Teaching Graduate Students to Teach Conference Program

Program

note: All conference activities will take place in Segal Centre 1400-1420 in Harbour Centre, Vancouver

May 13th

8:00 Post session set-up, registration and light refreshments

8:30 Opening remarks

8:45-10:00 Opening Keynote: Gary Poole

10:100-10:15 Refreshments and Networking Break

10:15-11:30 Focus Session #1: Theory/Literature: What do we know about teaching graduate students to teach?: Erin Aspenlieder and Catherine Rawn

11:30-12:00 Introducing a TGST Web Portal

12:00-1:30 Lunch and Learn Poster Session

1:30-2:30 Roundtable Discussions: Working together to tackle special challenges

2:30-2:45 Refreshments and Networking Break

2:45-4:00 Focus Session #2: Panel Discussion: Application of Scholarship in Programming with Invited Guests

4:00-4:30 Reflection

4:30 Concluding Comments and Feedback

6:00 Optional Dinner Plans at Rogue

May 14th

8:30-8:45 Opening Remarks

8:45-9:15 Facilitated Discussion on Preparing Publications: Michael Potter

9:15-9:30 Break

9:30-12:30 Writing Workshop

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-4:30 Writing Workshop

4:30-4:45 Closing Remarks and Feedback

Journals of Interest

You might consider reviewing these journals and planning to submit your workshopped articles for peer review.

Posters

1. Building Dynamic Graduate Student, Faculty, Staff Teaching and Learning Communities: Alice Cassidy, Jaclyn Dee, James Ferguson, Vivienne Lam, Ashley Welsh and Joanne Fox, University of British Columbia

2. Teaching: from Transmission to Knowledge Sharing: Andre Glaser, University of Alberta

3. Teaching Assistant Training at Trent University: A Collaboration in Voluntary Professional Development: Angie Best, Trent University

5. Engineering Teaching Assistant Training: Increased Engagement Using Varied Delivery Methods: Deborah Feduik, University of British Columbia

6. From the Ground Up: TA Training in the Faculty of Land & Food Systems: Dru Yates, Emma Holmes, Bryanna Thiel, UBC

7. Charting a University-Wide Curriculum for Teaching Graduate Students To Teach: Gillian Gerhard, UBC

8. Implementation of a Credentialing Program to improve TA skills and to increase participation: John Parry, UBC

9. Teaching Physics Education Research Based Techniques in Graduate TA Training Program: Jonathan Massey-Allard, UBC

10. Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology TA Training Program Support: Joseph Topornycky, UBC

11. Using an Educational and Professional Development approach to Teaching Graduate Students to Teach: Mandy Frake-Mistak, York University

12. Not Just An Avatar for the Professor: How International TAs Change their Approach to Teaching as a Result of Training: Nanda Dimitrov, Western University

13. A Collaborative Approach to TA Professional Development in the Biology Program, U.B.C.: Nikta Fay, Kathy Nomme, Sunita Chowrira, Carol Pollock, UBC

14. Pass the Ketchup: Assessing the Role of Conversation in the Professional Development of Graduate Student Teaching: Rebecca Tallman and Heather Smith, UNBC

15. The University of Alberta Graduate Teaching and Learning Program: Renee Polziehn, University of Alberta

16. The Next Step: Improving Graduate Student Teaching to Nurture the Future Professoriate: Russell Day and Kathryn Ricketts, Simon Fraser University