Postgraduate Teaching Assistants
- What's on Now?
- Teaching and Supporting Learning Module
- School-based Courses
- Postgraduate Skills Development Summer School
- Resources
- Useful Links to support postgraduate teaching and research
- Archive
March 2012 Writing Workshops
The Writing Centre (Centre for Teaching and Learning - NUI Maynooth), in conjunction with 'Facilitate' and as part of a NAIRTL funded research project, will host two writing-focused sessions at the end of March 2012; details as follows:
28th March 2012, 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Writing Workshop
‘I’m nearly finished’ - exploring the personal writing challenges and breakthroughs associated with completing a PhD
30th March 2012, 11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Writing Seminar
Occupation Author: How Reading Functions in the Lives of Young Writers
The sessions will take place on campus in NUI Maynooth. Visiting scholar Deborah Brandt will facilitate at each session. Deborah Brandt is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught undergraduate writing and graduate courses in literacy and contemporary writing theory. She is author of the award-winning book, Literacy in American Lives, which uses life history analysis to trace changing conditions for literacy and literacy learning in the lives of 90 everyday people across the 20th century. She is at work on a new book project calledWriting Now: New Directions in Mass Literacy, a project that is being supported with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.
Please contact us on writingcentre@nuim.ie if you would like to attend. Please note that places on each session are limited.
Teaching and Supporting Learning Module
Postgraduate Students receiving their certificates of completion for the Teaching and Supporting Learning Module in 2010 - 2011
Two-part development programme for postgraduate teaching assistants.
Part I: Introduction to Teaching and Supporting Learning is one day foundation course designed for postgraduates new to teaching or considering taking on a teaching role. It runs frequently at the beginning of the academic year. Some Schools expect all their teaching assistants to attend this course if they are going to be tutoring, demonstrating or running tutorials for the first time.
Part II: Teaching and Supporting Learning is a short, structured credit-bearing module aimed at postgraduate teaching assistants that want to further develop their teaching practice and understanding of student learning. Sessions are held throughout the term and participants are expected to create a portfolio of evidence of their teaching practices. The full module descriptor provides more detail about the module, including the ECTS credits available upon successful completion of this course. In addition, all attendees that attend the module and complete a portfolio receive a CAPSL certificate of completion.
Further Information and registration details
School-based Courses
We work with Schools to improve the support and provision of teaching development opportunities for postgraduate and part-time tutors in their local teaching contexts. We welcome inquiries to develop tailored courses or provide resources to enable School-based developments.
5th Postgraduate Skills Development Summer School, 21st & 22nd June 2011
There are two objectives of the Summer School.
- To provide you, the postgraduate student, with information, skills and self-management strategies which will help you work towards successfully completing your degree and planning your future career;
- To encourage a sense of collegiality by encouraging you to discuss your postgraduate experiences and to network with your peers, as well as with academic and administrative staff.
The focus is on developing generic skills in three thematic areas through workshops and general sessions:
- Personal/Professional Development – managing your research, increasing personal effectiveness and career management;
- Pathway to Publishing – exploring ways to publish and disseminate your research;
- Communication and presentation – writing strategies and developing effective presentations
For more information on how to register please view http://www.tcd.ie/CAPSL/students/pg/
Resources
Selected resources to support teaching and supporting learning roles across the disciplines are maintained and accessible here on our Trinity Teaching Assistant Web CT site. Course participants are automatically registered to access this site. If you have any problems accessing this site or would like to register to access it, please contact, clt@tcd.ie / Click here for more information on how to use Web CT
Useful Links to support postgraduate teaching and research
- The Student Counselling Service runs workshops for postgraduate students and offers a one-on-one learning support service
- The Graduate Students' Union
- Graduate Studies Office
- The Centre for Learning Technology
- Library - Help and Training
- Postgraduate Research Studentships
- Information System Services - Services for Students
- Careers Advisory Service - Postgraduate Funding
For details of our previous events for Postgraduates who Teach please see below;
- Events in the academic year 2009-2010
- Events in the academic year 2008-2009
- Events in the academic year 2007 - 2008
- Events in the academic year 2006- 2007
Teaching and Supporting Learning Module
Postgraduate Students receiving their certificates of completion for the Teaching and Supporting Learning Module in 2010 - 2011, joined by the Dean of Graduate Studies, Prof. Veronica Campbell, CAPSL Director, Dr. Brian Foley and the facilitator of the Module Dr. Anne Markey (for further photos please see our photo gallery)
Two-part development programme for postgraduate teaching assistants.
Part I: Introduction to Teaching and Supporting Learning is one day foundation course designed for postgraduates new to teaching or considering taking on a teaching role. It runs frequently at the beginning of the academic year. Some Schools expect all their teaching assistants to attend this course if they are going to be tutoring, demonstrating or running tutorials for the first time.
Part II: Teaching and Supporting Learning is a short, structured credit-bearing module aimed at postgraduate teaching assistants that want to further develop their teaching practice and understanding of student learning. Sessions are held throughout the term and participants are expected to create a portfolio of evidence of their teaching practices. The full module descriptor provides more detail about the module, including the ECTS credits available upon successful completion of this course. In addition, all attendees that attend the module and complete a portfolio receive a CAPSL certificate of completion.
For further information on this module please click here.
Other Events - Michaelmas Term 2011
School-based Courses
We work with Schools to improve the support and provision of teaching development opportunities for postgraduate and part-time tutors in their local teaching contexts. We welcome inquiries to develop tailored courses or provide resources to enable School-based developments.
Date:Monday 26th September 2011 Time:10:00 - 13:00 Venue: Registration Closed |
Presentation Skills and Poster Presentation - Centre for Global HealthFacilitator: Dr. Roisin Donnelly, DIT Learning and Teaching Centre
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Date:Wednesday 16th November 2011 Time:10:00 - 13:00 Venue: |
Enhancing your Presentation Skills in an Academic EnvironmentFacilitator: Dr. Roisin Donnelly, DIT Learning and Teaching Centre The fact that for most people, even experienced academic presenters, getting up and presenting in front of an audience can be an uneasy experience. For today’s academic, it is important to be able to communicate thoughts and ideas effectively, using a variety of tools and medium. Happily, presentation skills are something we can learn and as a result, we want to make dynamic, lively, memorable and effective presentations in our academic environments. Whether it is presenting your research at a conference, giving Key Note speeches, making presentations to pitch ideas internally, in fact whether you are persuading, educating, or informing, this interactive workshop will provide participants with practical advice on how to improve their presentations in front of an audience. It will focus on the key stages of preparation, structure, delivery, handling question and answers and the all-important use of visual aids and current presentation technologies. Read more on Workshop Content (MS Word, 11 KB) |
Resources
Selected resources to support teaching and supporting learning roles across the disciplines are maintained and accessible here on our Trinity Teaching Assistant Web CT site. Course participants are automatically registered to access this site. If you have any problems accessing this site or would like to register to access it, please contact, clt@tcd.ie / Click here for more information on how to use Web CT