Teaching and Learning Seminar

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:25:05 -0400
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Friday, August 24, 2018 – 9 AM – 1 PM

UMBC, Sherman Hall 003

Please RSVP in the following link at myUMBC if you are UMBC affiliated by clicking the “I can attend” button at the bottom: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/61224.

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Subject line: T&L Seminar

The body of the email with the following information: Full name, Campus, and Department

All graduate students who are interested in teaching (during or after graduate school) and all new Teaching Assistants are encouraged to attend this orientation session. This session is part of the annual PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) suite of activities offered to graduate students.

Continental breakfast and lunch will be served.

Topics include:

$2000 “Professors in Training” (PROF-it) Opportunities at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) – UMBC/CCBC Teaching Fellows Program

Teaching Undergraduates Through the “Introduction to an Honors University (IHU)” Program

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Leadership (CIRTL) – UMBC’s Role in the national center, and available resources

“Teaching Disciplinary Thinking”

Instructional Technologies (Including Blackboard, Bb screencasting, and Bb Collaborate for virtual office hours.)

Conflict Resolution: What Every TA Needs to Know

Assisting Students with Disabilities

Counseling Center

Panels of experienced TAs and instructors in Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines, and for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.

AGENDA

8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast outside of SHER 003 (hallway inside the building)

9:00 AM: Instructional Technologies – Blackboard Online Technology for Teaching – Includes Bb screencasting, and Bb Collaborate for virtual office hours.

9:30 AM: PROF-it Teaching Opportunities

Teaching opportunities that exist with UMBC’s first-year programs – C. Jill Randles, Assistant Vice President and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Education

Opportunities for enhanced training with Skillsoft – Jill Weinknecht Wardell

Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) certifications – Dr. Tracy Irish, Clinical Faculty MAE, Science and STEM Education

10:00 AM ” Teaching Disciplinary Thinking”

Dr. Linda Hodges, Director, Faculty Development Center

11:00 AM: Conflict Resolution

Bobbie L. Hoye, Title IX Coordinator, Associate General Counsel/Human Relations Officer, UMBC

11:15 AM: Assisting Students with Disabilities

Tawny McManus, Assistant Vice Provost for Accessibility, Student Disability Services Department

11:30 AM: Counseling Center

Dr. Thomas Penniston, Analytics Specialist, Instructional Technology, UMBC

11:45 AM: “Top TAs” Give Advice in Discipline-specific sessions

1. The Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee

2. Breakout Sessions (Discussions include: Leading a lab, grading, teaching class, time management, and more)

a) TAs in COEIT – SHER 006

b) TAs in CAHSS – SHER 007

c) TAs in CNMS – SHER 003