Graduate School to Hold
Teaching Assistant/Associate Workshop

The Graduate School will hold its annual Teaching Assistant/Associate Workshop on August 21-22, 2007, in the Chemistry Building auditorium. The workshop is designed for international, first-time and experienced teaching assistants/associates, lab assistants as well as for other graduate students who plan to pursue careers in the professoriate.

Session topics include: “Course Management and University Procedural Issues,” “The Pros and Cons of Teaching Online,” “Learning Styles of the Ne(x)t Generation,” “Meeting the Challenges of Twenty-First Century Teaching” and “Teaching in the Twenty-First Century Science Lab.”

The Graduate School requires that all TAs who are teachers of record (Teaching Associates) or who assist faculty in teaching their courses (Teaching Assistants) attend the workshop. Graduate Assistants who have an interest in future careers as college or university faculty are also urged to attend the workshop. All TAs who are paid by the Graduate School are required to attend the workshop as they will be signing their contracts at a designated time at the end of the event.

This year, all TAs are required to attend the second day of activities (Wednesday), which will revolve around the theme of “Teaching the Ne(x)t Generation.” Activities for the first day (Tuesday) are especially designed for new TAs. For more information, call (202) 806-6800 or register online. Visit the Graduate School Web site at http://www.gs.howard.edu/.