Month: April 2022
TA Needs Assessment (Chance to Win a Coffee Card!)
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Hope you all had a great 2021-22 winter session! We would like to invite past, current and future TAs to share with us your experience and/or expectations of being a TA, and your needs to function as a TA. It will greatly help us evaluate the effectiveness of the current program and identify potential approaches to improve the program in the future.
Please click the hyperlink below to enter the survey:
TA Needs Assessment Survey
This survey takes about 10-15 min to complete. At the end of the survey, you will have the option to enter a prize draw for one of three $5 coffee cards. Please note that this survey is meant to be anonymous, we ask for your email address only for contacting you in case you win the prize, but it won’t be used to identify your responses.
To enter the prize draw, please submit the survey by Fri, May 6, 2022. We look forward to hearing your thoughts!
If you have any questions or concerns about the survey, please do not hesitate to contact me or Alysha.
Best regards,
Amelie Zhang (amelie.huiying.zhang@ubc.ca)
Alysha Deslippe (alyshade@student.ubc.ca)
LFS TA Training Coordinators
Winter TA Opportunity – 2022 W2 FNH 490 002 – Food Safety and Quality Management
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I am looking for a TA for 2022 W2 FNH 490 002 Food Safety and Quality Management for the winter term of 2023 (January to April). This is a problem-based learning course that examines the techniques, including continuous improvement methods, needed to implement a food safety and quality system in a food manufacturing facility. Sanitation is an area of focus because of its link to significant food borne outbreaks.
Please apply to the LFS TA Application System by April 30th at 4:30pm, or email me, Rebecca Robertson, at rebecca.robertson@ubc.ca if you are interested in this TA position.
Are you on the LFS TA Summer or Winter TA email list?
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If you are currently not included in the TA mailing lists (if you have not been receiving emails from Amelie and Alysha) and would like to be included, please send an email to alyshade@student.ubc.ca.
Please specify if you are a 2021/22 Winter TA or will be a 2022 Summer TA, or both. These lists are intended to inform TAs about upcoming training and relevant events.
REMINDER: LFS TA Application closes April 30th, 2022 at 4:30pm
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Now is the time to apply or encourage your students to apply for Winter TAships.
The LFS TA Application soon closes to applications for Winter 2022/23 TA positions for all Winter terms.
- The TA App will be open until Sat., April 30th, 2022 at 4:30pm.
After it closes April 30th at 4:30pm, application is by instructor or administrator invitation only.
If you are off-campus you must use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the website.
Check the UBC IT website for help at: https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn
Questions? Email Virginia Frankian at lfs.ta@ubc.ca
Instructional Skills Workshop for Undergraduate TAs only – May to June Session
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If you are an undergraduate TA the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) is interested in your participation and feedback on an ‘undergraduate only’ Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW). Typically the ISW is targeted towards graduate TAs. This is an excellent opportunity to participant in an ISW and help shape how CTLT structures future ISWs!
There is an online ISW for this purpose next month with sessions on May 24, 28, 29 and June 4. If these dates do not work for you but you are still interested in this opportunity please reach out to myself or Amelie and we will keep you in the loop on future undergraduate only ISW as they transition back to in-person.
Cheers,
LFS TA Training Program Presents: Marking Workshop and TA Appreciation Lunch
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