INSTITUTE LOGISTICS AND PREPARATIONS


DAILY HOURS OF THE INSTITUTE: As indicated in the TAD Call for Proposals for 2006-07 TA Departmental Training Grants, the Institute is scheduled for September 11th - 13th. On Monday the Institute will be held from 9am to 3pm with lunch provided by TADP. On Tuesday and Wednesday we will meet from 9am to 1pm. See the daily Institute Agenda for specific topics, reading assignments, and content of each day's session.

LOCATION: UCen's State Street Room

REFRESHMENTS: Lunch will be provided on the first day and light morning refreshments on all days.

BEORE THE INSTITUTE: See four short preparations and daily reading assignments (below).


FOUR SHORT PREPARATIONS —BEFORE FOR THE INSTITUTE
  1. Check TA training requirements for your department. First, please be sure that you know your department's TA training program plan and what will be expected of you as a Lead TA. You may need to talk to last year's Lead TA, the department's faculty coordinator of TA training, or obtain a copy of the department's TA Department (TAD) Training Grant proposal for this year from your Department's Administrative Assistant. The proposal describes the department's training plan.
  2. TAT assessment. Please be prepared to discuss how your department measures the effectiveness of its TA training program. If possible, bring copies of any questionnaires or written procedures used in the past. If there are no assessment activities currently in place, please bring ideas on ways assessment can be built into the current program.
  3. Read sample summaries of departmental TA training programs. Read the brief lists describing the TA training program for each department in the Short Menu for Departmental TA Training. Please check the accuracy of the information given for your department. If your department has an online page of responsibilities, an online departmental TA handbook, or a TA training web site please check to see that it is listed on the Sample Summaries page. If not, please email the url to <shirley@id.ucsb.edu>.
  4. Check the strengths and weaknesses of your departmental TA training web page. Also note whether or not it links to the campus wide TA training web site<www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/ta/index.html> and to the Certificate in College and University Teaching <www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/ccut/> and the online Sexual Harassment Prevention Education Program <http://www.newmedialearning.com/psh/ucsb/index.htm>. If these links are not present, please check w/your department's chair and web liaison to discuss where they could be added.

ASSIGNED READING  —BEFORE AND DURING THE INSTITUTE

McKeachie's Teaching Tips, 12th edition. (pick up your copy in 1130 Kerr Hall - sign for it and it's yours for life)

P.S. Most chapters are short. See assignments in the daily agenda.

Monday: Chapter 24 and 3 PLUS Ch 5 for humanities and social studies, Ch 20 and 21 for all others
Tuesday: Chapters 12, 13, 14
Wednesday: Chapters 16, 17, and 18

INSTITUTE STIPEND:  As a Lead TA, preparing for and attending the Institute entitles you to receive a $300 stipend. The money has been deposited into a TA Department Training Grant account for your department and each department handles the allocation of payment.

ATTENDANCE: If you have registered but are unable to attend all or part of the Institute, please contact me <shirley@id.ucsb.edu> so that we can make appropriate arrangements to either make up the work or reduce the stipend.

For questions, contact Dr. Shirley Ronkowski <shirley@id.ucsb.edu>

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