LEAD TA INSTITUTE 2006

LOCATION: UCEN - STATE STREET ROOM

Monday, September 11th (9am – 3pm)

9:00-9:15
Welcome - Goals of Institute
9:15-10:30
Getting Acquainted - Program Structures & Activities
a) Your responses to A Short Menu of TAT Programs
b) Best Practices in your department

10:30-10:45
Break
10:45- 11:15
New TA Concerns
Stages of Professional Development
Programatic Needs of TAs at Each Stage
11:15-12:00
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Skills (McKeachie Ch.24)
Taxonomy Applied to TA Development
Writing Programmatic Goals: Implementation & Assessment
12:00-12:45
LUNCH
(provided by the TA Development Program)
12:45-1:15


Assessing TA Training Programs and Goals
How do you know the program is effective?

1:15-1:30
RESOURCES FOR TA TRAINING PROGRAMS

a) Purposes of the Videotape and Consultation Program
Observation Sheet (for video consultations, in-class observations, and peer observations)
b) http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/TA/index.html
c) http://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/ccut
d) http://apps.sa.ucsb.edu/tasexualharassment/index.asp
1:30-1:45
Helping Prepare TAs for the First Section Meeting
(McKeachie Chapter 3) "Meeting a Class for the First Time"
1:45-2:45
Small Group Discussion: McKeache's Teaching Tips

For humanities and social sciences - (Chapter 5 and 21) "Facilitating Discussion" and "Experiential Learning"
For physical sciences, math, life sceinces, and engineering - (Chapters 20-21) "Lab Instruction" and "Experiential Learning"
2:45-3:00
Large Group Discussion of the Day's Activities

 


Tuesday, September 12th (9am – 1pm)

Experienced TA Panel
9:00-9:15

The Role of Lead TA and Stages of Professional Development
9:15-9:45

Lead TA as Teaching Consultant: Basic Principles
9:45-10:15

Role Playing: Lead TA as a Teaching Consultant
10:15-11:00

Small Group Discussion: McKeache's Teaching Tips (Chapters 12 & 13) "Motivation...in the Classrooom" and "Teaching Culturally Diverse Students"
11:00-11:15

Break

11:15-11:30
TA Teaching Styles and Student Learning Styles
Felder-Silverman Model:
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Learning_Styles.html
Felder-Silverman Self Scoring Online Test:
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Kolb Learning Styles:
http://www.coe.iup.edu/rjl/instruction/cm150/selfinterpretation/kolb.htm
http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm
http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/teaching/notes/UQI100S1/kolbetal.htm
11:30-12:15

Small Group Discussion: McKeache's Teaching Tips (Chapter 14) "Dealing with Student Problems and Problem Students"
12:15-12:45

Large Group Discussion: Applying Styles to TA Training Programs
12:45-1:00

Future Faculty Programs: STIA and CCUT

 

Wednesday, September 13th (9am – 1pm)

9:00-9:15

Thoughts from Yesterday

9:15-10:15

Large Group Discussion (Chapters 16 & 17) "Active Learning: Cooperative, Collaborative, and Peer Learning" and "Problem-Based Learning: Teaching with Cases, Simulations, and Games"
10:15-10:45

The Case Approach: Group Discussion Exercise
10:45-11:00

Break
11:00-11:15

The Case Approach in TA Training Seminars

11:15-12:15

Preparing TAs for the Future
(Chapter 18)"Technology and Teaching"
12:15-12:45

Small Group Discussion:Using What Was Learned in the Institute

12:45-1:00

Evaluation of Institute

 

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