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Graduate Student Instructor Teaching Orientation

Fall 2013 Agenda

 

Monday, August 26, 1:00 - 4:15 p.m. and

Tuesday, August 27, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

at the Michigan League [1]

 

Please bring your MCard and consider dressing in layers since Michigan League rooms vary in temperature. 

MONDAY  
1:00 p.m. Opening Plenary (Ballroom)
1:30 p.m. Interactive Theatre Performance (Ballroom)
2:00 p.m. Panel of Experienced GSIs (Ballroom)
2:45 p.m. Preparing for the First Week of Teaching (see session descriptions here [2])
 
  • Preparing for the First Week of Teaching Graduate Students
  • Preparing for the First Week of Teaching Undergraduate Students
TUESDAY  
8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Ballroom)
9:00 a.m. Plenary (Ballroom)
9:15 a.m. Classroom Communication (Ballroom)
10:15 a.m. Practice Teaching (various League and MLB classrooms)
12:25 p.m. Lunch (Ballroom)
 
  • GEO presentation from 12:35-1:05 p.m.
1:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions I: Teaching Methods (see session descriptions here [2])
 
  • Dealing with Controversy During Classroom Discussions
  • Evaluating Student Writing
  • Facilitating Discussions in the Humanities
  • Facilitating Discussions in the Social Sciences
  • Facilitating Group Work to Maximize Learning in Labs and Discussions
  • Leading Problem Solving Sessions
  • One-to-One Teaching in Music, Art, Dance & Architecture (Part 1)
  • Strategies for Teaching Foreign Language Courses
  • Teaching Effectively with Technology
3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II: Teaching Methods (see session descriptions here [2])
 
  • Dealing with Controversy During Classroom Discussions
  • Evaluating Student Writing
  • Facilitating Discussions in the Humanities
  • Facilitating Discussions in the Social Sciences
  • Grading in Quantitative Courses and the Sciences
  • Identity and Authority in the Classroom
  • One-to-One Teaching in Music, Art, Dance & Architecture (Part 2)
  • Teaching Effectively with Technology

If you have questions, contact Karishma Collette (karishms@umich.edu [3]).

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 Resources and Links

Source URL: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/gsioagenda

Links:
[1] http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/gsitomap
[2] http://www.crlt.umich.edu/node/662
[3] mailto:karishms@umich.edu
[4] http://www.crlt.umich.edu/category/tags/training