Leadership Minor Instructor Training, August 4 2015
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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From Teacher's Assistant to TeachING Assistant
Leadership Minor Instructor Training | August 4, 2015
20s
our robust undergraduate TA program is unique in the nation and people look to us when designing TA programs
-->we will come back to it again, but you are so very important to this work.
our robust undergraduate TA program is unique in the nation and people look to us when designing TA programs
-->we will come back to it again, but you are so very important to this work.
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PURPOSE
This session will highlight the important technical and adaptive components of the TA process, including the overall timeline, requirements, and placement criteria.
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OUTCOME
By the end of this session, participants will:
-Distinguish between the specific roles within the TA process.
-Increase awareness about specific challenges that we have faced over the last academic year.
-Further explore how to build an effective teaching team.
40s
AGENDA
- Introductions
- TA Process Overview
- Roles: LM Support Staff, Teaching Assistants & Instructors
- Comments & Questions
25s
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35s
How did TAs hear about the opportunity?
The great news is that you all of started to recruit your own TAs at a higher at rate than ever before.
So you guys are doing your job well, but let's talk more in depth about roles.
Jules--do we have the specific number of students who were recruited by an instructor?
So you guys are doing your job well, but let's talk more in depth about roles.
Jules--do we have the specific number of students who were recruited by an instructor?
TA PROCESS TIMELINE
- Recruitment
- Instructor Request for Teaching Assistant Form (Look for this email in November!!)
- Placement
- Orientation Training
- One to One Meetings with Anna
- Mid-Semester Training
- Evaluations
The TA Process operates in a cyclical fashion.
1. Recruitment is happening all-year-round. I will get to why you are such an important piece of this in a couple of minutes.
2. Instructor Request for Teaching Assistant Form is sent out right after the Instructor List has been finalized.
4. We hold 3 orientation trainings: 2 for in-class TAS & new this fall a training tailored to Online TAs.
(45s)
1. Recruitment is happening all-year-round. I will get to why you are such an important piece of this in a couple of minutes.
2. Instructor Request for Teaching Assistant Form is sent out right after the Instructor List has been finalized.
4. We hold 3 orientation trainings: 2 for in-class TAS & new this fall a training tailored to Online TAs.
(45s)
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TA REQUIREMENTS
- Have completed the Field Experience course with a passing grade of C- or higher.
- Will attend all mandatory TA meetings & class sessions.
- Will complete pre-work, including Moodle training, as well as additional work outside of the classroom.
REQUIREMENTS
Our TAs are UMN undergrads, although we have an occasional alumni supporting an instructor.
(35s)
Our TAs are UMN undergrads, although we have an occasional alumni supporting an instructor.
(35s)
PLACEMENT CRITERIA
- Instructor Request for Teaching Assistant
- TA Schedule Availability
- TA + Instructor Experience
- Single-instructor vs. Co-instructors
In specific reference to instructors solidifying the placement of their own TA, we have come across a challenge in that sometimes students will reference a conversation instead of an actual placement verification.
If you have a conversation with a TA, be sure that you have mutually agreed to work together. You, as the instructor, hold the authority in placing a TA in this manner.
(50s)
If you have a conversation with a TA, be sure that you have mutually agreed to work together. You, as the instructor, hold the authority in placing a TA in this manner.
(50s)
Profile of TAs Recruited for Fall 2015
About 2/3 of our TA Community for this coming Fall semester is chosen by you! 63% of our TAs were handpicked by our instructor community. This is awesome!
Flip-flop from last year when we had 31% instructor-selected to 69% general applicant.
Flip-flop from last year when we had 31% instructor-selected to 69% general applicant.
ROLES: LM STAFF
- Provide TA Trainings
- Provide Instructor Support
- Conduct One to One Check-ins
- Further Program Development and Growth
2:30
ROLES: TA
- Complete pre-work and attend training.
- Engage with class, asking questions to deepen the conversation, foreshadowing learning to come.
- Act as the intentional bridge between instructor and student.
- Attend additional trainings offered by other departments throughout the University: optional but recommended!
I want Brian's photo here.
Really put to practice OII. TAs are encouraged to be active and intervene when they think it is the right thing for the class.
(1 min)
Really put to practice OII. TAs are encouraged to be active and intervene when they think it is the right thing for the class.
(1 min)
ULM Teaching-Team Vision
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No matter your role, you learn WITH your teaching team and students, the act of learning is simultaneous for all involved, and that learning could not exist for one with out the other. Everyone (student, instructor, TA) brings various gifts, talents, strengths and edges to the contexts in which we exist.
30 s
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ROLES: INSTRUCTOR
- Meet with your teaching assistant BEFORE the semester begins!
- Follow the Instructor/Teaching Assistant First Steps Hand-Out.
- Provide feedback + encourage participation.
- Fulfill the overarching teaching-team vision.
3 min
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SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS
- What advice and/or strategies would you give for working with a TA?
- How have you experienced tension within the Instructor/TA relationship? What are best practices for conflict resolution?
- What are some big moments in which your TA played a key role? How? What was your role (as an instructor) in this moment?
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NEXT SESSION OPTIONS
- ROOM 315: Management of Difficult/Combative Students in the Moment
- ROOM 125: Balancing Empathy and Accountability with Students in Distress
- ROOM 120: Planning Strategies to Facilitate Growth and Student Ownership
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