WPI Teaching Assistant Training Schedule

January 2008

Time	Session
9:00	Breakfast and Check-in
9:15-9:30	Welcome and Overview Glynis Hamel, TA Training Associate, Center for Educational Development & Assessment; John Orr, Provost Ad-Interim and Dean of Undergraduate Studies
9:30-10:00	Know Your Students Philip Clay, Dean of Students
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:15	Cross-Cultural Communication Billy McGowan, Director of ESL
11:15 - 12:00	Balancing Roles: Assistant, Teacher, Scholar Glynis Hamel
12:00 - 12:45	Lunch
12:45 - 2:00	Preparing and Delivering Classroom Presentations Dr. Judith Miller, Associate Dean for Special Academic Initiatives, Clark University

Time	Session
9:00	Breakfast and Check-in
9:15-10:15	Ethics, Legal Rights, Legal Responsibilities John McNeill, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
10:15 - 11:15	Evaluating and Grading Student Performance Glynis Hamel
11:15 - 11:30	Break
11:30 - 12:30	Working with Students One-on-One Glynis Hamel and Panel of Undergraduate Students (Liz Stewart, Michael Susienka, Erin Vozzola)
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch and Completion of Feedback Forms

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