This event is the place for new TAs to learn about what teaching at UMaine entails with a chance to meet and network with fellow TAs.
9:00-9:15 Welcome & Overview
9:15-9:45 Introduction to the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
9:45-10:15 How do you learn?
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-10:50 University of Maine Graduate Workers Union (UMGWU-UAW)
10:50-11:50 Part I: Diversity and Nondiscrimination in the Classroom
11:50-12:30 Lunch (Provided by Las Palapas)
12:30-1:30 Part II: Compliance Training (This session fulfills mandatory Title IX training needed for all TAs)
1:30-2:45 Concurrent Sessions (choose one) – breakout rooms
- Expectations versus reality: Orienting yourself and Students to the Classroom-
Heather Falconer, Assistant Prof. of Professional & Technical Writing
(Intended for Teaching Assignments in English, Education, and other Liberal Arts) - Teaching a Laboratory-
Frank Dudish, Physics Lecturer
MacKenzie Stetzer, Associate Prof. of Physics
(Intended for Teaching Assignments in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and other Sciences)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Concurrent Sessions (choose one) – breakout rooms
- Preparing for your First Day of Class
Natasha Speer, Associate Prof., Dept. of Mathematics & RiSE Center
(Intended for Teaching Assignments with direct instruction of students) - Grading Computer Science Assignments
Torsten Hahmann, Associate Prof. Computing and Information Science
(Intended for Teaching Assignments with indirect instruction of students)
4:00 Raffle
To register for this event, please use this link.
