The TA Workshop Series provides ongoing professional development opportunities for Brock Teaching Assistants, Lab Demonstrators, Course Coordinators, Marker-Graders, and Seminar Leaders. Each workshop offers an opportunity to explore topics related to teaching and learning as part of Brock’s TA community.
Participation in workshops earns TAs credits towards the available TA Certificates in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Who can attend?
TA workshops are open to all Brock Teaching Assistants, Lab Demonstrators, Course Coordinators, Marker-Graders and Seminar/Tutorial Leaders
How can I register?
You can find workshop details and register to attend on ExperienceBU. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to eddev@brocku.ca
TA workshops
CPI will continue to host TA workshops through a variety of mediums. These workshops are open to all Brock University Teaching Assistants, Lab Demonstrators, Course Coordinators, and Marker-Graders. To increase flexible access and to model online teaching and learning environments, TA workshop sessions will take place both synchronously on campus and through Microsoft teams, as well as asynchronously through Sakai.
Click the links in the workshop titles below to get to the registration page in Experience BU.
Asynchronous workshops (in sakai)
Asynchronous workshops can be found in the “TA Program (CPI) 2022-2023” Sakai site, unless otherwise indicated. Registrants will be added to the site ahead of the workshop start date. If you would like to join a workshop that has already started please feel free to reach out to us at eddev@brocku.ca
- BRIGHTSPACE FOR TAs (January 16 – February 12)
- STATEMENT OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY (January 16 – February 12)
- TEACHING DOSSIER: DOCUMENTING YOUR TEACHING (January 16 – February 12)
- SUPPORTING STUDENT CRITICAL READING (February 13 to March 5)
- GRADING AND FEEDBACK IN BRIGHTSPACE (February 13 to March 5)
- PERFORMANCE AND PEDAGOGY (March 6 – April 2)
- RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH STUDENTS (March 6 – April 2)
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS (in-person or synchronously through microsoft teams)
- BRIGHTSPACE BASICS FOR TAs (January 4 | 1:00pm – 1:50pm on Teams)
- STATEMENT OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY (January 11 | 2:00pm – 2:50pm on Teams)
- TEACHING DOSSIERS: DOCUMENTING YOUR TEACHING (January 11 | 3:00 – 3:50pm on Teams)
- TEACHING DOSSIERS AND STATEMENTS – Discussion and Consultation Time (January 25 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm on Teams or ST 103)
- TRAUMA INFORMED PEDAGOGY (February 8 | 4:00pm – 4:50pm on Teams)
- WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (February 15 | 2:00pm – 2:50pm in ST 103)
- NAVIGATING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS IN COURSE CONTENT (February 15 | 3:00pm – 3:50pm in ST 103)
- INTER-IDENTITY PERSPECTIVES AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING (March 8 | 3:00pm – 3:50pm in ST 103)
- INDIGENOUS WAYS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (March 15 | 1:00pm – 1:50pm on Teams)
- APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING (March 22 | 3:00pm – 3:50pm on Teams)
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS (IN-PERSON OR SYNCHRONOUSLY THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS)
- STATEMENT OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY (January 21 | 9:30am – 10:20am on Teams)
- TEACHING DOSSIERS: DOCUMENTING YOUR TEACHING (January 21 | 10:30am – 11:20am on Teams)
- DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN A TEACHING TEAM TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING (February 18 | 9:30am – 10:20am on Teams)
- MICROAGGRESSIONS IN THE CLASSROOM (February 18 | 10:30am – 11:20am on Teams)
- PREPARING STUDENTS TO GIVE FEEDBACK (March 18 | 9:30am – 10:20am on Teams)
- READING STUDENT FEEDBACK (March 18 | 10:30am – 11:20am on Teams)
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to the Educational Development team at eddev@brocku.ca.