Northern Arizona University

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Professional Development Series

Eleven professional development sessions for graduate students are scheduled; preference given in some sessions to graduate students who are teaching. Certificates of participation will be awarded to graduate students who attend at least 6 of these sessions throughout the year.

The series is sponsored by the Dean of the Graduate College, Faculty Development Program, and supported by the Vice President for Research.

Registration requested for all sessions: www.nau.edu/facdev or 523-9972

*For the asterisked sessions, preference will be given to graduate students who are currently teaching

 

 

Pointing Students in the Right Direction: Academic Support Resources at NAU*

Tuesday, September 4
3:00 – 4:30 pm
University Union, Oak Creek Room
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Book Discussion: First Day to Final Grade*

The first 25 GTAs to register will received a copy of the book in advance of the session.
Monday, September 22
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Du Bois Center, Southwest
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Provost’s Speaker Series: The Science of Education in the 21st Century: Insights from Science Education
Carl E. Wieman

Nobel Prize in Physics 2001; Director, Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI), University of British Columbia

Friday, October 10
9:00 – 11:00 am
University Union, Havasupai A-B
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Resources for Research and Scholarly Work

Wednesday, October 22
3:30 – 5:00 pm
University Union, Sycamore
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Culturally Responsive Teaching
Bryan Brayboy

Borderlands Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Arizona State University

Wednesday, November 12
2:00 – 3:00 pm
University Union,
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Conversation about University Teaching with NAU Teaching Academy Members

Wednesday, November 18
12:30 – 1:30 pm
University Union, Oak Creek Room
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Advancing Teaching & Learning*

January 5
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
University Union, Havasupai A-B

This one-day institute for graduate teaching assistants will center on a series of discussions and work sessions on teaching at NAU. The goals are to enable participants to strengthen undergraduate teaching & learning in multiple instructional settings by deliberately framing, building, assessing, and reflecting on teaching strategies and student learning.

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Book Discussion: What the Best College Teachers Do*

The first 25 GTAs to register will received a copy of the book in advance of the session.

Wednesday, January 21
3:30 – 5:00 pm
University Union, Kaibab
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Pre-register: www.nau.edu/facdev or 523-9972

Publish & Flourish: Becoming a Prolific Scholar with visiting facilitator Tara Gray, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Director of the Teaching Academy, New Mexico State University

Friday, February 6, 2009
2:00 – 5:00 pm
University Union, Kaibab
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Developing a Teaching Portfolio *

Tuesday, February 24
2:30 – 4:00 pm
University Union, Sycamore
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Provost’s Speaker Series: What We Can Learn From and About Generation Me?
Jean Twenge

Author, Professor, Psychology Researcher, San Dan Diego State University

Friday, March 27
9:00 – 11:00 am
University Union, Havasupai A-B
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