A large part of my role in the department is foundation\/first year level teaching of large classes consisting of lectures and teaching assistant conducted studio labs.\u00a0 This specific foundation course has been expanded to the Coordinated Arts Program and is part of the first year curriculum for the new Bachelor of Media Studies degree. In my years teaching this course, I continuously integrate innovative and interactive teaching practices and curriculum design for effective first year student personal epistemology and learning, towards student success and ultimately high retention. A large part of this role depends on the facilitation and co-ordination of teaching assistant training, support and mentorship, advocating habits of reflection in their ongoing process of learning best practices of how to teach.<\/p>\n
Over the years at UBC I have taught full course loads and sometimes more, of six to seven courses per year.\u00a0 I teach in a variety of areas and types of classes, from large Foundation level studio in both material and immaterial practices, to studio theory courses and am able to teach various medium specific classes in-between. Overall, teaching in Visual Arts encapsulates more than distribution of knowledge.\u00a0 When teaching, it is imperative that I create environments wherein vulnerability, self-reflection and a larger epistemological understanding of how one knows and functions in relationship to meaning and ideologies and ways to execute productively, is a large part of my process.<\/p>\n