Department of Integrative Biology Teaching Assistants’ Orientation and Workshops

Department of Integrative Biology TA Orientation and Workshops Program

1-2:15 PM TA Orientation 168 Noland Hall

1-1:20 PM – Departmental logistics, question/answer session about payroll and benefits, Nazan Gillie and Carol Cooley

1:20-1:30 PM – TAA

1:30-2:15 PM – We are all complicit: Interlocking systems of oppression, identity, and critical consciousness in higher education, Althea Miller

2:20-3:55 PM – TA-led Workshops

Concurrent sessions, choose 2 to attend, each is 45 minutes

• Dismantling Top-Down Teaching: The Power of Small Groups, Haley Briel (2:20-3:05 PM and 3:10-3:55 PM) 168 Noland Hall
• Biology Knowledge vs. Biology Learning: An alignment in quest, Kyriaki Chatzikyriakidou (2:20-3:05 PM and 3:10-3:55 PM) 123 Noland Hall
• Balancing work and life as a graduate student and TA, Larry Werner (2:20-3:05 PM and 3:10-3:55 PM) 119 Noland Hall

4-4:30 PM – Panel Discussion and Q/A, 168 Noland Hall