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GA, TA and RA Training Orientation

Teaching and Learning Seminar for Graduate Students at UMBC

Location

Engineering : 027

Date & Time

August 23, 2019, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Description

The workshop will be at Engineering Lecture Hall V, Room 027


UPDATE: 08/23/19 Noon


IMPORTANT: This event is mandatory for ALL NEW Graduate Assistants, Teaching Assistants and Research Assistants on campus.


We encourage the participation of any graduate student or postdoctoral fellow interesting in pursuing a teaching career to attend the session.


AGENDA


8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast - Engineering Atrium

 

9:00 AM:  Instructional Technologies - Blackboard Online Technology for Teaching - Includes Bb screencasting, and Bb Collaborate for virtual office hours

  • Jalisa Monroe, Instructional Technology Specialist, Division of Information Technology


9:30 AM: PROF-iT (Professors-in-Training) Teaching Opportunities

  • Teaching opportunities that exist with UMBC's first-year programs - C. Jill Randles, Assistant Vice Provost and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Engagement and Transition Programs (AETP)

  • Opportunities for enhanced training with Skillsoft - Jill Weinknecht Wardell, Director, Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness, Human Resources

  • Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) certifications - Dr. Tracy Irish, Clinical Assistant Professor, MAE, Science and STEM Education

10:00 AM: "Teaching Disciplinary Thinking"

  • Dr. Linda Hodges, Associate Vice Provost for for Faculty Affairs, and Director, Faculty Development Center


11:00 AM: Conflict Resolution

  • Morgan Thomas, Civil Rights Investigator, Office of Human Relations


11:15 AM: Assisting Students with Disabilities

  • Tawny McManus, Assistant Vice Provost for Accessibility, Student Disability Services Department


11:30 AM: Counseling Center

  • Dr. Alayna Berkowitz, Assistant Director of Outreach and Mental Health Promotion, Counseling Center


11:45 AM: Policies that apply to all graduate assistants

  • Dr. Jeffrey Halverson, Associate Dean of Graduate School and Professor of Geography & Isabel Garrido, Assistant Dean Administration, Policy & Compliance at the Graduate School
12:45 AM "Top GAs" Give Advice in Discipline-specific sessions

  1. The Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee (to be confirmed)
  2. Breakout Sessions (Discussions include: Time management, teaching a class, leading a lab, grading, conflict resolution, and more)
a) GAs in COEIT - Room ENG 027

  1. Prajna Bhandary, Computer Science
  2. Oindrila Ghosh, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
  3. Sevda Deldari, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
b) GAs in CAHSS - Room ENG 022

  1. Brittany Gay, Applied Developmental Psychology
  2. Alex Rittle, Geography & Environmental Systems
  3. Fariha Khalid, Sociology, Anthropology and Health Administration and Policy
c) GAs in CNMS - Room ENG 023
  1. Miranda Marvel, Marine-Estuarine Environmental Sciences
  2. Reetam Majumdar, Mathematics and Statistics
  3. Michael Lucagbo, Mathematics and Statistics

2:00 PM: Lunch

2:30 PM: Title IX Training (mandatory)

  • Bobbie Hoye, Title IX Coordinator, Associate General Counsel, Human Relations Officer & Jess Myers, Director of the Women’s Center at UMBC. 

3:30 PM: End of the program

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