{"id":537,"date":"2016-11-01T09:06:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T16:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/?page_id=537"},"modified":"2020-08-31T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T20:00:02","slug":"tips-from-past-biotap-sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/tips-from-past-biotap-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips From Past BioTAP Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #015600;\">Archives<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TA Orientation (2011-2015)<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>At the TA Orientation, new and returning TAs have roundtable discussions with experienced senior TAs and instructors on various topics. Read what they talked about and get some tips here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/TA-Orientation-2015.pdf\">TA Orientation 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/TA-Orientation-2014.pdf\">TA Orientation 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/TA-Orientation-2013.pdf\">TA Orientation 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/TA-Orientation-2012.pdf\">TA Orientation 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/TA-Orientation-2011.pdf\">TA Orientation 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Facilitation Strategies for Effective learning:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>At this workshop, new and returning TAs brainstorm strategies for difficult situations in the classroom. Read what they talked about and get some tips here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2019\/10\/Strategies-from-2019-2020.pdf\">Strategies from 2019-2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Strategies-from-2015-2016.pdf\">Strategies from 2015-2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Strategies-from-2014-2015.pdf\">Strategies from 2014-2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Strategies-from-2013-2014-Cohort-.pdf\">Strategies from 2013-2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Strategies-from-2012-2013.pdf\">Strategies from 2012-2013<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Strategies-from-2011-2012.pdf\">Strategies from 2011-2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Handouts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Facilitator\u2019s-Role-Handout.pdf\">Facilitator\u2019s role <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Qualities-of-Effective-Facilitators.pdf\">Qualities of Effective Facilitators<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Working-with-Disruptive-Groups-Handout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working with Disruptive Groups Handout<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Facilitating-Effective-Group-Discussions-2015.pdf\">Facilitating Effective Group Discussions 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Marking: Survival Skills<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Our TAs have identified strategies for effective grading and means of providing undergraduate students with constructive feedback.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/BioTAP-Providing-Feedback-Oct-2015-_WACedits.docx\">BioTAP Providing Feedback 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Tips-for-marking-2015.pdf\">Tips for marking 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Challenges and Rewards of Teaching: Where do we go from here?<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>After reflecting on some of the challenges they faced this year, the 2019-2020 cohort of BioTAP TA\u2019s generated a list of tips and strategies for new TAs. Check it out here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2020\/01\/What-advice-would-you-pass-on-to-new-TAs.pdf\">What advice would you pass on to new TAs<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Effective Teaching Strategies from Observing Expert Instructors<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2020\/01\/Effective-Teaching-Strategies-2019-2020-cohort.pdf\">Effective Teaching Strategies 2019-2020 cohort<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Best Teaching Practices<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Seven-Principles-of-Good-Practice-By-Arthur-W.-Chickering-and-Zelda-F.-Gamson.pdf\">Seven-Principles-of-Good-Practice-By-Arthur-W.-Chickering-and-Zelda-F.-Gamson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Best-practices-2016.pdf\">Best practices 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Teaching Reflections &#8211; Tutorial, Labs &amp; Lectures<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/files\/2016\/11\/Teaching-reflections-Tutorials-Labs-Lectures-2015.pdf\">Teaching Reflections <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Archives TA Orientation (2011-2015) At the TA Orientation, new and returning TAs have roundtable discussions with experienced senior TAs and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2286,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-537","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/537\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biotap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}