Come and meet with other LFS TA’s for an informal coffee hour- bring your lunch and/or enjoy the free coffee and fruit! This is your opportunity to get to know other TA’s, ask for advice on any issue(s) you’re struggling with, and to share your own ideas and experiences.

When: October 8, 12:00-1:00pm
Where: FSC 1002 (2424 Main Mall)

Please RSVP (so there is enough coffee and fruit) to carrie.james@alumni.ubc.ca

Do you have a topic you’d like to talk about at this or a future community of practice? Let us know! email carrie.james@alumni.ubc.ca or schrod10@mail.ubc.ca

Congratulations to Sara Moukarzel, PhD candidate in Human Nutrition, on receiving the LFS Grad Student Teaching Award.  This new award was created to recognize and acknowledge excellence in service as a teaching assistant and includes a certificate and $1,000.

Sara is certainly a deserving recipient. She has diverse TA experience and has helped to educate almost a thousand LFS students, accumulating approximately 850 hours as a TA over 10 assignments. Sara began her program in January 2012 and in addition to her TA duties, she has also been LFS TA Training Program Coordinator, adjudicator at the UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, and assisted with the piloting of the LFS TA evaluation process launched in June 2014.

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on October 17, 18, and 24, 2015!

Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 3-day workshop.
Please, register before Friday, September 18^th.

This is an excellent opportunity to complete the ISW, if you haven’t yet. Spots fill up fast!

“The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience.  Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.”

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the ISW, please go to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PmtDexZ4EaK29TTPPIN9lYVLPiwc564HEjT4HXe87SA/viewform?usp=send_form

Once the registration is complete, you will receive an email from CTLT with more details about timing and more!

If you have any questions, please contact us at schrod10@mail.ubc.ca or agrocarrie@gmail.com.

Kindly,
Theresa Schroder and Carrie James
Coordinators of the LFS TA training program

I’ve uploaded all of the handouts and the presentation from the September 8th TA Orientation.

• Sept 8 Orientation Presentation
• TA Orientation Handbook 2015-2016 FINAL
• Quick Guide to the CUPE 2278 Collective Agreement
• Changes to the Collective Agreement between CUPE 2278 and UBC

Are you looking for a TA position in term 2 (January – April 2016)?
There is currently an opening for a TA on the team for FNH 473 (Nutrition Education in the Community). FNH 473 focuses on taking a population health approach to issues in nutrition and focuses on health promotion strategies, health behaviour theories, and the current Canadian context for community/public health nutrition (however no particular background in nutrition is required for you to be effective in your role as a TA in this course). The position would be for 83 hours in term 2 and would include an initial training session, weekly TA meetings, ~10 weeks of supporting small student working groups on Monday afternoons (so you would need to be available on Mondays between 2 PM and 4 PM), and some marking (with clear rubrics and lots of support provided). For more information about the course, please refer to the syllabus (available here: http://courses.landfood.ubc.ca/files/FNH_473.pdf). This is quite a nice TA opportunity — there is a lot of ongoing support and a variety of tasks spread throughout the term, including working directly with student groups. In your work with student groups, you will use a modified problem-based learning (PBL) approach to help facilitate and support the groups’ work and learning (training will be provided at the beginning of the term). If you would like to apply for this position, please contact the instructor, Dr. Candice Rideout, by email (candice.rideout@ubc.ca) as soon as possible. Thank you!

The instructor of FNH 477 001 is looking for a TA for an assignment of up to 74 hours.

The job description is as follows:

If you are interested in this position, please contact the course instructor directly:

Name:	NOVAK, ELIZABETH MARIE
Office Telephone:
Email:	enovak@mail.ubc.ca