The TA Institute takes place from January 13 – 16 on the UBC Vancouver campus and is open to any graduate student who is interested in teaching or TAing.
This year, the TA Institute will focus on five different themes: inclusive, student-centered learning; teaching career preparations; teaching fundamentals; transformative growth in learning; and interdisciplinary and experiential learning.
https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/
From: UBC-LFS Dean
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:23 PM
To: Dragan, Lia Maria <lia.maria@ubc.ca>
Subject: FW: TA Opportunity for UBC Course: ASIC 220
Hi Lia – please post for grad students. Thx R
Rebecca Lee
Dean’s Office Coordinator | Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | 248-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone 604.822.1219 | Fax 604.822.6394
Dean.landfood@ubc.ca | @ubcLFS
www.landfood.ubc.ca | www.facebook.com/ubcLFS
From: Ickert, Stefanie <stefanie.ickert@ubc.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 3:44 PM
Subject: TA Opportunity for UBC Course: ASIC 220
Dear Colleagues,
We would be grateful if you would please forward the below call for TA applications and attached document to your graduate students.
Many thanks,
Stefanie
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Dear Grads,
Please find attached a TA Opportunity for ASIC 220 – Introduction to Sustainability in Term 2, 2019W.
To apply, please complete the attached application and return it along with your current CV to ires.applicants@ubc.ca by 4pm on Wednesday, November 13. A description of the course and the primary TA duties can be found here.
All the best,
Stefanie
Stefanie Ickert MA
Graduate Program Manager | Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
The University of British Columbia |430 – 2202 Main Mall| Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604-822-9034|www.ires.ubc.ca
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Greetings all,
You are invited to the LFS TAs Community of Practice.
Having a space to share insights or troubleshoot issues is an important part of your professional development. Our Community of Practice space is an informal get together of TAs once a month over coffee. For the month of October, we will have an open-topic gathering to hear about your experiences and feedback. Below are the details:
DATE: Wednesday 30th | 11-12:00 PM
VENUE: MCML 139
RSVP at: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ePsdYwC5mucEsDP
Looking forward to seeing you.
Best Regards,
Lennie and Tebby
Greetings all,
I hope your semester is progressing well. Thank you to those who attended the Marking and Assessment workshop. This is an invitation to another important activity.
LFS TAs Community of Practice
Having a space to share insights or troubleshoot issues is an important part of your professional development. Our Community of Practice space is an informal get together of TAs once a month over coffee. For the month of October, we will have an open-topic gathering to hear about your experiences and feedback. Below are the details:
DATE: Wednesday 30th | 11-12:00 PM
VENUE: TBA
RSVP at: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ePsdYwC5mucEsDP
Looking forward to seeing you.
Best Regards
Lennie and Tebby
Hello Everyone,
especially Term 2 TAs –
Now that Winter Session is well underway, you probably have a pretty good feel for how your course load and activities are balancing out.
Sometimes a student will realize a change has to be made: he/she has taken on too much, or something comes up, and s/he decides to withdraw from his/her Term 2 TA-ship.
For those of you who accepted offers for a Term 2 TA-ship and are considering a change like this,
Please first inform your instructor, then contact me at: lfs.ta@ubc.ca.
This deadline for foreseeable changes allows time for your instructor to find another TA, and to process your changes, before the term ends, everyone scatters, and the holidays are upon us.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Questions? Let me know.
Regards,
Virginia
Virginia Frankian
Academic Coordinator
UBC Faculty of Land & Food Systems
FNH Building, Room 230
2205 East Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Phone: 604 822-0434
For all TA-related correspondence, please use lfs.ta@ubc.ca
Hello LFS TAs,
This is a friendly reminder that registration closes tonight for the Midterm season workshops.
These workshops are offered to help LFS TAs:
Midterm Season Workshops – Mon, Oct 7 at FNH 300
10 AM – 12 PM | Marking and Feedback (facilitated by CTLT)
12 PM – 1 PM | Early Alert Training (facilitated by UBC Student Support Services)
For catering purposes, please register at: http://bit.ly/LFS_MT
Cheers,
Tebby Leepile
Lennie Cheung
Happy Friday, LFS TAs!
LFS TA Needs Assessment – Results and Prize Draw Winner
Thank you to all those who completed the LFS TA Needs Assessment Survey. The training areas you expressed the most interest in are:
– Offering Constructive Feedback
– Technology in the Classroom
– Developing a Teaching Portfolio
– Facilitating Discussions
– Marking and Assessment
We have already started to take your preferences into account (as you will see below!), and will try our best to coordinate these sessions for this academic year. Please also join us in congratulating Anna R. on winning the LFS TA Needs Assessments draw for an LFS umbrella!
Midterm Season Workshops – Mon, Oct 7
Midterm season is quickly approaching and can be a stressful time for students and teachers alike.
To help LFS TAs prepare for this time, and in light of your feedback from the Needs Assessment, the LFS TA Training Program is pleased to coordinate the following workshops on Monday, October 7 in Room 300 of the Food, Nutrition and Health Building:
For catering purposes, please register by Oct 1 at: http://bit.ly/LFS_MT
(you may choose to register for one or both workshops)
Marking and Feedback
This workshop will discuss how to use grading rubrics effectively to mark consistently and develop strategies for providing constructive feedback.
Facilitated by representatives from UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology.
Early Alert Training
UBC strives to build a caring community, in which we all reach out and offer support when we notice signs of difficulty in others. Early Alert helps facilitate this by helping staff, faculty and TA’s better support students who are facing difficulties that put their academic success at risk. This training is an introduction to the Early Alert program, and includes information about how to submit an Early Alert and how to access resources that will be useful when you are concerned about a student.
Facilitated by Brian Barth (Manager, UBC Student Support Services)
Community of Practice
We are excited to continue the Community of Practice for LFS TAs this year – please stay tuned for more details on these opportunities to meet your fellow TAs and discuss teaching challenges and strategies!
Best wishes from your TA Coordinators,
Tebby Leepile
Lennie Cheung
Hello LFS TAs,