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Join the TA Training Program and experienced UCLA graduate students for our fall quarter workshops designed to support you in building your teaching toolkit and creating inclusive and supportive remote learning environments for your students. Workshops are offered from Week 4 through Week 10 of fall quarter. Browse our workshop offerings and register here!
Week 9 and 10 Workshops
Assessment and Grading: Measuring Student Achievement in the Classroom
TODAY! Dec 1st 7:30pm - 9:00pm (PST)
How is assessment different from grading? Do you know when students have learned the knowledge and skills required to introduce new material? How can you best assess and grade students via Zoom? In this workshop, you will discuss the difference between assessment and grading, the importance of incorporating assessment into your approach to instruction, and various assessment techniques to gauge student learning. You will learn to identify appropriate ways to evaluate student growth, develop a system for measuring your effectiveness in the classroom, and learn ways to more fairly grade your students.
Teaching Hot Topics
Wed Dec 2nd 10:30am - 12:00pm (PST)
This workshop builds on concepts and strategies from Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Interrupting Bias in the Classroom to help instructors learn how to address hot topics in their classrooms when they arise. Participants will engage in and practice key concepts related to how to use dialogue in the classroom and how to challenge dominant narratives within texts. Instructors will also practice troubleshooting moments in the classroom when challenging content is being addressed. Note: We highly encourage you to take Creating Inclusive Classrooms and Interrupting Bias before participating in this workshop.
Active Learning Strategies for STEM Discussion Sections
Thu Dec 3rd 7:30pm - 9:00pm (PST)
As facilitators of discussion sections, STEM TAs are frequently concerned that they will spend sections solving problems at the board for passive students. This workshop will go over the principles of active learning and how to implement active learning strategies in STEM classrooms. You will learn strategies for asking effective questions, engaging students in problem solving, encouraging deductive reasoning, and eliciting participation from reluctant students.
Leading Discussion Sections Remotely
Mon Dec 7th 7:30pm - 9:00pm (PST)
The aim of this workshop is to help further develop your confidence in your ability to teach remotely by exposing you to a variety of active learning strategies in digital environments. We will help you begin developing a toolkit for engaging your students effectively during an online discussion section, with opportunities to practice these tools.
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The TA Training Program wants to hear from YOU as we put together our programming for winter quarter. What do you want to see more of? What resources or topics are you looking for support with? What other feedback might you have for us? 
