2024 Instructional Assistant Teaching Symposium
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2024 Instructional Assistant Teaching Symposium
Recordings and Slides from the 2024 Sessions
Recordings and Slides from the 2024 Sessions
View recordings from select IA Symposium sessions: https://mediaspace.ucsd.edu/playlist/dedicated/1_2khsfl05/1_6lgyp25x
Recordings include:
Keynote Panel
Time Management 101
Tech Tools for Classroom Engagement
Office Hours 101
Grading 101: Problem Sets and Short Answers
Engaging Students on Zoom
View slides from the sessions listed below: https://tinyurl.com/ia24slides
Access additional online resources for IAs: https://tinyurl.com/welcomeIA
Request a 1-1 consultation to follow up with your questions: http://tinyurl.com/ethconsult
Session Descriptions
Session Descriptions
Keynote Panel
Keynote Panel
We invite you to begin the symposium in the company of experienced Instructional Assistants from across campus as they discuss suggestions on preparing for your first day of teaching, including considerations for community building, time management, and how to prepare without over-preparing, with time reserved specifically for participant questions.
Panelists:
Catherine Wahlenmayer (Ph.D. Candidate, Mathematics)
Naomi T. Lin (Ph.D. Candidate, Education Studies and Cognitive Science)
Jordi Martinez-Munoz (Ph.D. Candidate, Economics)
Carolina Ramirez-Moreno (Ph.D. Student, Literature)
Panelist will share insights about topics such as:
How do you balance helping students while also maintaining boundaries?
What does the day-to-day work look like as an Instructional Assistant and how do you navigate that with your research and other responsibilities?
What do you do if you feel underprepared? How do you teach the content if you are just learning it yourself?
What is one piece of advice that you wish you knew going into your first experience as an IA?
Kickstart Session - Practical Plans for Section Preparation
Kickstart Session - Practical Plans for Section Preparation
Join us for our kickstart session on practical plans for preparing for your first day of section! What first impressions will you make with students and how will you set the tone for the quarter? Together we will discuss and develop practical plans for your first day, including actionable practices for structuring the section, creating a sense of community, and sharing consistent expectations with the students.
Interactive Workshop Sessions:
Getting Situated in your Teaching & Learning Environment
Interactive Workshop Sessions:
Getting Situated in your Teaching & Learning Environment
Engaging Students in STEM and problem-solving sections
Discover equitable strategies for engaging your students in class to enhance their collective learning during problem-solving sessions. You will leave the session with an introductory set of active learning and facilitation strategies to implement in your classroom from the first day.
Engaging Students in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and discussion-based sections
Discover equitable strategies for engaging your students in class to enhance their collective learning during discussion-based sessions. You will leave the session with an introductory set of active learning and facilitation strategies to implement in your classroom from the first day.
Microlearning Sessions
Microlearning Sessions
Microlearning sessions are brief, yet high-impact learning experiences tailored to help you thrive in your role as an instructional assistant. Each topic is covered in concise, focused segments to ensure you leave with actionable tools and resources that you can immediately apply to enhance student engagement and learning in the classroom. You’ll gain practical insights into grading equitably and efficiently, supporting students during office hours, managing your time as an instructional assistant, teaching in a remote environment, and more.
Microlearning Session: Giving Feedback in a Multicultural Classroom
Explore challenges on communication and feedback in a multicultural classroom. Learn about tips and tricks to carry out classroom feedback that facilitates growth mindset in the classroom. Practice the Sandwich method and reflect on personal experiences on perceiving feedback in different cultural backgrounds.
Microlearning Session: Time Management 101
As graduate students, we constantly have to juggle multiple responsibilities and roles. This session will provide some resources and ideas for time management. We will go through tips about time management on a daily, weekly and quarterly basis, as well as how to track and assess time allocation. Finally, specific tools and suggestions about juggling teaching and research responsibilities will be shared.
Microlearning Session: Uncovering TA-terminology: What Do Those Terms Mean?
FTE, NRST, GSR, Sun God…what do those mean? Are you an instructional assistant trying to navigate lots of new UCSD terminology? This fun and interactive session is perfect for you! We’ll explore the meaning behind various employment terms, decode abbreviations and acronyms for support services and buildings, and identify key campus landmarks. Don’t miss the chance to enhance your UCSD vocabulary and become more familiar with common references.
Microlearning Session: Engaging Students on Zoom
This session explores practical strategies to boost student engagement in Zoom-based learning environments, covering techniques like chat waterfalls, polls, and effective breakout room management. Attendees will discover how to create dynamic, equitable, participatory online classrooms that enhance student engagement and learning outcomes through interactive tools and evidenced-based facilitation methods
Microlearning Session: Office Hours 101
Office hours are a key opportunity to connect with and support students. In this session, we will share suggestions for setting up office hours, demystify the conventional reasons to attend office hours, and identify creative ways to encourage students to connect with you.
Microlearning Session: Utilizing Interactive Tech Tools to Enhance Learning in the Classroom
Join us for a microlearning session designed specifically for instructional assistants looking to integrate technology into their teaching practices. Explore a variety of tech tools that can enhance student engagement, peer collaboration, and support learning in the college classroom.
Microlearning Session: Providing Feedback and Grading on Writing
Join us for this microlearning session that will explore effective and equitable practices and strategies for giving feedback and grading for writing assignments. We’ll share skills for providing constructive feedback for our students that is specific, actionable, and focused on promoting student growth and learning in our classrooms.
Microlearning Session: Providing Feedback and Grading on Problem Sets/Short Answer
Whether you are tasked with grading short answers or formula-based problems, discover simple yet effective strategies that will make your grading more efficient and more equitable. We will use example problems to walk through the process of creating grading criteria, and share tips for time management and communicating with your course instructor.
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