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Continental breakfast and lunch will be served.
Topics include:
- $2000 “Professors in Training” (PROF-it) Opportunities at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) – UMBC/CCBC Teaching Fellows Program
- Teaching Undergraduates Through the “Introduction to an Honors University (IHU)” Program
- The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Leadership (CIRTL) – UMBC’s Role in the national center, and available resources
- “Teaching Disciplinary Thinking”
- Instructional Technologies (Including Blackboard, Bb screencasting, and Bb Collaborate for virtual office hours.)
- Conflict Resolution: What Every TA Needs to Know
- Assisting Students with Disabilities
- Counseling Center
- Panels of experienced TAs and instructors in Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines, and for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.
AGENDA
- Teaching opportunities that exist with UMBC’s first-year programs – C. Jill Randles, Assistant Vice President and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Education
- Opportunities for enhanced training with Skillsoft – Jill Weinknecht Wardell
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Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) certifications – Dr. Tracy Irish, Clinical Faculty MAE, Science and STEM Education
10:00 AM ” Teaching Disciplinary Thinking”
- The Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee
- Breakout Sessions (Discussions include: Leading a lab, grading, teaching class, time management, and more)