Links to Additional Teaching Pages:

Statement of Teaching Philosophy

Bio 94 TA Teaching Tools

I trained new graduate students in two departments (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology one year and Chemistry the next year) to be Teaching Assistants. As part of this program, I designed two full days of interactive, experiential workshops on the following topics:
Creating rubrics, grading, leading discussions and laboratories, conducting office hours, university and department policies and procedures.
I then implemented these workshops as part of the campus-wide Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program.

Here are a couple of the workshops that I wrote:

Developing Creative & Effective Lesson Plans (.doc)

Handouts:
VARK.pdf
Learning Objectives.pdf
Sample Lesson Plan.doc

Teaching Disabled Students (.doc)

Handouts:
Disabilities.pdf (5 handouts in 1 document)
Cards.doc

Sample TA Professional Development Program Schedule
DAY 1
9:00 – 10:45 The Nuts & Bolts of Being a TA in Eco Evo Bio
Steinhaus Hall 425
10:45-11:10 Feedback to and from your students- SH 425
11:10 – 12:00 Designing an Effective Syllabus - SH 425
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 2:40 Microteaching – SH 140 & SH 149
2:40 – 2:55 Student Demographics: Race Ya! SH 149
3:00 – 3:20 Break
3:20 – 4:20 Developing Creative Lesson Plans- SH 425
4:20 – 4:50 Scantron – Natural Science Building 1, in hall & in rm 1202
4:50 – 5:00 Wrap-Up and Homework Assignment– NS, rm 1202
DAY 2
9:00 – 10:15 Why didn’t I get an A? Check the rubric! – SH 425
10:15 – 10:50 The inside scoop – SH 425
11:00-12:00 Diversity Training
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 2:15 Teaching Disabled Students - SH 425
2:15-2:55 Writing Exam Questions – SH 425
3:00-3:20 Break
3:20-4:10 Office Hours Role Playing – SH 425
4:10-4:30 Evaluations - SH 425
4:30 – 5:00 Union Reps - SH 425