The workshop will be at Engineering Lecture Hall V, Room 027

UPDATE: 08/23/19 Noon

IMPORTANT: This event is mandatory for ALL NEW Graduate Assistants, Teaching Assistants and Research Assistants on campus.

We encourage the participation of any graduate student or postdoctoral fellow interesting in pursuing a teaching career to attend the session.

AGENDA

8:30 AM: Registration and breakfast - Engineering Atrium

9:00 AM:  Instructional Technologies - Blackboard Online Technology for Teaching - Includes Bb screencasting, and Bb Collaborate for virtual office hours

• Jalisa Monroe, Instructional Technology Specialist, Division of Information Technology

9:30 AM: PROF-iT (Professors-in-Training) Teaching Opportunities

• Teaching opportunities that exist with UMBC's first-year programs - C. Jill Randles, Assistant Vice Provost and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Engagement and Transition Programs (AETP)

• Opportunities for enhanced training with Skillsoft - Jill Weinknecht Wardell, Director, Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness, Human Resources

• Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) certifications - Dr. Tracy Irish, Clinical Assistant Professor, MAE, Science and STEM Education

10:00 AM: "Teaching Disciplinary Thinking"

• Dr. Linda Hodges, Associate Vice Provost for for Faculty Affairs, and Director, Faculty Development Center

11:00 AM: Conflict Resolution

• Morgan Thomas, Civil Rights Investigator, Office of Human Relations

11:15 AM: Assisting Students with Disabilities

• Tawny McManus, Assistant Vice Provost for Accessibility, Student Disability Services Department

11:30 AM: Counseling Center

• Dr. Alayna Berkowitz, Assistant Director of Outreach and Mental Health Promotion, Counseling Center

11:45 AM: Policies that apply to all graduate assistants

• Dr. Jeffrey Halverson, Associate Dean of Graduate School and Professor of Geography & Isabel Garrido, Assistant Dean Administration, Policy & Compliance at the Graduate School

2:00 PM: Lunch

2:30 PM: Title IX Training (mandatory)

• Bobbie Hoye, Title IX Coordinator, Associate General Counsel, Human Relations Officer & Jess Myers, Director of the Women’s Center at UMBC. 

3:30 PM: End of the program

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