Inaugural TA Conference

Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Time: 9 am to 4 pm
Location: TEL Building
Online Registration | TA Conference Main Page

Schedule

Time	Workshop	Room	Handouts
9:00am - 10:00am	Opening Plenary - Great TAs in Action Irena Knezevic (Social Science/Arts, University Wide Teaching Award Winner in the TA category 2007) , and Tharsini Manivannan (Chemistry, Science & Engineering, University Wide Teaching Award Winner in the TA category 2008)	0016
10:00am - 11:00am	Promoting 'Racial' and Ethnic Equity as a TA in a Diverse Classroom Alejandro Campos-Garcia, PhD Candidate, Sociology, and Markus Kip PhD Candidate, Sociology	0007
	Conflict Resolution: Managing difficult students in the sciences Paul Chafe, Biology TDGA, and Jennifer Rose, Biology TDGA	0009
	Teaching Students Making the Transition from High School to University: The Student’s Perspective Farra Yasin, M.Ed. Candidate, Faculty of Educaiton	0011	Slides Handouts
	Counselling & Disability Services: Who we are, What we do, What you can do Marc Wilchesky, Executive Director, Counselling & Disability Services	0013	Slides Handouts
11:00am - 12:00pm	Making the Most of Marking Laboratory Reports Tanya Noel (Department of Biology/Centre for the Support of Teaching YUFA), Tamara Kelly (Department of Biology), Jennifer Rose (Department of Biology TDGA), and Paul Chafe (Department of Biology TDGA)	0007
	Marking in the Fine Arts: Fact or Fiction Dr. Bridget Cauthery, Dance Department, Faculty of Fine Arts	0009	Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3
	Lesson Planning in Foundations Courses and Beyond Candace Iron, Foundations TDGA, Lisa Boucher, Social Science Foundations TDGA, and Bessie Goldberg, Humanities Foundations TDGA	0011
	Effective Feedback and Grading in Liberal Arts Disciplines Ron Sheese, Chair, Writing Department, Faculty of LA & PS	0013
12:00pm - 1:00pm	LUNCH
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Making your teaching dossier "work for you" John Paul Foxe, PhD Candidate, Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Graduate Teaching Associate 2009/10, and CUPE	0007	Slides
	Writing Feedback in a Diverse Classroom Jessica King, PhD Candidate, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics	0009	Handout 1 Handout 2
	Bringing Learning to Life with Technology-Enhanced Teaching: A Case Study in Biology Dr. Motti Anafi, Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering	0011
	Teaching to Multiple Learning Styles Denise Dennis, PhD Candidate, Department of English	0013	Handouts
2:00pm-3:00pm	Special Afternoon Plenary Karolyn Smardz Frost, PhD, Research Associate, York Centre for Education and Community, Faculty of Education	0016
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Panel Discussion	0016