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The objective of the workshop is to stimulate Teaching Assistants to think about what qualities comprise a proficient TA and how to best use these qualities to make teaching assistants effective communicators in the new curriculum.
| 3:00 | Welcome Participants; Introductions Campbell |
of IDC personnel, Civil faculty and Graduate student representatives |
| Overview of TA activity in the Dept Campbell |
Number of Grad students, number and Diversity of undergraduate courses requiring TAs. Outline of departmental procedures for assigning TAs. Notices of upcoming required WHMIS and Lab Safety courses. Availability of the Grad student handbook and the TA training manual developed by the IDC. | |
| 3:15 | Presentation of Department of Civil Engineering Teaching Assistant Award for the Winter Term '96 Turcke |
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| 3:20 | Qualities of an Effective TA Susan Wilcox |
In groups of 5 or 6 participants from diverse backgrounds introduce themselves and identify the qualities of an effective TA. |
| 3:50 | How I have been used effectively as a TA Bruce Hellinga |
A presentation by an experienced TA/course instructor drawing on personal experiences to stimulate discussion in the following session. |
| 4:00 | Communicating in the Classroom Susan Wilcox |
Review incidents from this afternoon's session on how to enhance learning through increased peer interaction and faculty/TA-student interaction. Provide suggestions for improving the amount learned by students in a laboratory/tutorial environment. |
| 4:45 | Overview of the New Curriculum Turcke |
Present a general overview of the curriculum highlighting why a new program was developed and what differences exist between the old and the new. Emphasize that the department sees that TAs play an important role in the new curriculum. |
| 4:55 | Final Report on TA Guidelines in the Department of Civil Engineering Campbell/Mothersill VanDalen |
Present the final report on the guidelines for the Roles and Responsibilities of Teaching Assistants developed from previous TA workshops. |
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