Teaching and Learning Development Workshops

CST offers an ongoing series of teaching and learning seminars, workshops, and public lectures for faculty members and teaching assistants at all levels of experience.

Who Can Attend?

Please check the workshop description for intended audience. Most workshops are open to both faculty members and teaching assistants, but some are intended specifically for one group, and may even be restricted. This information will be posted on the workshop description page.

Where Can I Find Workshop Handouts?

Handouts, recordings and other resources can be found linked to the workshops below.

How Do I Register?

You can register for our workshops online by filling out the form on each workshop page.

Workshop Schedule 2011-12

September: Getting Started

Workshops
Date	Title
Wednesday, September 26, 2011	Establishing Effective Working Relationships between Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Course Directors (CDs) Cherie Bova (Associate Director, CST) Mandy Frake-Mistak (CST TDGA Coordinator 2011-12) Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Tuesday, September 27, 2011	Student/TA interactions: Preparing for the unexpected Paul Chafe (CST Graduate Teaching Associate 2011) Jerusha Lederman (CST Graduate Teaching Associate 2011) Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Wednesday, September 28, 2011	The Impostor Phenomenon for Teaching Assistants Diane Zorn (Humanities/LA&PS; Schulich School of Business) Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Thursday, September 29, 2011	Planning Your Tutorial: How to Do It Efficiently and Effectively Ros Woodhouse (Educational Developer, CST / LA&PS, Writing Department) Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL

October: In the Classroom

Workshops
Date	Title
Tuesday, October 4	Micro-Teaching Session Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: 1009 TEL
Tuesday, October 4, 2011	Handling Conflict, Anger and Emotion in the Classroom Diane Zorn (Humanities/LA&PS; Schulich School of Business) Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Tuesday, October 11, 2011	Straightforward strategies to get your students talking online Ros Woodhouse (Educational Developer, CST / LA&PS, Writing Department) Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Thursday, October 13, 2011	Making the Grade Ros Woodhouse (Educational Developer/CST, LA&PS/Writing Department) Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Thursday, October 13, 2011	Teaching your students what they need to succeed: Research, writing and critical thinking skills Learning Commons partners and Ros Woodhouse (Educational Developer, CST; Writing Department, LA&PS) Time:1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Wednesday, October 19, 2011	Fostering Critical Thinking Jan Rehner (Departments of English, Humanities and Writing/ LA&PS) Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Thursday, October 20, 2011	Supporting Student Writing with Ron Sheese (Writing Department, LA&PS; Learning Commons) Time:10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL

November: Supporting Learning for all Students

Workshops
Date	Title
Tuesday, November 1, 2011	Making Mental Health Disabilities More Visible Vitali Rosen (MSc, MHDS disability counsellor/educator) Kristin Tokarsky (in progress MSW, York University) Enid Weiner (MSW, Ed.D, Manager MHDS) Time:10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Wednesday, November 2, 2011	TA Conversations Lunch A space in which TAs might discuss amongst colleagues the concerns, issues and challenges they face in their teaching practice. Time:12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Location: 1009 TEL
Tuesday, November 8, 2011	Diversity in the Classroom Nythalah Baker, Senior Advisor, Education & Communications, Centre for Human Rights Sheila Wilmot, CUPE 3903 Equity Officer Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Thursday, November 10, 2011	Prevent Plagiarism Before It Happens! Tools You Can Use to Promote Academic Honesty Rosa Orlandini and Anna St-Onge (York University Libraries) Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Tuesday, November 22, 2011	TA Session: How to prepare your teaching dossier: from "don't know how" to "done it!" Ros Woodhouse (Academic Director/CST, LAPS/Writing Programs) Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Location: 1014 TEL
Wednesday, November 23, 2011	TA Conversations Lunch A space in which TAs might discuss amongst colleagues the concerns, issues and challenges they face in their teaching practice. Time:12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Location: 1009 TEL

December: Professional Development

Workshops
Date	Title
Tuesday, December 13, 2011	Micro-Teaching Session Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location: 1009 TEL

January: Professional Development

Workshops
Date	Title
Thursday, January 19	Micro-Teaching Session Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Location: 1009 TEL
Wednesday, January 25, 2012	TA Conversations Lunch A space in which TAs might discuss amongst colleagues the concerns, issues and challenges they face in their teaching practice. Time:12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Location: 1009 TEL

February: Supporting Student Learning

Workshops
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March: Assessment and Diversity

Workshops
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April: Professional Development

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Date	Title