Plenary sessions. Other workshops listed below are highly recommended.
Monday, Sept. 17
- The Teaching and Learning Resource Fair (8:45-10:45)
- Plenary I: Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward to (9:00-10:15)
Tuesday, Sept. 18
- Plenary II: Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism (9:00-10:30)
Other Workshops that are highly recommended:
(Please select sessions to be held on Monday, Sept. 17 or Tuesday, Sept. 18 to avoid conflict with the CEE New Graduate Student Orientation to be held Wednesday, Sept. 19th.)
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections
- Teaching One-to-one in Office Hours & Study Centers
- Creating a Course Website
- Overview of Web Publishing Tools, Resources and Training at the UW
You are encouraged to register and attend any other workshops that you feel would be beneficial.
New International TA's are required to attend the following Monday afternoon workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TA's (1:15)
- Panel Discussion With Experienced International TA's (2:45)
Recommended for International TA’s:
- Communicating in American English (Tues. 10:45)
Classics
Session recommendations for the TA Conference from the Department of Classics.
All New TAs
- Plenary Session (II): Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To
- Plenary Session (VI): Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Special Topics: Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
- Special Topics: Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor
Relationships
TAs Beyond the First Year
- Plenary Session (VI): Teachings at the UW: Policies and Professionalism
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Starting a Teaching Portfolio
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Teaching Social Sciences and Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Special Topics: Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
- Special Topics: Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor
Relationships
Classics 101/205 and First Year Latin/Greek TAs
- Teaching Your Own Course: First Day and Beyond
- Creating a Course Website
- Special Topics: Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
- Special Topics: Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor
Relationships
Classics 210 TAs
- Teaching Social Science and Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Planning and Facilitating Discussion
- Special Topics: Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor
Relationships
TAs Teaching upper-level courses in translation (other than 210)
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
Communication
The Department of Communication requires Teaching Assistants beginning their first three quarters of instruction at the UW to participate in the annual Graduate School / CIDR TA Conference.
In addition to the two plenary sessions on Monday & Tuesday, September 17 & 18, 9:00-10:15 a.m., all TA’s should attend the following workshops:
- Teaching Social Science & Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
OR
Teaching Your Own Class: First Day and Beyond (for COM 270 TAs)
- Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Presenting Information Effectively (COM 270 TAs must attend this workshop)
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
OR
Planning and Facilitating Discussions
International TAs must register for and attend the two required sessions on Monday afternoon. Please note the workshop on Communicating in American English is optional for all new ITAs.
TAs may also elect to attend additional workshops of interest, such as:
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Surviving Successfully, One Quarter at a Time
- Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor Relationships
- Who We Are Matters: A Lunchtime Conversation with Experienced Minority TAs
Computer Science and Engineering
For the Computer Science and Engineering TAs, the following workshops are
recommended:
- Teaching Math, Science, and Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and
Beyond.
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets.
- Presenting Information Effectively.
- Teaching Fellow Graduate Students.
- Balancing Graduate School Demands.
International TAs should register for and attend the two ITA sessions on Monday afternoon.
Dance
Dance Program Teaching Assistants are expected to attend both plenary sessions:
- Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To
- Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism
We would also like you to attend additional sessions as they relate to your teaching goals and personal growth.
The following workshops are Highly Recommended:
- Balacing Graduate School Demands
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Special Topics: Understanding the “Student” in Student-Athlete (Useful for all Dance 101 instructors)
- Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Disability as Diversity in the Classroom
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
Suggested:
- Special Topic: Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered: The Undergraduate & the Research Assignment
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Creating a Course Website (SimpleSite)
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Special Topics: Been There, Done That? Adjusting to Re-entering Academe
- Introduction to Digital Audio & Video
Drama
For Drama 101 TAs:
The following plenaries, workshops, and special sessions are Strongly Recommended for incoming TAs.
Please note that you have special needs and different experiences
to draw on. You should take advantage
of the topics you feel are most important to your teaching effectiveness and graduate life. Most of the
recommended workshops are repeated on different days so you can take them at different times.
- The Two Plenary Sessions "Teaching at the UW" on Monday and Tuesday at 9AM.
- Activities to Engage your Students in Learning
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Assessing Student Work in the Fine Arts
- Special Topics: De-centering Your Classroom
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Special Session (Tuesday Lunch) Who We Are Matters, Conversation with Experienced Minority TAs
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
If you are interested:
- Special Topics: Working Effectively with Non Native Speakers
- Disability
as Diversity in the Classroom.
Choose 1 or 2 among the Technology workshops such as:
- Before you Build: Planning a Website
- Overview of Web Publishing Tools, Resources and Training at UW
- Creating a Course Website
- Introduction to Digital Audio and Video
- Online Discussions
Choose 1 concerned with Graduate life for example:
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Special Topic Workshop: Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
- Special Topic Workshop: Building Community Around Your Teaching Within Your Department and Across Campus
For Drama 211 TAs:
- Assessing Student Work in the Fine Arts
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Responding to Student Writing
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
For Drama 212 TAs (in order of relevance):
- Assessing Student Work in the Fine Arts
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
For Drama 251 TAs:
- Assessing Student Work in the Fine Arts
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
New International TAs should plan to attend the required workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussions with Experienced International TAs
Drama TAs may choose to attend any additional workshops and sessions that fit
their needs, interests, and available time.
DXARTS
DXARTS workshop recommendations:
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Teaching Fellow Graduate Students
New International TAs should plan to attend the required workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Earth and Space Sciences
The Department of Earth and Space Sciences expects new and continuing students who will be teaching assistants during any quarter of the 2007-2008 academic year to attend the TA Conference. We recommend the workshops listed below, however, students are encouraged to attend any or all workshops of interest to them. New graduate students should register for workshops scheduled on Monday, September 17 and Tuesday, September 18 only because departmental orientation activities begin on Wednesday, September 19.
Recommended Plenary Sessions:
- Teaching and Learning Resource Fair
- Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To
- Teaching at the UW: Policies And Professionalism
Recommended Workshops:
Assessing Student Work
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Effective Teaching
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
Professional Development
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
Types of TA Assignments
- Teaching in Computer Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
Online Tools for Teaching and Learning
- Creating a Course Website (SimpleSite)
- Online Discussions and Homework Drop Box
Special Topics
- Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor Relationships
- Understanding the "Student" in Student-Athlete
New International TAs should plan to attend the required workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Economics
Economics asks all of our incoming TAs, and any others who are contemplating
being a TA during their tenure as graduate students, to attend the TA Conference
this fall. You may choose to participate in any of the TA Conference Sessions
offered on Sept. 17-19, and we recommend that you plan to attend both the plenary
sessions (Session II and Session VI). International graduate students who will be
TAs for the first time during 2007/08 are expected to attend the afternoon sessions
for International TAs on Monday, September 17.
Required:
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
Strongly Recommended: (any two of the following)
- Motivating Students to Learn
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Including All Students
- Teaching Social Science and Humanities Quiz Sections
Electrical Engineering
The EE department requires attendance at all plenary sessions.
The following topics / workshop sessions are required:
- Session III - Teaching Math, Science, and Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Session IV - Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Session V - Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
- Session IX - Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Session X - Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Session XI - Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Session XII - Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
The following workshops in Session VII are recommended:
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Teaching
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Starting Your Teaching Portfolio
All new International TAs must attend:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
English
The English Department recommends that our TAs attend sessions at the following times:
Monday, Sept 17 1:15-2:30 - Choose one of interest to you:
- A. Creating a Course Website
- D. Including All Students
- E. Introduction to Microsoft Powerpoint
- F. Motivating Students to Learn
- G: Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- K Special Topics: Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Monday, Sept 17 2:45-4:00 - Choose one of interest to you:
- B. Before You Build: Planning a Course Website
- C. Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- F. Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
- I. Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
- K: Special Topics: Understanding the "Student" in Student-Athlete
Tuesday, Sept 18 2:45-4:00
- H. Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
International TAs should also plan to register for and attend the
two workshops
designed for ITAs on Monday afternoon.
English Language Programs (International Educational Outreach)
TAs from English Language Programs are not expected to go to more than two sessions a day since we will also have a week-long departmental TA Orientation beginning on Wednesday. The following sessions are recmmended, but TAs should choose sessions according to their interest and needs.
Recommended:
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Teaching Modern Languages: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching Your Own Class: First Day and Beyond
- Creating a Course Web site (SimpleSite)
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
All students are required to attend the two plenary sessions:
- Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To
- Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism
All students are required the attend the workshops:
- Teaching One on One in Office Hours and Study Centers
- Presenting Information Effectively
Students who are TA'ing lab courses are required to attend:
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
Students who are TA'ing non-lab courses are required to take:
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
Students TA'ing 111, 311, 472 and 511 are required to attend:
- Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching
Any student who has responsibility for creating a course web site should take:
- Creating a Course Web Site
International TAs should also plan to register for:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Epidemiology
Epidemiology has selected these workshops to recommend to our new TA's.
HIGH PRIORITY
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours & Study Centers
- Teaching Fellow Graduate Students
- Working Effectively with Non-Native Speakers (ESL students) in Your Classroom
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
OTHER RECOMMENDED SESSIONS
- Starting Your Teaching Portfolio
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Creating a Course Web site (Simplesite)
- Teaching in Computer Lab Sessions: First Day and Beyond
French
This is the list of workshops we would like to recommend for French TAs. You may choose the workshops that interest you or meet your needs as an instructor. You will need to pick the afternoon sessions because we have departmental sessions in the mornings.
- Dealing with difficult classroom situations
- Including all students
- Motivating students to learn
- Presenting information effectively
- Understanding who your students are
- Balancing graduate school demands
- Gathering and using student feedback
- Starting your teaching portfolio
- Teaching modern languages
International TAs must register for the following workshops:
- Getting to know UW students (ITAs)
- Panel Discussion for ITAs
Geography
Geography expects new and continuing students who will be first-time UW teaching assistants during any quarter of the 2007-2008 academic year to attend the TA Conference. We recommend the workshops listed below; however, students are encouraged to attend any or all workshops of interest to them.
Recommended Plenary Sessions:
- Teaching and Learning Resource Fair
- Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To
- Teaching at the UW: Policies And Professionalism
Recommended Workshops:
Assessing Student Work
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Effective Teaching
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Presenting Information Effectively
Professional Development
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Gathering and Using Student feedback to Improve Your Teaching
Types of TA Assignments
- Teaching Social Science Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
Online Tools for Teaching and Learning
- Creating a Course Website (SimpleSite)
- Online Discussions and Homework Drop Box
Special Topics
- Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor Relationships
- Understanding the "Student" in Student-Athlete
- Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered: The Undergraduate & the Research Assignment
- Who We Are Matters: A Lunchtime Discussion With Experienced Minority TAs
New International TAs should plan to attend the required workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
History
All History Department TAs (new and continuing) must attend the Department's TA training in September 2007.
All new History Department Teaching Assistants are required to attend CIDR's TA Conference on Teaching and Learning
on September 17-19, 2007. New TAs are asked to attend four workshop sessions of their choice; they may, of course, attend
more than four sessions.
New international TAs must attend the two CIDR TA Conference workshops for international TAs on the afternoon
of September 17.
New TAs register for two credits of GRDSCH 615: Teaching Assistant Preparation (section A: SLN 13844) and receive credit for both the CIDR and History Department's TA training.
New TAs and continuing TAs also register for HIST 570: Topics in Teaching History (three credits, graded CR/NC)
in Autumn 2007 or Autumn 2008, if they have not taken the class previously. Entry codes for HIST 570 are available
from the History Graduate Office.
Continuing TAs may voluntarily attend sessions of the CIDR TA Conference if they wish, and they are encouraged
to volunteer to participate in sessions as panelists or facilitators.
Continuing TAs register for one credit of GRDSCH 615: Teaching Assistant Preparation (section A: SLN 13844)
and receive course for the Department's TA training.
Immunology
Required:
Plus REQUIRED: all 5 of the following
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours
Plus RECOMMENDED:
Additional recommended but optional:
- Including All Students: Teaching in the diverse Classroom
- Creating a Course Web Site
- Using Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning
- Podcasting:
- Distributing Your Course via the Web
- Creating Video for Podcasting
- Creating Audio for Podcasting
Plus Optional:
- Any other sessions of interest to the TA
Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering especially recommends the following workshops for our TAs:
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Teaching
- Teaching Math, Science, and Engineering Quiz Sections
New international TAs must also register for and attend the following sessions:
- Getting to Know UW students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Information School
The Information School strongly encourages students to attend any or all of the
conference that
is of interest. The hours of the conference will be considered
worked hours.
The following are workshops for students to consider as they register:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Teaching in Computer Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching Your Own Class: First Day and Beyond
- Online Discussions and Homework Drop Box (GoPost and Collect It)
- Overview of Web Publishing Tools, Resources and Training at the UW
New International TAs are required to attend the two Monday afternoon workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Jackson School of International Studies
The Jackson School would like to recommend the following workshops for our TAs:
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
New international TAs must also register for and attend the following sessions:
- Getting to Know UW students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Material Science and Engineering
We expect our TA's to register for the following:
- Welcome and Plenaries
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
In addition we would encourage TA's to take:
- Motivating Student to Learn
- Before You Build: Planning a Website
- Creating a Course Website (SimpleSite)
For international TA's:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion With Experienced International TAs
Mathematics
The department encourages you to participate in any sessions that are of interest to you. In the past, new TAs have found that the following sessions complement our departmental TA training:
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
International students are required to attend:
Introduction to the International TA Program and Teaching at UW (1:15)
Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs (2:45)
Mechanical Engineering
The Mechanical Engineering Department expects all who are on TA appointments for autumn quarter or who plan to teach in the coming year to attend the conference. All attendees should register for the following sessions:
- Monday Plenary (Session II)“Teaching at the UW: What you can look forward to”
- Tuesday Plenary (Session VI) “Teaching at the UW: Policies and professionalism”
- Teaching math, science, and engineering quiz sections: First day and beyond
- Teaching in lab settings: First day and beyond
- Teaching one-to-one in office hours and study centers
- Grading homework, exams, laboratory reports and problem sets
All new international TA’s are also required to attend:
- Getting to know UW students: An overview for international TAs
- Panel discussion with experienced international TA's
- Communicating in American English (optional)
Students are encouraged to attend any other sessions they see of value to their teaching.
Microbiology
Microbiology requires all new incoming students to register for and attend the following sessions:
- The Teaching and Learning Resource Fair (Session I)
- Opening Plenary: "Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To" (Session II)
- Tuesday Plenary: "Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism" (Session VI)
Please choose three or more workshops from the following list:
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
New International TAs are required to attend:
- Getting to Know UW students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Students are encouraged to attend any other sessions they see of value to their teaching.
Music
The School of Music particularly recommends the following sessions:
- Assessing Student Work in the Fine Art
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Plenary II: Teaching at the UW
- Including All Students
Additionally, international TAs must register for and attend the following sessions:
- Getting to Know UW students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization recommends the following workshops:
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Teaching Modern Languages: First Day and Beyond
- Overview of Web Publishing Tools, Resources and Training at the UW
Oceanography
For Oceanography:
Required
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours & Study Centers
Recommended
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Teaching Math, Science & Engineering Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Teaching in Lab Settings: First Day and Beyond
- Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Creating a Course Web site (SimpleSite)
Optional
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered: The Undergraduate & the Research Assignment
- Surviving Successfully, One Quarter at a Time
- Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor Relationships
UW policies require all new International TAs to attend:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion with Experienced International TAs
Pharmacology
Here are the workshops the department would like Pharmacology students to take.
Required:
- Teaching Math, Science and Engineering Quiz Sections
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
Recommended for ALL TAs:
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Creating a Course web site
Philosophy
The Philosophy department requires all new TAs to attend the following sessions:
- Teaching Social Science and Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor Relationships
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
TAs also are required to attend 2 additional sessions from the following list:
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Working Effectively with Non-Native Speakers (ESL students) in Your Classroom
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
International TAs are required to participate in two additional sessions:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International Tas
- Panel Discussion with Experienced ITAs
You may take sessions in any order and are encouraged to attend any additional sessions that are of interest to you. The department’s orientation will occur on Monday, September 24.
Physics
Each year the UW provides workshop sessions for incoming TAs. You are free to
attend any
additional sessions that appeal to you. The Physics Department asks only that you
attend a
minimum of two of the workshop sessions during the conference. The
number of sessions is large,
and it will not be possible for you to attend them all.
To assist in your selection process we have prepared the following list of
departmental recommendations.
The Physics Department recommends the following sessions to all incoming
graduate students:
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Starting a Teaching Portfolio
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours and Study Centers
The following sessions are intended for international students. The first two are
required for all
international TAs in their first year of teaching, and the third is
recommended by the Physics
Department for our incoming international students
who are not native English speakers:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion With Experienced International TAs
- Communicating in American English
Political Science
The Political Science Department requires new and continuing graduate students who will be first-time UW TAs to register for the 2007 TA Conference on Teaching & Learning AND to attend the Political Science Department's New TA Orientation on September 24-25 (contact hpool@u.washington.edu for further details). The department also registers new TAs for the 1-credit Pol S 595, College Teaching of Political Science, which meets once per week during autumn quarter and provides skills-based and educational workshops (grading, using technology, using writing, etc.,) as well as support for new Teaching Assistants as they face their first quarter in the classroom.
TA Conference Requirements for New TAs – First time TAs at the University of Washington who expect to teach in the Political Science Department are required to attend:
- The Monday, September 17, opening plenary (9:00 am to 10:30 am) on “Teaching at UW: What You Can Look Forward To”
- The Tuesday, September 18, plenary (9:00 am to 10:30 am) on “Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism”
- At least four additional workshops from the list below. Please note that students may attend as many workshops as they like. However, the following workshops should be especially helpful if you are preparing to teach at the college level for the first time.
Assessing Student Work:
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
Effective Teaching:
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Disability as Diversity in the Classroom
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
Types of TA Assignments:
- Teaching Social Science & Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
Special Topics:
- De-Centering Your Classroom
- Using Debates and Role Playing in the Classroom
- Who We Are Matters: A Lunchtime Conversation with Experienced Minority TAs
Requirements for New International TAs – In addition to the requirements for new TAs listed above, new international students must register for the following workshops:
- Getting to Know UW Students: Overview for International TAs
- Panel Discussion With Experienced International TAs
Finally, this workshop is optional for international TAs:
- Communicating in American English
Recommendations for New and Continuing TAs - Many of the CIDR workshops will also benefit experienced TAs, so the department encourages continuing graduate students to take advantage of this opportunity (new TAs may take these workshops as well, but those listed above are considered to be the most critical to developing core skills). Other workshops that may be especially helpful include:
- Presenting Information Effectively (Effective Teaching)
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching (Professional Development)
- Juggling TA, Grad Student and Parent Responsibilities (Professional Development)
- Starting Your Teaching Portfolio (Professional Development)
- Teaching One-to-One in Office Hours & Study Centers (Types of TA Assignments)
- Teaching Your Own Class: First Day and Beyond (Types of TA Assignments)
- Creating a Course Web site with SimpleSite (Online Tools for Teaching and Learning)
- Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint (Online Tools for Teaching and Learning)
- Overview of Web Publishing Tools, Resources and Training at the UW (Online Tools for Teaching and Learning)
- Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered: The Undergraduate & the Research Assignment (Special Topics)
- De-Centering Your Classroom (Special Topics)
- Developing Your Teaching Philosophy (Special Topics)
- Establishing and Maintaining Positive TA/Instructor Relationships (Special Topics)
- Teaching Fellow Graduate Students (Special Topics)
- Understanding the “Student” in Student-Athlete (Special Topics)
- Using Debates and Role Playing in the Classroom (Special Topics)
- Who We Are Matters: A Lunchtime Conversation with Experienced Minority TAs (Special Topics)
- Working Effectively with Non-Native Speakers (ESL students) in Your Classroom (Special Topics)
Psychology
Highly Recommended:
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
OR
Grading Homework, Exams, Lab Reports, or Problem Sets
- Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
OR
Including All Students: Teaching in a Diverse Classroom
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
OR
Presenting Information Effectively
- Starting your Teaching Portfolio
- Overview of Web Publishing Tools, Resources, and Training at the UW
Also Recommended:
- Teaching in Computer Lab Settings (TAs for 209, 315, 317, 318, 522, 523)
- Teaching Social Science and Humanities
OR
Teaching Math, Science, and Engineering
- Balancing Graduate School Demands
- Disability as Diversity in the Classroom
We recommend all three International TA workshops for our ITAs, but you must register for and attend the
two ITA workshops on Monday afternoon.
Sociology
TAs in the Sociology department are expected to attend a minimum of five sessions during the TA Conference.
You are expected to attend the Opening Plenary:
- Teaching at UW: What You Can Look Forward To
Required Departmental Session:
- Responding To Student Writing And Assigning Grades - Monday, Sept. 17, 2:45 pm
For the additional sessions, the department recommends that you select from the following:
- Teaching Social Science and Humanities Quiz Sections: First Day and Beyond
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Understanding the "Student" in Student-Athlete
- Understanding Who Your Students Are
- Second Plenary Session (VI), "Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism" (Tuesday 9-10:30am)
- Activities to Engage your Students in Learning
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
- Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching
Spanish
All new TAs should register for and attend the following sessions:
Monday:
- Session I:
Teaching Resource Fair and Continental Breakfast
- Session II:
Welcome and Keynote: “Teaching at the UW: What You Can Look Forward To”
- Session IV:“Creating a Course Website” OR “Getting to know UW Students: Overview for International TAs” as stated on your cover letter
- Session V: “Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve your Teaching at Monday” OR “Getting to know UW Students: Overview for International TAs” as stated on your cover letter
Tuesday:
- Session VI: “Teaching at the UW: Policies and Professionalism”
-
Session VII: “Teaching Your Own Class: First Day and Beyond” (all new TAs)
- Session IX: “Dealing with Difficult Classroom Situations”
(all new TAs)
- Session X: “Teaching Modern Languages: First Day and Beyond”(all new TAs)
Technical Communication
Technical Communication strongly recommends that TAs select workshops from the following:
- Teaching Your Own Class: First Day and Beyond
- Responding to Student Writing and Assigning Grades
- Activities to Engage Your Students in Learning
- Dealing With Difficult Classroom Situations
- Motivating Students to Learn: Linking Principles of Learning to Teaching
- Presenting Information Effectively
- Working Effectively with Non-Native Speakers (ESL students) in Your Classroom
- Gathering and Using Student Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
Also Recommended:
- Including All Students: Teaching in the Diverse Classroom
- Planning and Facilitating Discussions
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