Graduate Student Teaching Practicum: January-April 2022

Event Date & Time

  • Introduction & Info Session
    December 17, 2021
    10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Workshop 1
    January 12, 2022
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Workshop 2
    February 2, 2022
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Workshop 3
    March 2, 2022
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Workshop 4
    March 23, 2022
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Workshop 5
    April 21, 2022
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

Click “Register Now” to sign up for the waitlist. If your application is successful and you are selected as a participant you will be contacted via email with more details to attend the Internship. This event will be held online on Zoom.

What is the Graduate Student Teaching Practicum?

The next Graduate Student Teaching Practicum cohort will start in January 2022. In order to register, you need to be a Graduate Student and have completed a Graduate ISW, the CIRTL Summer Teaching Institute, or Foundations of Pedagogy.

Registration opens on November 18 and closes on January 11 at 4 pm.

Program Outcomes

By the end of the Practicum you will be able to:

  1. Create a framework for how a typical university course operates
  2. Articulate how teaching and learning theories intersect with the practical requirements of a university course
  3. Design university lessons which incorporate learner-centred lesson planning basics, demonstrating the alignment of learning objectives, learning activities and assessment techniques
  4. Develop and refine a teaching portfolio using the evidence of teaching effectiveness gathered throughout the internship

The schedule is as follows and sessions will be held online on Zoom.

  • An introduction and info session will be held on Zoom December 17th from 10:00 – 11:30 am.
  • There will be 5 workshops held over the Spring Term:
    • January 12th from 10 – 12 – Lesson Planning Clinic
    • February 2nd from 10 – 12 – Teaching Portfolios
    • March 2nd  from 10 – 12 – Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
    • March 23rd from 10 – 12 – Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion in Teaching
    • April 21st from 10 – 12 – Panel Discussion

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