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Multilingual TA Workshop Series
Description
This series of workshops is designed for multilingual and international graduate students who are working as either new or current teaching assistants. They have been designed thematically to offer support in improving TA teaching and facilitation skills across disciplines in your roles as Teaching Assistants at SFU. In these sessions, you’ll join other grad students to learn new teaching skills, share your experiences and build community. Aligned with SFU’s equity, diversity and inclusion priorities, the Multilingual Teaching Assistant workshops will be offered throughout the 2023-24 academic year; all multilingual teaching assistants are warmly invited to participate.
Workshops in the Series
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Multilingual and International TAs: Language for Facilitating Tutorials
Summary
This session offers multilingual TAs hands-on support with developing and practicing facilitation language skills for tutorials.
Description
Calling all multilingual Teaching Assistants: Do you need some support for when you are preparing to lead tutorial discussions or labs? Would you like to practice facilitation skills for these sessions? Join other multilingual graduate students in this workshop to explore language for starting conversations, giving instructions, navigating tricky situations, transitioning between topics, and using strong questions to promote understanding in your tutorials and labs. You will learn some strategies and practices that you can apply right away that will help in your development as a confident and competent TA!
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Describe and select a range of contextualized facilitation strategies
- Produce context-specific language to support their teaching roles
- Identify concrete ways to build your confidence as a TA
- Explain the connection between TA clarity and student learning
Typically offered in September and January.
Multilingual and International TAs: Marking and Providing Feedback
Summary
This session offers multilingual TAs hands-on support with practical strategies for effective marking and feedback.
Description
Calling all multilingual Teaching Assistants: Do you have questions about marking and providing feedback on student assignments? Are you interested in learning and applying some time-saving strategies for effective marking and feedback? Join other multilingual graduate students in this workshop to learn, explore, and share tips including using rubrics, practicing equitable marking, and efficient feedback that supports student learning.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Identify steps to support students’ learning when marking assignments and assessments
- Use key strategies to mark a written assignment
- Identify and select appropriate equitable approaches to marking assessments
- Explain where to find procedural grading support
Typically offered in October and February.
Multilingual and International TAs: Facilitating Tricky Situations in your Tutorial
Summary
This session offers multilingual teaching assistants a chance to practice strategies for facilitating tricky situations in class.
Description
Calling all multilingual Teaching Assistants: Do you want to feel more comfortable in handling tricky tutorial situations, such as when none of your students are participating, or when one person dominates discussion? Would you like to practice how to facilitate a session when the discussion gets heated, or when an inappropriate comment is made? Join other multilingual graduate students in this workshop to practice some common scenarios and become more comfortable in applying facilitation skills to a range of situations.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Increase your comfort level in addressing common “What do I do when…” tutorial scenarios using appropriate language
- Identify ways to motivate your students to participate when no one is
- Serve as a role model for the conduct you expect from students
Typically offered in November and March.
Audience
Graduate students, teaching assistants, and international teaching assistants
Dates and Times
Typically 90 minutes in length
You may choose to attend one or more sessions. Completing other workshops in the series prior to attending is not a requirement.
Location
Online via Zoom