Value Your Work as Graduate Students

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Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were unsure of: What skills you have? What benefits a TA-ship brings to you beyond the classroom? What you can contribute in your role as a TA beyond your described duties? If you answered any of the questions above with yes, this workshop is for you. In this interactive session, we will explore what values you bring and also gain in your work as a graduate student and TA.  By the end of the workshop, you will have started to discover and apply your known and unknown values to your work as a TA and graduate student, reflect and articulate why and how your skills can bring benefits to an organization such as the university, and develop and appreciate negotiation tactics from different perspectives.

This session is part of Teaching Development theme (which also includes After the ISW: Embedding Reflection into Your Teaching Practice and Introduction to Developing Teaching Philosophy and Teaching Portfolio).

The Teaching Assistant (TA) Institute is open to any graduate student who is interested in teaching or TAing, and includes sessions on teaching strategies, teaching development, lesson planning, teaching practice, and teaching reflection.

In order to complete a theme, you much register for and complete each of the sessions that are a part of that theme. The TA Institute webpage will be live in January 2018. You must complete the pre-session module on the TA Institute webpage before the institute begins, and the post session module after the final session in the theme. If you complete the whole theme, you will be eligible for a signed letter of completion to be placed in your Teaching Portfolio.

Facilitators: Arnab Ray and Katharina Rothe