GA, TA and RA Training Orientation
Teaching and Learning Seminar for Graduate Students at UMBC
Location
Engineering : 027
Date & Time
August 23, 2019, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Description
The workshop will be at Engineering Lecture Hall V, Room 027
UPDATE: 08/23/19 Noon
IMPORTANT: This event is mandatory for ALL NEW Graduate Assistants, Teaching Assistants and Research Assistants on campus.
We encourage the participation of any graduate student or postdoctoral fellow interesting in pursuing a teaching career to attend the session.
AGENDA
8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast - Engineering Atrium
9:00 AM: Instructional Technologies - Blackboard Online Technology for Teaching - Includes Bb screencasting, and Bb Collaborate for virtual office hours
- Jalisa Monroe, Instructional Technology Specialist, Division of Information Technology
9:30 AM: PROF-iT (Professors-in-Training) Teaching Opportunities
Teaching opportunities that exist with UMBC's first-year programs - C. Jill Randles, Assistant Vice Provost and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Engagement and Transition Programs (AETP)
Opportunities for enhanced training with Skillsoft - Jill Weinknecht Wardell, Director, Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness, Human Resources
Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) certifications - Dr. Tracy Irish, Clinical Assistant Professor, MAE, Science and STEM Education
10:00 AM: "Teaching Disciplinary Thinking"
- Dr. Linda Hodges, Associate Vice Provost for for Faculty Affairs, and Director, Faculty Development Center
11:00 AM: Conflict Resolution
- Morgan Thomas, Civil Rights Investigator, Office of Human Relations
11:15 AM: Assisting Students with Disabilities
- Tawny McManus, Assistant Vice Provost for Accessibility, Student Disability Services Department
11:30 AM: Counseling Center
- Dr. Alayna Berkowitz, Assistant Director of Outreach and Mental Health Promotion, Counseling Center
11:45 AM: Policies that apply to all graduate assistants
- Dr. Jeffrey Halverson, Associate Dean of Graduate School and Professor of Geography & Isabel Garrido, Assistant Dean Administration, Policy & Compliance at the Graduate School
- The Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee (to be confirmed)
- Breakout Sessions (Discussions include: Time management, teaching a class, leading a lab, grading, conflict resolution, and more)
- Prajna Bhandary, Computer Science
- Oindrila Ghosh, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
- Sevda Deldari, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
- Brittany Gay, Applied Developmental Psychology
- Alex Rittle, Geography & Environmental Systems
- Fariha Khalid, Sociology, Anthropology and Health Administration and Policy
- Miranda Marvel, Marine-Estuarine Environmental Sciences
- Reetam Majumdar, Mathematics and Statistics
- Michael Lucagbo, Mathematics and Statistics
2:00 PM: Lunch
2:30 PM: Title IX Training (mandatory)
- Bobbie Hoye, Title IX Coordinator, Associate General Counsel, Human Relations Officer & Jess Myers, Director of the Women’s Center at UMBC.
3:30 PM: End of the program
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