Graduate TA

Graduate Badge: Student Evaluations and Feedback

Apr 24, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Student evaluations at the end of the semester can evoke a range of emotions and create moments of vulnerability for educators, yet they can also offer some valuable insight for reflecting on our teaching practice. This workshop will explore what the research says about the validity and reliability of student feedback, strategies to get the most out of end-of-semester evaluations, and steps instructors can take to interpret that feedback. This workshop is geared toward gradute teaching assistants and counts toward the Essentials of Teaching and learning Badge.

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Graduate Badge: Taming the Inner Teaching Critic

Mar 26, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Have you ever wrestled with persistent nagging doubts about being qualified enough for your instructional role or whether your students perceive you as being a capable and competent instructor? Up to 70% of people experience these feelings/thoughts of being a fraud or imposter at least once in their life. In this session, we will learn more about imposter phenomenon and techniques for taming your inner teaching critic. NB: Graduate teaching badge eligible.

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Graduate Badge: Identifying Your Teaching Personae

Jan 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Who are you as a teacher? This workshop will guide graduate teaching assistants in exploring and defining their unique teaching personas. Through interactive activities and reflective discussions, participants will uncover their teaching values, strengths, and areas for growth. By aligning their personal characteristics with effective teaching practices, attendees will leave with a clearer sense of their identity in the classroom and practical strategies to enhance their teaching confidence and effectiveness.

CELT Launches Essentials in Teaching and Learning Badge for Graduate Students

Trey Conatser Sep 27, 2024

Graduate instructors and teaching assistants are central to the undergraduate teaching mission of the University of Kentucky, yet they enter these pivotal roles with uneven experience, training, and resources/support for teaching effectiveness. CELT. fills this gap through the Essentials in Teaching and Learning Badge, which can be earned by graduate students, postdocs, professional students, and postgraduate fellows or trainees.

ITA Series: Active Learning Strategies to Mitigate Language Fatigue

Oct 17, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 PM

If English is not your first language, you may find the first couple of years as a TA creates a sense of language exhaustion because of the constant verbal and written translation in the classroom. In this workshop, participants will learn and discuss teaching strategies that can help mitigate language exhaustion.

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