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GTA Tips and Tricks: Develop Interactional Competence in Teaching Space

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:32:34 GMT

Are you currently a GTA or aspiring to become one? Do you find yourself wondering how to interact with students and facilitate group work effectively?

The GTA Tips & Tricks Workshop: Develop Interactional Competence in Teaching Space will take place in June. Join our mailing list to receive information about our upcoming workshop: https://forms.office.com/e/JCCRgJWLxH?origin=lprLink

This workshop is designed specifically for postgraduate teachers like you who are eager to become a teacher who has the confidence and competence to interact with students in Higher Education classrooms.

WPTC presents - The Staff Room

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 16:11:44 GMT

Want to get to know other PGR teachers and GTAs? Warwick PTC is introducing a new event - a monthly session called The Staff Room! This is an opportunity for you to come together with other GTAs, discuss all things teaching and unwind!

WPTC win a Collaborative Teaching award

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:13:21 GMT

We are excited to announce that Warwick PTC were highly commended in the recent Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence in a new category dedicated to teams working together to promote learning and teaching work. This is testimony to the hard work of the founding PGR team, as well as the work of the current WPTC team who have taken this work forward. We are delighted to announce ongoing funding for 2022-23!

GTA Tips and Tricks Workshop Series Session #4 - October 5th

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 11:08:00 GMT

Are you thinking about making the next step in your academic research career and becoming a graduate teaching assistant? Are you already a GTA?

Warwick PTC are organising a series of regular sessions dedicated to answering all of these questions, hosted by current Warwick GTAs, in an honest, helpful community forum. Our next session will be held on October 5th. This hybrid session will be held in the Wolfson Research Exchange and online. It will be a great place to introduce yourself and meet new / current GTAs or those who are hoping to teach next academic year.

GTA Tips and Tricks Workshop Series - Session #3 - 18th August

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:13:44 GMT

Are you thinking about making the next step in your academic research career and becoming a graduate teaching assistant? Do you have any anxieties, reservations, or questions about what teaching might entail, whether it's right for you, or how you should approach the application process?

Warwick PTC are organising a series of regular sessions dedicated to answering all of these questions, hosted by current Warwick GTAs and sessional lecturers, in an honest, helpful community forum. Our next session will be held on August 18th, and will cover session planning, assessment and feedback to students.

It will be a great place to introduce yourself and meet new / current GTAs or those who are hoping to teach next academic year.

Sign up here to receive the meeting link and also to submit one question you have about session planning or assessment/feedback, to be answered in the session:

GTA Tips and Tricks Workshop Series - Session #2 - 19th July

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:02:00 GMT

Are you thinking about making the next step in your academic research career and becoming a graduate teaching associate? Do you have any anxieties, reservations, or questions about what teaching might entail, whether it's right for you, or how you should approach the application process?

Warwick PTC are organising a series of fortnightly sessions dedicated to answering all of these questions, hosted by current Warwick GTAs and sessional lecturers, in an honest, helpful community forum. Our next session will be held on July 19th, and will cover all the process of applying, and interviewing for, your first GTA position. It will be a great place to introduce yourself and meet new / current GTAs or those who are hoping to teach next academic year.

Sign up here to receive the meeting link and also to submit one question you have about preparing for GTA positions, to be answered in the session:

NEW DATE GTA Tips and Tricks Workshop Series

Mon, 30 May 2022 11:00:56 GMT

Warwick PTC are organising a series of fortnightly sessions dedicated to answering all of these questions, hosted by current Warwick GTAs and sessional lecturers, in an honest, helpful community forum. Our first session will be held on June 1st, and will cover all of the above, and will be a great place to introduce yourself and meet new / current GTAs or those who are hoping to teach next academic year.

Sign up here to receive the meeting link and also to submit one question you have about teaching, in any form, to be answered in the session:

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/academic-development/pgrteachers/networking

GTA Tips and Tricks Workshop Series

Mon, 16 May 2022 10:51:00 GMT